Surely you have heard directed at you more than once: "You are lazy and dependent on phones", "You do not respect hierarchy at work", "You do not know how to write business letters – you would only chat and sit in remote work!"
Talented young employees face the corporate "state" daily: hierarchy, unwritten laws, competition of interests, complex feedback, internal politics, and pressure. In this reality, two extremes arise: either an attempt to dissolve in this turbulent flow or too quick a departure and unpreparedness to understand how the corporate environment actually works.
This book is a result of practice, not observations from the outside. It is a concentrate of management experience, corporate psychology, and real cases. There are no reflections on which generation is better or abstract theories of generations. Instead, there is an analysis of the basic mechanics: how corporate culture is structured and how to survive in it.
You will learn how to:
• build a professional dialogue with your manager;
• work with pressure and conflicts without losing your position;
• find allies and mentors;
• grow horizontally when vertical development is unavailable;
• understand that development has stopped and make a conscious decision to leave;
• maintain your reputation and influence when changing companies.
Inside are algorithms, ready-made formulas for conversations, checklists, self-adjustment tools, and models that can be applied immediately.
Alexey Karuna is a business trainer, educational program methodology expert, and specialist in generations Z and Alpha. He has over seven years of experience working with large companies: from designing corporate universities and creating training programs for managers to supporting teams during transformations.