Pull: Networking and Success Since Benjamin Franklin

by Pamela Walker Laird

Book Overview

Redefining the way we view business success, Pamela Laird demolishesthe popular American self-made story as she exposes the socialdynamics that navigate some people toward opportunity and steer othersaway. Who gets invited into the networks of business opportunity? Whatdoes an unacceptable candidate lack? The answer is social capital - allthose social assets that attract respect, generate confidence, evokeaffection and invite loyalty. In retelling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674019075
• ISBN13: 9780674019072
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 439 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.8" x 8.5"