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After fourteen years of working shoulder to shoulder with GE tough guy Jack Welch, Roseanne Badowski is not afraid of what she calls the "s-word." She argues that all of us are secretaries as well as managers. In Managing Up, Badowski leverages lessons she learned in building a stellar relationship with her boss. She offers smart and solid advice beginning with her "Can you start on Monday?" interview with Welch, and then turning to the skills of "navigating a boss Monday through Friday." The book' s chapter titles may sound prosaic, but her approach crackles with energy and fresh ideas. For example, she writes about trust by including "time-tested phrases for breaking bad news." She details the perils of being unprepared and puts in a good word for nagging. She also makes a persuasive argument for the advantages of cultivating impatience to enhance productivity. With splashy anecdotes and checklists, Badowski offers realistic and and disciplined counsel. Hero worshippers be warned: Although Welch wrote the book's introduction, Badowski is such an engaging no-nonsense advisor that she becomes the most compelling manager represented in her book. --Barbara Mackoff
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Everyone has a boss. And anyone who has aspired to move up the corporate ladder knows that their relationship with those they report to is crucial. In Managing Up Rosanne Badowski offers a straightforward, entertaining, no-holds-barred account of what it takes to make your relationship with your boss work to your advantage, no matter where you stand in the corporate hierarchy.
Told through rich, colorful anecdotes about her years spent working with one of the smartest, most demanding and dynamic business leaders of the twentieth century, legendary GE CEO Jack Welch, Badowski reveals the secrets to career success she has gleaned over the years. At heart, it’s about working with the person above you to create a productive and effective partnership.
Everyone is a manager, in one way or another, Badowski points out. She discusses first-hand what it’s like to have to be a mind reader, to anticipate the future, to plan for the unexpected, and to perform the impossible. With refreshing candor and a hint of attitude, Badowski’s advice is unlike any other. She advises us that “Impatience is a virtue,” to “Have no shame,” and to “Beware the too-quiet office.” Having worked in one of the most challenging, high-profile corporate environments anywhere, no one knows more about prioritizing, about making decisions on behalf of your boss, about sifting through a daily barrage of data and information, about multitasking at warp speed, and exhibiting grace under fire. Ultimately, Badowski says, excelling at what you do is about a shared passion for the job.
Managing Up is an invaluable guide for managing your career and juggling responsibilities with finesse and confidence. It should become a management bible for anyone hoping to get ahead in their profession.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Touch of fame elevates Welch's secretary's management tips.......2006-10-19
This is the reminiscence of a famous CEO's secretary, but it is better than you might expect. Jack Welch's former executive assistant and now author Rosanne Badowski spins anecdotes nicely. She also provides some possibly inadvertent grains of salt to season everything else you may have read about her boss. However, the idea that her warmly chatty observations can generate a respectable book is a tribute to the power of his legend - and her entertaining recollections. The image of a CEO whose secretary has to go through his trash to keep track of what he's been doing is very revealing. So is the idea of a secretary going behind her super-boss like Mommy behind a toddler, turning off faucets he can't be bothered to shut for himself. Welch acknowledges in the forewordthat he was a difficult, sometimes aggravating boss. He says Badowski, "lived and breathed work," and he praises her "loyalty, discretion and forgiveness" and well as her long hours, the care she took with confidential information and her talent for dealing with those who seek it. Badowski pulls few punches, so you may well agree with Welch's self-assessment after you read her book. However, Welch was also, on occasion, a brilliant manager, and Badowski became a strong one, too. We find that her up-close viewpoint includes some useful managerial insights and just enough gossip to keep your batteries charged.
Should have been called "My Life with Jack Welch".......2005-11-12
I was disappointed by this book for three reasons. First, the key points Badowski makes about "managing up" are tediously self evident. I already knew this information before reading the book. Second, the author teaches via anecdotes, which is not an effective way to elaborate on key points here. She spends too much time talking about her experiences with Jack Welch, in effect, snuffing out any worthwhile analysis. Finally, the book is laced with logical fallacies, contradictions, and improper advice. For example, instead of being "detail-oriented," the author advises her readers to aspire toward "perfectionism," which is both crippling and problematic. Overall, I felt like I was stuck at a dinner party across from a secretary, name dropping and telling me stories.
