Harvey B. Cabrera
It’s about time business is taught a good lesson…or ten!
- What can you do when you are instructed to motivate an employee who is belligerent?
- Should you spill the beans on your boss who is lying to management?
- Why do good managers turn bad when they suddenly report to a bad manager?
- What would have happened if the boy in “The Emperor’s New Clothes” lived in the business world when he declared the king naked? The ending will surprise you.
- Are all mission statements necessary?
- What are the consequences of ignoring good business travel techniques?
“Ten Vital Lessons for Good Business” answers the questions above while entertaining and educating you, the businessperson, through a series of amusing vignettes with interesting characters. For example, you will meet my Silly Boss, who purposefully ignored his stomach sickness and was almost stranded in a third-world country; Large Woman, whose bad attitude created a disturbance in Switzerland; and Jerkzilla, who learned a valuable lesson after years of antagonizing his fellow employees.
You were taught to work hard to succeed and survive in business. Unfortunately, you were not taught what to do when your boss is a poor leader with poor judgment, when businesspeople lie about their company’s financial performance, or when management repackages bad news and calls it good news. “Ten Vital Lessons for Good Business” addresses these issues and many more.
This book is a must read for all working people—from the new employee to the CEO. After reading this book you will realize why some businesspeople are frustrated and kick their dog or their neighbor’s dog.
Improve your business life—read “Ten Vital Lessons for Good Business.” Those close to you will thank you for it.
Harvey Cabrera is an exciting author who entertains and educates in his latest book, “Ten Vital Lessons for Good Business.” With over twenty-six years in business, he possesses a wealth of interesting stories and experiences that are the basis for his book. As an executive manager, Harvey has successfully dealt with many situations involving employee dynamics, executive management, and various business scenarios. He has been sought to conduct formal business speeches to large audiences in both auditoriums and on the internet, and has been featured in a leading technology magazine.
Harvey was raised in San Diego. He began his career in Information Technology and was soon discovered as a top performer and set for the fast track. With his natural leadership ability and strong business intuition, he has successfully led the implementations of large, multi-million dollar, computer systems to companies located all over the United States, Western Europe, Canada and the Caribbean. Harvey is also experienced in building and leading large information technology departments in these locations and in different industries, including: Banking, Education, Manufacturing, Service and Biotech.
With strong analytical and interpersonal skills, Harvey observed key business areas important to employees and managers. Using his entertaining form of writing, he draws upon real-life stories that make the lessons learned in each chapter enjoyable to read. His book is a refreshing contribution to the business world.
Harvey enjoys traveling with his wife and two sons. He takes pleasure in writing, entertaining with friends, motivating business colleagues, public speaking and the theatre.
Table of Contents
1 The First Thing You Should Read
11 Sometimes the Only Good Change Is the Change in Your Pocket
53 Attitude, Attitude, Attitude, My Kingdom for Good Attitude
107 To Mission or Not to Mission Impossible
137 Technology for Technology is Bad Technology
173 Political Incorrectness
223 The King is Naked
267 InHuman Resources
301 Are We There Yet? How ‘Bout Now?
359 What You See is Not Always What You Get
The First Thing You Should Read
Wait! Don’t stop reading. If you are like me, you don’t have time to read the foreword or the introduction section of a book, any book. But this isn’t an ordinary introduction, so you should read it. You will learn why I decided to write this book and how it can help you navigate through the wonderful world of business, pointing out key scenarios along the way. Understanding how things operate in the business world sometimes seems very unclear. Why do executives make the decisions they do, seeming to violate the laws of physics and common sense? Some answers are as unclear as the questions, but when you have learned these ten vital lessons I guarantee that your business life, as you know it today, will change. And in the process you will either become a much happier citizen of this business world or you will decide to build a rocket and go to Mars. Both options seem appropriate at times.
In business today, fewer employees are doing the work once done by many people. Their daily hours on the job have increased, encroaching on weekends and holidays. Companies themselves are being squeezed by investors for higher and higher stock prices, only to watch their stock prices drop like a brick when they miss their projected revenue. The days when companies offered lifetime employment are gone. All of this corporate pressure has burned its way down to the unprepared employee. Consequently, they are finding it more difficult to deal with the added workload and corporate stress, needing more than ever guidance on how to deal with and navigate through the business world. Ten Vital Lessons for Good Business focuses on ten lessons that will help the new employee, the seasoned manager, and even the corporate executive.
Attitude, Attitude, Attitude, My Kingdom for Good Attitude
It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who go to work in the business world with the worst attitude imaginable. I know these people, you know these people; everyone knows these people. Sometimes, even these people know themselves as being “these” people. They don’t hide from our view; rather they flaunt their miserable attitude, trying to infect us all with their venom. And management knows them too. What’s worse is that we all put up with them as if they were born miserable and there is nothing that can be done to change it.
