| Albrecht, Chris, 120 |
| Allaire, Paul A., 25, 27–29 |
| Apple Computer: Cook at, 177; Jobs at, 133,
176, 177 |
| Apprentice, The, 8 |
| asking questions, 16, 50 |
| assessment of other players, 73, 86–93; anticipating moves of others, 7–9, 33, 34–36, 40–41,
50, 89–90, 95, 118, 135, 186, 211, 242, 248;
campus career development staff, 92–93;
candidate's current manager, 86, 88, 90;
companies offering jobs, 86, 87, 92–93;
coworkers, 86, 91; regarding credible commitments, 47–48, 93, 95, 96, 242; and
emotional intelligence (EI), 210–11; family
members, 86, 89, 90–91, 93; regarding goals,
89–91; hiring managers, 86, 91, 93; human
resources managers, 86, 91; mentors, 86, 90;
relationship to influence, 86, 87, 89, 122,
211, 213; relationship to time structure of
career game, 94–95; and social intelligence
(SI), 211 |
| authenticity, 29, 215, 220, 226 |
| baby boomers, 59–61, 62–63, 64, 65–66, 236 |
| Bain & Co., 5, 12, 20, 21–24, 66, 70–71, 72 |
| Ballmer, Steven: on adapting to new situations,
208; relationship with Gates, 177 |
| Bandura, Albert: on social learning theory, 209 |
| Barrett, Craig: at Intel, 123 |
| Barry, Dave, 241–42; on competition for jobs, 1,
2, 241–42; Dave Barry's Money Secrets, 1 |
| baseball, 43, 48; batters hit by pitches, 8; job performance vs. batting averages, 147, 150–51 |
| Becker, Howard: on side bets, 91 |
| Begley, Charlene, 12–19, 134, 210, 226; on asking
questions, 16; on changing positions, 15–17,
19; on early career, 13–14, 15–16, 17, 18–19,
244; on female leaders, 18; at GE, 5, 11,
12–19, 85, 144, 244; on mentoring relationships, 11–12, 14, 16, 17–18, 19, 85; on position changes, 15–17, 19; on priorities, 18,
19; relationship with Dave Calhoun, 14, 16,
85; relationship with Jack Welch, 17 |
| Bell, Bryan, 11–12, 19–25, 39; and Bain & Co.,
5, 12, 20, 21–24; on choice of university, 12,
20–21, 24; on college majors, 12, 20, 24; on
first job decisions, 12, 21–24, 25, 244; on
MBA-PhD combination, 21–22, 24; resilience of, 214 |
| Bennis, Warren: Geeks and Geezers, 212, 214 |
| BHP Billiton: Kloppers at, 5, 135, 159; Vanselow
at, 117, 130, 218, 227, 228–34 |
| Bidou, Ann: Career Match, 10 |
| Black, Leon, 116 |
| Black Enterprise, 235, 238 |
| Blake, Frank, 223 |
| Blank, Arthur, 221, 223 |
| blogs, 93, 121 |
| bluffs, 93 |
| Bolles, Richard Nelson: What Color Is Your Parachute?, 10 |
| Bradt, George: The New Leader's 100–Day Action Plan, 165 |
| Bratton, V. K.: “Extreme Careerism,” 247, 248 |
| Breen, Ed: at Tyco, 124 |
| Brousseau, Kenneth: on decision-making style,
216 |
| Brown & Williamson, 121 |
| Burns, Ursula, 25–32, 134; on authenticity, 29,
226; on bad career moves, 30–31, 32; on
board membership, 31; on community
involvement, 31, 32; on competence, 30,
32; on early career, 26; on early-career |