Your Career Game : How Game Theory Can Help You Achieve Your Professional Goals

Your Career Game demonstrates how game theory can help readers to understand and proactively take charge of their career strategy. Authors Nathan Bennett and Stephen A. Miles teach readers to manage the interdependencies and interconnectedness among coworkers, managers, and others in a manner that supports personal career efforts. Then, they show how readers can become better players. The key to learning how to play the career game is "career agility"—in short, nimble individuals are better game players. Thois book includes conversations with a wide range of successful professionals such as Ursula Burns (Xerox), Stephen Elop (Microsoft), Marius Kloppers (BHP Billiton), Ken Frazier (Merck), and Liz McCartney (The St. Bernard Project), and discusses how their career moves demonstrate elements of a game theory approach to career management. This is a must-read strategic guide for anyone who seeks to advance their career and navigate today's job market. Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 1. Your Career as a Game......Page 20 A Conversation with Charlene Begley, General Electric......Page 25 A Conversation with Bryan Bell, Bain & Company......Page 32 A Conversation with Ursula Burns, Xerox......Page 38 2. Understanding Fundamental Game Theory Concepts......Page 46 A Conversation with Stephen Elop, Microsoft......Page 65 A Conversation with Tamara J. Erickson, Author and Consultant......Page 72 A Conversation with Pasha Fedorenko, Bain & Company......Page 79 3. What You Need to Know to Play......Page 86 A Conversation with Ken Frazier, Merck......Page 110 A Conversation with Brian Heese, Cristo Rey New York High School......Page 117 A Conversation with Stephen Heese, Chris-Craft; Indian Motorcycle......Page 123 4. Moves in the Career Game......Page 131 A Conversation with Brian Humphries, Hewlett-Packard......Page 149 A Conversation with Muhtar Kent, The Coca-Cola Company......Page 158 A Conversation with Christopher W. Klaus, Kaneva......Page 164 A Conversation with Marius Kloppers, BHP Billiton......Page 172 5. As You Move On: Building the Foundation for Your Successor......Page 177 A Conversation with Ted Mathas, New York Life......Page 191 A Conversation with Liz McCartney, The St. Bernard Project......Page 199 A Conversation with Dan Palumbo, Formerly with The Coca-Cola Company......Page 205 A Conversation with William D. Perez, Campbell Soup Company; Johnson & Johnson......Page 213 6. Career Agility......Page 221 A Conversation with Carol Tomé, The Home Depot......Page 232 A Conversation with Alex Vanselow, BHP Billiton......Page 240 A Conversation with Keith Wyche, Pitney Bowes......Page 247 Conclusion......Page 254 Index......Page 262 Your Career Game shows how game theory provides a novel and effective approach to understanding the factors that contribute to career success. Includes conversations with successful professionals