Right on Target..........2005-06-10
...which explains her success as a partner with Jack Welch.
Ro has hit the nail on the head here. It's not really about keeping his favorite yogurt on tap or catering to his needs, it's about removing the obstacles and the minutiae so that the leadership can lead instead of wasting time on those things that can be done by others. It's more about being a true partner than it is about being a sterotypical assistant.
My take on this book is that although written by an assistant, it is applicable to anyone who has a boss and who wants to be a solution instead of just an employee. Many people take issue with being asked to handle things that they deem are "personal" for thier boss. That conversation is a waste of time and will be a deciding factor on how high you will go in your career. Make no mistake, for leaders of large organizations, there is no distinction between a personal and a work life. They are one. So, Ro really points out that being a solution for Jack sometimes meant that she had to make sure those "personal" things were managed to completion by someone other than Jack. That freed Jack up to take care of business.
Pre-managing your boss is a great way to bring speed to the entire organization. Ro stated early on that she was a creator of time. That is one of the most powerful offers that one can make to their boss and their organization. Time is the most precious asset that many of us claim to not have enough of. By ensuring that Jack didn't have to sweat the small stuff and sift through unneccessary crap, she was able to create the time for Jack to become the leader he is and to bring more prosperity to the organization and the people who support it. Be it personal or business, she handled it.
Observe also, that while many may think of Rosanne Badowski as just an assistant who wrote a book, she obviously has enough insight and leadership skills of her own to be the assistant of one of the most powerful CEO's for 14 years and...she wrote a book about it. I am also quite sure that she has enjoyed some prosperity as a result of her success with Jack.
Insulting.......2004-11-03
I found this book insulting to women. The issue I have is that Roseann catered to her boss.. keeping his favorite yogurt on hand. I personally was completely turned off when she wrote that she had no family (husband/kids). If this is the kind of life you want.. to be the "left hand" of a powerful person, then this would be the book for you. I'd be more impressed if Roseann fulfilled her role at work AND had a family.
True Comments about Creating Success in any Organization.......2004-05-21
Ro writes a good book because it is all about what matters in creating a successful relationship with those above, below and beside you. Too often books are full of theory and go way too far on processes. The ability to relate insightful information using examples and stories is much more telling of a great communicator. Rosanne Badowski tells it like it is, was and should be to create successful relationships with those around us. Success is not only a goal but it becomes the "Passion" of those that strive for it.
To describe situations of success along with failures is telling that we must strive to do our best as long as it takes no matter how hard the path. Badowski invites you into her daily toils, strategic goals for success and her laugh a day world under Jack Welch. A great story about people and how they make the difference in an organization and how accepting those differences, makes a truly great organization. A great book for all of us to enjoy.
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Americans have fallen for the ticker tape. We watch our portfolios, happily or nervously. We know there were a few bad apples at Enron and WorldCom, but we also know that: The advent of mutual funds, low-cost brokerages, and the Internet has meant that the stock market is now more transparent, honest, and accessible to the small investor than ever before; 401(k)s give the individual responsibility and control over their retirement savings, and that makes us more responsible citizens; Federal deficits are bad for the economy, especially, somehow, when they_re linked to social spending; and Controlling inflation is the most important task of our economic policy. But as economist Ellen Frank shows us, what we know is wrong. Over the past twenty years, Americans have been fed a mash of confusing financial and economic information. This information has distorted popular understanding of how the economy really operates and camouflaged the transformation of economic policy from a tool for improving the living standards of all to a tool for securing the perquisites of those with financial wealth. Sifting through confusing rhetoric on everything from the stock market to the federal budget to the global financial system, Frank reveals how financial interests came to dominate U.S. economic policy and lays out in clear and engaging prose the basis of real wealth and economic well-being.
