3 books that’ll make you stand out as a Director and navigate corporate politics like a pro Full book list at the link in my bio #fyp #careertok #careeradvice #executivepresence #corporatelife

There are three books that will tell you how to navigate the politics of corporate in order to get to where you want to be in your career, and this is coming from someone who went from an individual contributor to a vice president in five years. If I had two of these books ten years ago when I was climbing the ladder, I may have climbed faster. So the first book is The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins. Typically the process for starting a new job is pretty passive. You're expected to show up on day one, receive your onboarding plan, and execute, and do a really good job. But something flips when you step into leadership. So a friend of mine gifted me the first 90 days before my first role as a director. This book completely changed my perspective on how to be successful within the first three months on the job. So the second book is Power by Jeffrey Feffer. The book teaches you how to build leverage through relationships by doing good work and by understanding how people think and behave at work, particularly people in power. If you find yourself frustrated with leaders, it will help you crack the code on how they think and how to best work with them in order to get what you want out of your career. So the third one is Super Communicators by Charles Duig. Oh, many issues at work come down to poor communication. Charles Duig breaks down the three types of conversations that people are typically having. And he pinpoints what the disconnect typically is when you have friction. Three types of conversations are practical, tactical conversations, so you want to solve a problem. The second is an emotional conversation. So someone just wants to share about how they're feeling. The third is a social conversation. So a lot of conflict at work comes down to two people not seeing eye to eye because one person wants to solve the problem and the other person just wants to talk about the problem. So I actually wrote about my top five book recommendations this week on my sub stack and you can subscribe for free at the link in my bio. I'm Ashley. I'm an executive coach and I help smart people get to where they want to be in their careers for my clients. That is typically the director level and above before I was a coach. I was an executive in the tech industry. I was vice president level. All right. Follow here for more advice like this.