Bluff your way as a top Secretary [antikvár]

INTRODUCTION Managers seem to think that secretaries are like gun dogs: excellent working animals, tireless and loyal if properly trained - and a real liability if given their head. Secretaries know that their bosses have got the wrong end ofthe stick: it is managers who need a disciplined training programme, and managers who have that unique capacity for disruption if allowed to slip their collsirs for ten minutes. Office life can be a bit of a cat-and-mouse game: an eternal chase for power and points. If the manager and secretary are Tom and Jerry, this book is strictly for the mouse. Bluffers should remember: Jerry always gets the upper hand in the end and Tom usually loses his teeth in the process. Companies like to talk about training their secretaries to work for management. In reality you are the one who does all the training, because a well-trained manager is your passport to a happy working life. You will be the envy of all the other secretaries whose bosses are completely untamed; and since your boss thinks he or she can't manage without you, you shouldn't have any trouble getting a rise. Most managers only survive by bluiF. The professional secretary is much more intelligent and can turn bluiF into an art form. The name of the game is to control your boss's life, thoughts and behaviour, since he or she is your ticket to a brilliant career - or the end ofthe dole queue. And you have to leam to play the organisation game, too. If you're infinitely ambitious but lack deviousness, read on - but don't make the mistake of letting your boss get his hands on this book. If, on the other hand, you are already PA to the Chairman of Megamoney PLC, congratulations. This time next year you might be Chairman.