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Botswana?.......2004-07-02
After a series of ad hominem attacks a Reader from Washington, DC writes (below): "Her characterization of Botswana is a perfect example of the chasm in her own knowledge. It's very clear to the reader that Ms. Frank has no idea that Botswana has enjoyed the highest per capita growth rate of any country in the world over the last 35 years when she cites it as an example of a developing country that has suffered from poor economic choices by its government."
It is true that Botswana has a public sector debt equal to a mere 10 percent of its GDP. This is very low and it gives Botswana high marks with DCReader and the International Monetary Fund. But is that really a mark of a successful economy? Switzerland, the UK and the USA have debts exceeding 50% of their GDP. Canada has a debt almost equal to the GDP and Italy and France have debts exceeding the GDP. On the other hand the HIV rate in Botswana is 38.8% -- more than one person out of every 3 has HIV. President Festus Mogae (Botswana) issued a chilling warning last year that his AIDS-ravaged country faced extinction if it failed to slow the spread of the deadly virus.
Dr. Frank actually wrote: "The International Monetary Fund, increasingly regarded as a voice for financial interests throughout the world, routinely requires fiscal austerity plans from developing countries as a condition for receiving loans. The financial community's insistence that developing countries balance their national budgets has killed efforts to spur internal growth through public spending programs. In an article on the downgrade in Japan's bond-rating, the New York Times pointed out that Botswana has a public sector debt equal to a mere 10 percent of its GDP. The authors do not point out that the population of Botswana, decimated by AIDS, might be better off had their government utilized more of the country's resources on their behalf."
Provocative and accessible.......2004-07-01
Ellen Frank argues convincingly that economic policy has been hijacked by an economic elite who put protection of their own assets above other social goals like promoting jobs and protecting ordinary Americans from poor health, old age and unemployment. Unlike other books that focus on the outcomes of this political shift --growing inequality and so forth -- Frank's book details how the policy shift is sold via mind-numbingly confusing debates about technical financial issues -- federal debt,inflation, the value of the dollar. It is a very engaging, provacative and accessible book. The chapter on
the Fed and inflation alone is worth the price of admission.
Pulling the curtain aside.......2004-06-30
We all know that things are seldom what they seem. The earth is not flat. The sun does not move around the earth. The stars are not tiny pin pricks of light. The "solid wall" before us is almost entirely empty space. And that is just the physical world - how much more deceptive is the world we create - the world of stocks, money, debt and finance. What does it really mean to own something? Is money wealth? Would it still be wealth if there is nothing to sell? Is a stock certificate wealth? What about a house? Dr. Frank does an excellent job of explaining the difference between the money economy (the economy of money, stocks, mortgages and other paper) and the "real economy" (the economy of houses, bread and cabbages).
It is no surprise that the people with some understanding of these things are robbing the rest of us blind. Trying to understand them is more than just idle curiosity - it is self-defense. Ellen Frank pulls the curtain aside and allows us to see what this human world is really like. "The Raw Deal" and William Greider's "Secrets of the Temple" should give every reader a fighting chance to keep her head above water.
Dr. Frank gives an excellent summary in Chapter 1. I will simply add that the book more than lives up to the promise. In addition it is really quite readable and interesting.
"Each of the following chapters is an attempt to dispel the myths and illusions surrounding money, financial markets, federal finances, the financial policies of the Federal Reserve, and the policies of global financial institutions. At each turn, we will examine the myths promulgated in the media, the policies these myths engender, and the real impact these policies have on ordinary wage- and salary earners.
"Because the shifts in economic policy rest, to such a degree, on aligning the perceived interests of wage earners with financiers, chapter 2, will focus on the illusions surrounding the stock market and individual stock investing. Recent events shattered some, but not all, of those illusions. And recent corporate scandals have left Americans no less dependent on financial markets for funding retirement and higher education. I will argue that the stock market can never provide economic security for the majority. The problem is not simply that financial markets are volatile, or that they have been rigged by insiders. Rather, stocks and savings accounts provide middle-class households with no secure claim on the production of the real economy.
