This is an intelligent manager"s guide to understanding and surviving in the corporate environment. Filled with practical tips, insightful discussions and advice, the book provides a new perspective on progress, competition, change and many other work-life issues. Chapters cover: power and politics in the workplace; managing self as well as teams; hiring and retaining good people; creating and managing change; dealing with people at all levels; ethics, values and failure; and thinking beyond one"s career and creating a work-life balance.