Secrets of the Jungle: Lessons on Survival and Success in Today's Organizations

Some think it's a job, but when we join an organization, we enter a new world with its own culture, language, behavior and taboos. Peddy, who prospered in the corporate jungle for 19 years, explains this world to us, through the story of Sandra, a young woman who is coached by Jack, a knowledgeable "insider." Using the jungle tribe as a metaphor for organizations, Jack debunks the "myth of hard work" as the key to success, instead helping Sandra learn and apply over 125 unspoken rules of the jungle to every day work life.