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The Unspoken Rules is a blueprint for anyone starting their career, entering a new role, or wanting to get unstuck." — Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO, Thrive Global
 
Master the Unspoken Strategies for Fast-Tracking Your Career Growth. 15 Secrets to Succeeding in a New Role, Securing a Promotion, And Ascending to Positions of Leadership.
 
Have you ever felt lost in the professional world or unsure of how to navigate the hidden dynamics of workplace success? The Unspoken Rules is your essential guide to unlocking the secrets of career advancement that aren't taught in school.
 
As a first-generation college student and Harvard career adviser, Gorick Ng shares the wisdom gleaned from over 500 interviews with professionals across industries and job types. This book demystifies the unspoken rules of succeeding in a corporate environment, providing you with the insights you need to not just survive, but thrive.
 
Inside, you'll learn how to:
 
Navigate Workplace Dynamics: Learn how to manage your time amidst conflicting priorities and build strong professional relationships, even in a remote work or hybrid work environment. 
Gain Confidence and Competence: Understand how to ask for help effectively without appearing lazy or incompetent, manage up, and manage your manager. 
Perfect Your Professional Communication: Have the professional fill in the blank scripts and MadLibs you need to network effectively, speak up in meetings, navigate workplace politics, and develop your soft skills. 
Master Time Management: Build the project management and stakeholder management skills you need to do good work, lower your stress, and regain control of your life. 
Dismantle Limiting Beliefs: Identify and overcome the mental barriers that lead to imposter syndrome and become the confident professional you know you can be. 
In a competitive labor market where understanding the unspoken rules is vital,The Unspoken Rulesequips you with the tools and strategies you need to onboard quickly to a new role, stand out from your peers, and get promoted.
 
A must read for first-gen college students, international students, interns, early career professionals, mentors, individuals returning from a career break, underrepresented talent, career development professionals, higher education leaders, DEI and DEIB practitioners, and talent development leaders of internship programs, co-ops, apprenticeship programs, and leadership development programs.
 
"A perfect graduation gift for any student who could use a boost for success in the working world." — New York Post

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard Business Review Press (April 27, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1647820448
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1647820442
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 year and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.5 inches
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I wish this book had been around when I was starting my career!
Review: I was given an advance review copy of this book and I could not put it down. All throughout, I found myself nodding in agreement as it brought me back to lessons I had learned the hard way during my time as a junior officer in the Coast Guard, staffer on Capitol Hill, a law student, a lawyer, and a management consultant. This book hits on so many important and hard-to-intuit rules in such a short space that I cannot think of a more effective way to prepare young adults who are entering the workforce for the first time.I found three elements of The Unspoken Rules very compelling. First, the rules themselves – there have been multiple times in my career where I have looked back at some selection process or tough experience and wished that someone had explained the expectations upfront. Like the author, I didn’t know that people spent their summers studying for the SATs, or their first year of law school trying to get a clerkship that would not start for another three years, or their evenings practicing what they were going to say in the next day’s team meeting. I eventually figured these things out, but a book like this could have saved me a lot of grief (and helped friends and colleagues who never did figure it out¬).Second, I like the checklist approach to applying the rules. Have a meeting with your boss tomorrow? Here’s what you do… The paths the author highlights seem so simple once they are illuminated, and that illumination has the potential to save readers from wasting their time wandering aimlessly in the dark in the hopes that they happen to end up in the right place.Third, the focus on effective communications throughout is something that is so important, but so often neglected in the advice given to people starting out in their careers. The author does a great job in both explaining how others perceive certain types of communication and explaining how to communicate in a way that will convey the proper message and inspire confidence.In focusing on these three areas and doing so in a way that targets young adults who are just entering the workforce, the author has hit on both a winning combination and a unique angle on how to prepare people for their careers. Whereas most training, books, and formal resources use the coded language of the rules, this book is the first I have read that presents the nitty gritty explanations and advice that most of us only receive when someone takes pity on us and pulls us aside to explain “how things really work around here.”Anyone about to start their career, or a new chapter in their career, would benefit from reading this book. I will be pushing my organization to gift it to all new hires, and I would recommend it to college students who are starting to think about their search for a summer internship, to military cadets and junior officers headed to their first units, and to anyone hoping to work in any of the professional services (consulting, law, accounting, banking, etc.).

Reviewer: Jane Perrigren
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: MUST READ for those starting careers or pivoting!!
Review: This book by Gorick Ng provides incredible context on how unspoken workplace norms shape your trajectory, especially in early roles. The author delivers a systematic breakdown of the drivers of career success. After making a compelling argument that 90% of your success comes down to insights that are deeply not-obvious, Gorick does a fantastic job of giving you a playbook for what matters. The key things to know: you need to understand what matters to your manager and focus there first, while also giving yourself the credibility and track record to get noticed across the organization. Careers in corporate can either be a ladder or a byzantine maze. Gorick gives you the practical tools (including scripts you can use in meetings and emails) to transform that maze into a ladder. I've bought multiple copies for younger family members - this book has the insights I wish I started my career with!

