I Didn't See it Coming: The Only Book You'll Ever Need to Avoid Being Blindsided in Business Book

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     xi
So Who Are We?
How This Book Is Different
Managing Minefields
Can You See It Coming?
Exit Strategies and Why You Need One     1
An Exit Strategy: What It Is and Isn't
Creating Your Exit Strategy
Negotiating the End at the Beginning
Taking the Reins     21
A Smart Start
Setting the Course
Watch Out for Imprints in the Sand
Have You Been Chosen over Your Peers?
Looking the Part
The House of Mirrors, or How to Keep Your Perspective     47
Sizing Up the Team
Overstepping Boundaries
The Unanticipated Pitfall
Out of Sight Should
Never Mean Out of Mind
One More Look in the Mirror
Comrades, Coalitions, and Competitors     67
Your Own Band of Brothers or Sisters or Siblings or...
When Good Allies Go Bad
It's Not Always Fair Play
The Trouble with Teams     89
Analyze Your Team
Manage Your Image
Think Like an Owner
The Corporate League
Strategies for Psyching Out the Team Dynamic
Surviving a New Boss     109
I Love the Smell of Chaos in the Morning
And the Winner Is...
When Your Peer Gets the Nod
Managing the Rank above You     133
The Playbook Perception Traps
Hidden Influents, or the Art of Managing Corporate Staff     153
Financial Juggernaut
Bodies, Benefits, and Boundaries
Negotiators and Regulators
Rogue Influents
Know Who Your Friends Are-and Aren't
TheI-Didn't-See-It-Coming Moment     177
Ten Red Flags and What They Really Mean
Wielding Your Power on the Day of Reckoning
The Four Laws of Survival
Conclusion
Notes     193
Index     197