Listen "242 — The unspoken rules of work"
Episode Synopsis
On The Good Practice podcast this week, we're speaking about how to get ahead at work. Gemma and Ross G are joined by Gorick Ng, author of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right. We discuss: The "rules" (Giving the impression of) competence, commitment and compatibility The implications of the rules on others Show notes To learn more about Gorick Ng and to order his book, visit http://gorick.com/ Or, you can buy a copy of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right via these links: US: https://amzn.to/3hYb6Sa UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unspoken-Rules-Secrets-Starting-Career/dp/1647820448 Non-US/US: https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Unspoken-Rules-Gorick-Ng/9781647820442 For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit emeraldworks.com. There, you'll also find details of our award winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. Ross spoke about the strange, but extraordinary, tardigrade. You can about them here: theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/20/tardigrades-natures-great-survivors He also mentioned this video by John Amaechi OBE on 'The Report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities': twitter.com/johnamaechi/status/1377545222163472384?s=21 Gemma spoke about research into mental health and creativity referred to Freakonomics episode "How to be creative ep. 354". You can listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: freakonomics.com/podcast/creativity-1/https://freakonomics.com/podcast/creativity-1/ Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter: Ross Garner - @RossGarnerEW Gemma Towersey - @GemmaTowersey Gorick Ng - @GorickNg
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