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Must-to-read for Juniors
Review: It saved my career and my life when I got lost in my 1st job, worked hard but still struggled for opportunities. I wish I read this book 2 years ago.

Reviewer: KVB
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Insight for Grads & Veterans
Review: The remarkable point about The Unspoken Rules is that it’s written not only for those transitioning from school to work, but for seasoned veterans who want to mentor new employees. And for veterans like me, who look back on their career with 20/20 hindsight and a new understanding of past experiences that might have been managed better had I read this book. There’s no time for remorse, only looking forward to a new comprehension of these rules.As I read each chapter, I thought about how these concepts also have the ability to benefit companies on a broader scale by enhancing professionalism and building effective teams. Once we understand how to work together, everyone in the workplace will benefit.You’ll find the book full of practical guidance, like the insightful graphics on pages 48 and 49 that reveal clarifying questions for those in learner mode:* “What did she mean by that term?”* “How does that process work?”* “Should I follow up?” (after attending a meeting)These simple questions build our knowledge base and help us assimilate quicker, with better insight into our working environment. They can also help us be proactive in order to stand out while showing up as a team player.My copy of The Unspoken Rules is underlined and highlighted, with scribbled margin notes so that I can’t lend it to a friend. But I can tell everyone about this beneficial book, and perhaps buy them a copy. I highly recommend that you read it and also gift a copy or two. If you’re like me, you’ll consider past experiences, wishing they might have been different. But the next generation will be armed with these important, unspoken rules.

Reviewer: Andrew Chappell
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good Reference Guide
Review: I like this book. It has a lot of great advice and provides a framework on how to approach career success. When I read this book, I feel motivated. It is kind of dry, though. But the purpose of this book was to be informative, not entertaining.I appreciated all of the charts and graphs. They were a handy quick reference. The kindle version caused my Kindle device to crash though.

Reviewer: Cliente Kindle
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I have struggled with several unspoken rules of the market. I only started negotiating my salary after 3 years working. I only found out that you will not be promoted out of pure merit after 4 years, etc. This book not only could have saved me tons of time and regret for my early career, but was also super helpful nowadays in a 6year long career (which is not super long). It was extra useful because I learned some new concepts, but also because it structured my thinking about several topics that before were "nameless".Genius work.

Reviewer: Olivier Terrée
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book is incredibly powerful and empowering. It's packed with valuable tips for anyone starting a new job, whether you're a trainee, an early-career professional, or transitioning to a new role or division. What I love most is that it’s not just for newcomers—I believe even experienced individuals can benefit from the insights it offers. Highly recommended!

Reviewer: IWB
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: It’s no stretch to say that this book could increase your team’s productivity almost immediately.As an entrepreneur, I’ve managed dozens of direct reports (mostly millennials). Training them well is the single, highest-leverage activity I can engage in. The problem? Never enough time.Can a book replace personalized coaching?No.But, besides Covey’s 7 Habits, this one comes closer than any I’ve come across. I received an advanced copy and found that it addresses the things I wish my new hires knew with more clarity and detail than any of its peers:•How to show up prepared and stay ahead of incoming work.•How to decide if something is urgent and/or important, and how to see the big picture of the team’s objectives.•What makes a good and bad question, plus how and when to ask good questions.•How to communicate in a clear, concise way in written and verbal exchanges.I’m not usually drawn to books with the word ’secrets’ in the subtitle, however, this one stands out for a few reasons:•Specificity: Skim most career advice books and you’ll find yourself knee-deep in vague generalities like ’be prepared’, and ‘communicate with confidence’. This book not only defines things in granular detail, but also identifies the spectrum—what does ’too much enthusiasm’ for your role actually look like? Also notable was the use of actual interviews conducted with subjects in the book.•Action-oriented format: I’ve been sold on checklists ever since reading Atul Gawande’s Manifesto, so I was happy to see a number of them in this book. There are also several ‘fill in the blanks’ sections to help the newbies understand where they fit into the bigger organizational picture. This was unique and useful.•Fairness: The author isn’t out to complain about millennials, nor coddle them, as he notes “Curiosity and entitlement are not the same thing… demanding something or being overly disappointed if the answer is ’no’ can be dangerous for your compatibility." Ng avoids the ‘preachy’ or ‘activist’ tone that some authors in the genre adopt.In sum, the book is everything you wanted to teach your team, but either ran out of time for, or did too lousy a job of explaining.I’ll be gifting it to future hires.

Reviewer: Peter
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Excellent guide to various aspects of how to succeed in your career. Practical tips with plenty of real world examples, grounded in frameworks and ways of thinking that are easy to remember and make sense. Top notch and wish I had been able to read this years ago!

Reviewer: claudia v.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: very original and as i am starting my career in banking i found it very useful on how to approach my colleagues and my career. highly recommended!