"The politics of finance and money rest on a deliberate misrepresentation of government finances, fostering the belief that governments operate under restraints that are not, in fact, operative. Chapter 3 assesses the debates over federal borrowing, debt, and the prospects for Social Security.
"The economic origins of our current impasse lie in the extraordinary power ceded to the Federal Reserve and other central banks in the 1980s and 1990s. Chapter 4 casts a critical eye on myths surrounding the conduct of monetary policy and the problem of inflation.
"The economic consequences of the raw deal are today most evident in developing countries that, under the tutelage of the International Monetary Fund, geared their policies single-mindedly toward the protection of financial wealth. Chapter 5 looks at the role of the dollar in the world economy and the devastation that efforts to ensure the dollar wealth of international investors have wrought on the real economies of Asia and South America."
Chapter 6 offers suggestions for how to move beyond financial myths and construct policies that sustain and share the real wealth of the economy."
Economics explained at last.......2004-06-11
If you are trying to understand the rudimentaries of money,
interest rates, the fed, public debt and all that jazz and
would like a perspective to the left of the typical college
text, this is the book for you've been waiting for. Beautifully
written, strongly argued. This is the kind of book
Heilbroner used to write.
Advancing an Agenda and Not Education.......2004-06-08
Ellen Frank's "The Raw Deal" may be the ultimate proof of a vast right-wing conspiracy intent on ruling America for the benefit of a wealthy elite. What else would explain how such a flawed book that purportedly illustrates how economic terms and concepts are willfully misused, but is actually a call for a more socially conscious economic policy could ever be published? Her analytical skills are rudimentary, her choice of illustrative examples is skewed, and her aversion to financial markets borders on paranoia. It is so easy to dismiss much of what she writes on a simple factual basis that the reader is not forced to confront some of the harsh inequities that do exist. Many of the issues she raises - the politicization of the Federal Reserve, the dubious merits of replacing the Social Security system with individually-controlled accounts, etc. - deserve a more even-handed and thorough examination. In addition, if Ms. Frank insists on continuing to write on this subject, she would be well advised to team with an expert on international economics and the effects of globalization. Her characterization of Botswana is a perfect example of the chasm in her own knowledge. It's very clear to the reader that Ms. Frank has no idea that Botswana has enjoyed the highest per capita growth rate of any country in the world over the last 35 years when she cites it as an example of a developing country that has suffered from poor economic choices by its government.
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Ace law school with 115 rules from a recent graduate who remembers the experience all too well.
Do Away with Your Common Sense and Think Like a Lawyer
Shake the Jitters
Keep a Law School Journal
Don't Fall in Love with Your Professor
Accept That All of Your Professors May Not Like You
Don't Agonize over Atrocious Grades
Learn to Spot the Bad Professors (Types I and II)
Scope Out the Smarty-Pants
Keep Good Friends
Make Lots of Whoopie!
Take Soothing Baths
Throw a Party
Marion T.D. Lewis, a recent law school graduate, tells you exactly what you need to know to survive those hellish law school years. Ms. Lewis provides valuable insight into what your life will be like personally and professionally on and off campus, in class and out -- along with 115 rules and lots of simple advice guaranteed to help you become a well-rounded, happy, healthy, and successful law student.
Here are the words of wisdom you'll need, dispensed in a sympathetic way, by one who remembers how it felt to sit in class and to be terrorized by difficult professors. This insider information covers a wide range of topics, from believing in yourself, studying, sizing up professors, dressing for success, and managing money to relaxing and having fun.
Whether you're just starting law school or in your third year, this advice may well be your key to success, because surviving the paper chase takes much more than just hitting the law books!
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Common Sense Need Not Be Exclusive From Law School Education.......2005-02-21
I got this book the summer before law school, the same summer I read Law School Confidential, Princeton Review's pre-law book, and anything else that might give me some insight into the mystifying process that is law school. I think that for me, this book might have been among the best of the lot.
