Table of Contents
List of Figures viii
List of Tables viii
Editor's Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Preface: What is this Book All About? xiii
Chapter 1 Time for Change 1
Chapter 2 Divorced Feelings 11
Chapter 3 The Business-Minded Spy 23
Chapter 4 New Shoes 35
Chapter 5 Trauma 51
Chapter 6 Your Resume 65
Chapter 7 Cultivating Kudos 79
Chapter 8 Being Heard 91
Chapter 9 Walking on Water 103
Chapter 10 Changing Values 117
Chapter 11 Where Does Talent Go? 135
Chapter 12 Creativity and the Bottom Line 155
Chapter 13 Great Pay Expectations 173
Chapter 14 Compensation Shortfalls 189
Chapter 15 The Ethics of Generalists 205
Chapter 16 Finding an "In" 221
Chapter 17 Body Armor 235
Chapter 18 Interviewing as Reconnaissance 255
Chapter 19 Epilogue 283
Bibliography 291
Index 293
About the Author 297
Figures
Douglas DC-3 Dakota, Standing By vi
1.1 Veteran Bumper Sticker 10
3.1 Walking 86th Intelligence Group Patch 26
9.1 The Feeling from Some Sleep Medications 114
11.1 The Bureaucratic Atrophy Model 140
11.2 Guts Inspirational Poster 150
12.1 Opening Up Space (Intentionally Left Blank for Contemplation) 167
12.2 Peenemunde Athletic Club T-Shirt 171
13.1 Marc's Completely Over-Simplified Formula for Calculating Pay 177
15.1 Team Positions Versus Fog Ball 209
15.2 Fog Ball: Soccer Played by Five-Year-Olds 210
15.3 The Shot Gun: The Flaw in Organizing by Center of Mass 215
17.1 Folding the Square 249
18.1 The Simple (but effective) Business Card 282
Tables
4.1 The Range of Desired Change 42
10.1 Manager History 122
14.1 Compensation History 191
17.1 Wardrobe Purchase Requirements and Costs 253
