How to Be a Star at Work - 7 Career Rules from Cathie Black

How to Be a Star at Work: 7 Rules for a Really Big Career

By Cathie Black
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the October 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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From a lowly sales assistant to the head of a magazine empire, Cathie Black has boldly gone where no woman has gone before. She shares her unorthodox (dare we say daredevil) strategies for getting ahead.

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