Rules of the Game

Transform your thinking to become personally responsible for your careerTake control over your actions, reactions and thinking processes in each and every interaction in lifeCraft a deliberately impactful career wandering and being accidentally impactful instead ofDevelop teamwork, network and leadership skills effortlesslyImprove your empathy, etiquette and communication skillsAchieve long-term goals through short-term milestonesSumit D Chowdhury has a diversified leadership career spanning multi-national companies in the US, Australia, and India where he has lead large professional services teams and complex organizations. Apart from work, he is passionate about music, marathons, modern art, mentoring and motivational speaking. How do you succeed in creating a fast-tracked career? How do you make it an enjoyable journey? Approach your career as if it is a game and you are its star player. Rules of the Game helps you take control of your career by being aware and continuously prepared for changes and opportunities. This book will also help you to discover, learn, and invent your own rules for managing your career. Rules of the Game empowers you to have an enjoyable career journey without trudging through life fearing change, failures, politics and uncertainty.Foreword by Professor Dipak C Jain Chapter 1: Realizing Your Impact on the World: Develop Self-Confidence Interview: Subroto Bagchi Chapter 2: Winners' Attitudes: Be an Enthusiastic Possibilitarian Interview: Nitin Paranjpe Chapter 3: Appearance, Etiquette and Personality: Shine Through Everything Interview: Sanjay Behl and Siddharth Roy Kapur Chapter 4: Communicating and Selling: Make It a Habit Interview: Ganesh Natarajan and Anjali Bansal Chapter 5: The Power of Teamwork: Learn to Work in Harmony Interview: Anand Kripalu Chapter 6: Seeking Feedback And Self Correcting: Welcome Change and Learn from Failure Interview: B S Nagesh Chapter 7: Knowing Yourself and Maintaining Discipline: Creating a Brand 'You' Interview: Roopa Kudva Chapter 8: Management and Leadership: Take the Initiative to Lead Interview: Vinita Bali Chapter 9: Career Planning: Take a General Aim Interview: Naina Lal Kidwai Chapter 10: Invest in Yourself: Keep Learning All Through Life Interview: Chandra Sripada and Prasoon JoshiLucid and accessible, Sumit Chowdhury's book is a must-read for young working people to boost their self-awareness. It helps you to realise the wisdom that you are the creator, keeper, and beneficiary of your own success. The book pulls together striking anecdotal insights into strategies, characteristics, and principles that have helped some of India's current business leaders in building successful careers. Chowdhury urges his readers to be entrepreneurial in understanding themselves, and gives them a valuable toolkit for achieving success in their careers.While the title Rules of the Game suggests a very prescriptive approach. It simply provides a perspective to allow people to figure out what works for them, as they chart out their careers. A good book for transitioning from an academic to a corporate life.The book offers a frame that is beneficial for the transition from school to professional life, providing insights through the author's informed, accessible style, and by drawing from his personal leadership experiences. Sumit brings together a wealth of diverse knowledge about learning, leadership, success, spirituality and self-awareness.