Most law school prep books overwhelm you; quite frankly they freak you out needlessly about law school with their cynicism. To make it worse, their advice is often cumbersome and difficult to follow. In contrast to those books, this book had a very refreshing style. It was brief, friendly, humorous and uncynical. Not only was it a comfort to pull out and read on occasion during my 1L year, it presented, in a friendly way, some very solid common sense advice. A good example was the exhortation to sign up with a bar review as soon as possible after entering law school - something some other law school prep books tell you not to do. It's true that a lot of it was stuff I could have talked to a 3L about on my own - but when I went to law school, well I didn't know anyone there. Remember your 1L year? No matter how friendly your school is, starting law school is an intimidating time. I thought this book demystified a few things I wound up having questions about later on, and it was right at my fingertips.
Why I gave the book four stars: The advice is not supremely detailed, and though what it has is just fine, it could have done with some more detailed descriptions of study advice. (That's really the hardest thing to come by, is concrete and genuinely useful study advice - for non-robots and non-geniuses - for law school.) Also, there were some fluff tips the book didn't really need ("Make Lots of Whoopie"?). But even those little tidbits just added to the light and breezy tone of the book. And you don't get much light and breezy in law school!
If you are heading off to law school - this is a nice book to get used. I gave my copy to a friend of mine who is now applying to law schools. But do try to get a copy or at least flip through it when you need to come down from the inevitable tension that law school can impose.
Helpful tidbits for people entering law school.......2001-12-20
This book isn't perfect, but it does have some great common sense advice. Definitely check this book out if you're entering law school. A lot of the info contained here, such as how to handle the stress, most people (such as myself) don't figure out until their third year.
Not worth it........2001-09-11
You'd get about the same information from talking to a couple 3L's for ten minutes... There were a few useful pointers, mostly about what to expect. It helped me not to freak out so much in the first days.
But I found her to be very melodramatic about several things. Maybe she's just dating herself, or maybe it's just my law school, but the classroom is not nearly as confrontational as it used to be (and as she makes it out to be). Most of my professors are wonderful, interesting people who are not out to get me.
I would borrow this book from someone if you're curious or just that nervous (which I was).
Cute, yet surprisingly not completely obvious.......2001-06-26
This is the kind of book an uncle or aunt gives you as a present before you are about to start law school; you brush it off but then notice it's comforting to have around every now and then when you feel a bit crummy or discouraged during your 1L year. Definitely a fun little book to browse through. It's a little book of "tips" that are not totally commonplace (a lot are, but there are a few to pick from that aren't that bad...and work). For example, it may seem silly to use this as an example from all the tips, but the one on using air fresheners around your home is something small yet it really does make it a bit more pleasant to be home...and study...she explains it much more eloquently. But it all falls under the theme of giving yourself room to unwind in the stress that befalls your life during 1L year. As long as you're mentally prepared for it, you CAN begin to see that's it really is all just small stuff!
Practical and easy to read........1999-08-16
A needed book that helped me get through the first year of law school
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This book provides a simple account of the basic concepts and methods of fractal geometry and its application to rock mechanics, geology and seismology. The text also discusses the damage mechanics of rocks and its application to mining engineering.
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He apply an uncenventional theories to explain rock fracture.......1999-04-16
He apply methodology already frame by the fractal's matematichians to the best understandig of mechanism of fracture in rocks, as well as brittle and ductile behaviours of rock materials.
His description of brittle damages is very interesting because he start from the microdamage linking to the macro damage, using the physical properties of the initial microvoids as well as geometrical relations between mineral crystals, and microcrystalline weak surfaces and orientation of the stresses field.
Another good topic analyzed for the author is the dynamic damage in brittle rock. To relate temporal changes with fragiles conditions is an excellent starting point to understand processes of deterioring on physiscal properties of the rocks.
