Books relating to succeeding at the top

Our active research programme keeps throwing up more books that could be just right to help you. Here are some of the ones we really liked. Happy reading!

Our top seven recommendations :-

The best of the rest :-

• 100+ Tactics for Office Politics (Business Success Series) by Casey Fitts Hawley. Buy from  
• 169 Ways to Score Points With Your Boss by Alan R. Schonberg. Buy from:  
• Artful Persuasion: How to Command Attention, Change Minds, and Influence Peopleby Harry A. Mills. Buy from:    
• Clever As Serpents: Business Ethics and Office Politics by Jim Grote, John McGeeney, Monika K. Hellwig (Editor). Buy from:  
• Cubicle Warfare: Self-Defense Tactics for Today's Hypercompetitive Workplaceby Blaine L. Pardoe. Buy from:
• Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel by Scott Adams. Buy from:  
• Don't Sabotage Your Success! Make Office Politics Work by Karen Ginsburg Wood. Buy from:
• Eat-Or Be Eaten!: Jungle Warfare for the Master Corporate Politician by Phil Porter. Buy from:
• Ethical Ambition by Derrick Bell. Buy from:  
• Escape from Cluelessness: A Guide for the Organizationally Challenged >by Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal. Buy from:  
• Fat Bald Jeff by Leslie Stella. Buy from:  
• How to Be a Complete and Utter Failure in Life, Work and Everything by Steve McDermott. Buy from:  
• Influence (rev) : The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini. Buy from:  
• Managing Up: 59 Ways to Build a Career-Advancing Relationship with Your Boss by Michael S. Dobson, Deborah S. Dobson. Buy from:  
• Neanderthals at Work: How People and Politics Can Drive You Crazy...and What You Can Do About Them by Albert J. Bernstein, Sydney Craft Rozen (Contributor), Albert J. Berstein. Buy from:  
• Office Politics: A Survival Guide by Jane Clarke. Buy from:   
• Office Politics: Positive Results from Fair Practices (Fifty Minute Series) by Rebecca Luhn Wolfe. Buy from:  
• Perfect Negotiation by Gavin Kennedy. Buy from:   
• Power Freaks: Dealing With Them in the Workplace or Anyplace by David L. Weiner, Robert E. Lefton. Buy from:  
• Quick Skills: Workplace Politics and Personalities by Gerald A., Ph.D. Buy from:  
• Sun Tzu, The Art of War for Managers by Gerald Michaelson. Buy from:  
• The 12 Truths About Surviving and Succeeding in the Office: *And Some of Them Aren't Very Nice by Karen Randall. buy from:  
• The Art of War by Niccol? Machiavelli. Buy from:  
• The Bully at Work: What You Can Do to Stop the Hurt and Reclaim Your Dignity on the Job by Gary Namie, Ruth Namie Ph.D. Buy from:  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Office Politics (Complete Idiot's Guides) by Alpha Development Group, Bob Rozakis, Laurie E. Rozakis, Rosemary Maniscalco. Buy from:  
• The Discourses. (Pelican Classics, Ac14) by Niccol`O MacHiavelli. Buy from:  
• The Machiavellian Manager's Handbook for Success (The Libey Business Library) by L. F. Gunlicks. Buy from:   
• The Portable Machiavelli by Niccolo Machiavelli. Buy from:  
• The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. Buy from:  
• The Prince and The Discourses by Niccolo Machiavelli, Luigi Ricci (Translator). Buy from:  
• The Secret Handshake: Mastering the Politics of the Business Inner Circle by Kathleen Kelly, Ph.D. Buy from:  
• The System Made Me Do It: A Life Changing Approach to Office Politics by Susan M., Ph.D. Buy from:  
• The Unofficial Guide to Climbing the Corporate Ladder by Jack Griffin. Buy from:  
• What Smart People Do When Dumb Things Happen at Work: Hundreds of Tips for Dealing With All the Blunders, Glitches, Traps, and Setbacks That Sabotage Your Road to Success by Charles E. Watson. Buy from:  
• WINNING OFFICE POLITICS: DUBRINS GD FOR 90S by Andrew J. DuBrin. Buy from:  
• Work Smart: The 250 Smart Moves Your Boss Already Knows by Marci Taub, L. Michelle Tullier. Buy from:  
• Work Would Be Great If It Weren't for the People: Making Office Politics Work for You by Ronna Lichtenberg. Buy from:  
• Corporate Games by Alan Hirschfeld, Damon Zimmer. Buy from:  

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