Corporate Confidential

50 Secrets Your Company Doesn’t Want You to Know - and What to Do About Them

De: Cynthia Shapiro

Narrado por: Vanessa Daniels

Cynthia Shapiro is a former human resources executive who's pulling back the curtain on the way that companies really work. In Corporate Confidential, she unmasks startling truths and what you can do about them, including:

• There's no right to free speech in the workplace
• Age discrimination exists
• Why being too smart is not too smart
• Human Resources is not there to help you, but to protect the company from you
• And 45 more!

Cynthia Shapiro pulls no punches, giving listeners an inside look at a secret world of hidden agendas they would never normally see: a world of insider information and insights that can save a career!

©2005 Cynthia Shapiro (P)2018 Tantor

Great Read as a HR Professional

I heard about this book a long time ago and I just got around to reading it. I should’ve read it a long long time ago. I am an HR professional. This was very eye-opening and surprising. What a high-quality read. I think anybody who wants to get into business or has been in business should read this and take it seriously even if you are a professional there’s a lot to learn here. I took copious notes and will consider this in my executive presence and my future job search.

Mindset Changer

This book is an AWESOME start to changing ones mindset about the workplace. It is certainly one that will challenge your thought process and teach you what you need to Successfully survive in any work environment.

Excellent book

Enjoyed listening and plan to incorporate in my career as I plan to move to the next level as a manager.
Narration is very good too!

I'm incompetent when it comes to corporate stuff

I'm an academic and an entrepreneur. I received a masters/bachelors with near 4.0 gpas and have run a successful start-up (not in the millions of revenue but good enough to survive and to sell for a profit), but I've been struggling with understanding corporations since i've graduated. This book has really helpful for someone like me!

I loved it so much, highly recommend. Maybe for people who are familiar with corporations and understand how they work, this may not be extremely helpful. But if you have ever wondered why things are the way they are in a corporation. I highly suggest reading this book I think you'll gain something out of it.

Wish I had this book at age 25

This should be assigned reading before starting your first corporate job. It may not save you from yourself and stupid mistakes, but maybe if you listen to it twice, it might sink in

I believe you have had to live this, to appreciate

This book doesn’t aim to inspire. It tells the truth. And not everyone is ready for that.

Corporate Confidential is not a guide for the ideal workplace. It’s a field manual for navigating the real one. The one where power is quiet, consequences are invisible, and your instincts matter more than your resume.

If you’ve ever been told you’re too intense, too direct, too ambitious, this book will feel like a friend who finally says, “You’re not crazy. You’re not the problem. You’re just seeing clearly.”

It doesn’t sugarcoat. It doesn’t overexplain. It assumes you’re smart enough to connect the dots, and brave enough to act on them.

- If you’re early in your career, it will change how you play.
- If you’re mid-career, it will explain what you’ve already felt.
- If you’re senior, it will validate everything you’ve quietly adapted to.

Not everyone will love this book. But the people who need it will never forget it.

Thank you, Cynthia for being brave enough to write this.

I Loved It

Very refreshing look at HR, corporate world, and moving up. Not vague, specific examples, straight to the point. I loved it.

Good for entry level career people

If you're new to the corporate landscape this is a good book to listen to than can potentially give you and advantage.

How to appease your corporate overlords

Seriously, a better title would be, "how to appease your corporate overlords and possibly make middle management". I was really hoping there was something actually worth the read here, but there's really not. Don't make waves, always be a team player, and never anger your supervisor is the just of this book.

Bad advice

The sociopath who wrote this recommends that you don’t report sexist harassment.

The advice in this book is that you are worthless and desperate and therefore should put up with whatever illegal, unethical, and damaging behaviour towards you. This is what is called “learned helplessness” in psychology and is incredibly bad for your health.

Don’t purchase this horrible book. I recommend Workplace Poker instead.