In the topic of description of the fractures in practical rock masses, the use of the Fractal Dimension (Df) is very sucessful because the relation between different rock masss conditions is easier using statistical distributions of numerical values of geotecnical descriptions of geometrical features in fractures than classical descriptions of qualitative numbers assigned using conventional methods. Of course if your target is a fast initial correlation.
Fabio Antonio Gil Escobar Special Graduate Course Department of Geoscienc Faculty of Science and Engineering Japan (Asia)
He apply an uncenventional theories to explain rock fracture.......1999-04-16
He apply methodology already frame by the fractal's matematichians to the best understandig of mechanism of fracture in rocks, as well as brittle and ductile behaviours of rock materials.
His description of brittle damages is very interesting because he start from the microdamage linking to the macro damage, using the physical properties of the initial microvoids as well as geometrical relations between mineral crystals, and microcrystalline weak surfaces and orientation of the stresses field.
Another good topic analyzed for the author is the dynamic damage in brittle rock. To relate temporal changes with fragiles conditions is an excellent starting point to understand processes of deterioring on physiscal properties of the rocks.
In the topic of description of the fractures in practical rock masses, the use of the Fractal Dimension (Df) is very sucessful because the relation between different rock masss conditions is easier using statistical distributions of numerical values of geotecnical descriptions of geometrical features in fractures than classical descriptions of qualitative numbers assigned using conventional methods. Of course if your target is a fast initial correlation.
Fabio Antonio Gil Escobar Special Graduate Course Department of Geoscienc Faculty of Science and Engineering Japan (Asia)
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Fractals in Soil Science (Advances in Soil Science)
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The application of fractals and fractal geometry in soil science has become increasingly important over the last few years. This self-contained and timely book was designed to provide detailed and comprehensive information on the current status of the application of fractal geometry in soil science, and on prospects for its future use. With a detailed and specific introductory chapter, particular attention is paid to comparing and contrasting "fractal" and "fragmentation" concepts. Some uses of fractals, such as to quantify the retention and transport properties of soils, to describe the intricate geometry of pore surfaces and macropore networks, or to elucidate the rooting patterns of various plants, are discussed. Applications of fractals in soil science are both relatively recent and in constant evolution. This book reflects accurately existing trends, by allowing sharp differences among the viewpoints expressed in contributed chapters to be presented to the reader in one self-contained volume.
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Soil Physical Chemistry, Second Edition takes up where the last edition left off. With comprehensive and contemporary discussions on equilibrium and kinetic aspects of major soil chemical process and reactions this excellent text/reference presents new chapters on precipitation/dissolution, modeling of adsorption reactions at the mineral/water interface, and the chemistry of humic substances. An emphasis is placed on understanding soil chemical reactions from a microscopic point of view and rigorous theoretical developments such as the use of modern in situ surface chemical probes such as x-ray adsorption fine structure (XAFS), Fournier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopies, and scanning probe microscopies (SPM) are discussed.
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Fractals in Soil Science (Developments in Soil Science)
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This book presents the state-of-the-art after fifteen years of exponentially growing applications of fractal geometry in soil science. It demonstrates the wide-ranging applicability of fractal models in soil science and indicates new opportunities to integrate processes in soils within or across scales using fractals. Contributed by some of the pioneers in the field, chapters represent a broad spectrum of applications from geochemistry to microbiology and from scales of micrometers to the landscape, and serve as an introduction to the subject.
Topics include fractal aspects of soil structure, porosity and texture, scaling in preferential and hydraulic conductivity, anoxic volumes and adsorption in fractal models of soil, characterization of the pore surface irregularity, fractal properties of soil organic matter, fractal concepts in studies of soil fauna and mycelium in soils, and fractal analysis of spatial and temporal variability in soil properties and crop yields. A wide spectrum of methods for identifying and measuring fractal properties is introduced and critically discussed.
Although the book focussed on solving problems in soil science, the applications and the fractal approach used share much in common with many other fields within and outside of the earth sciences. A unique bibliography on fractals in soils science is included.
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