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CHAPTER TWO
Working Up The Corporate Ladder
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hanks to your own inherent strengths, significant contributions from the distinguished instructors and peers at IIM-A, and the sheer ambience of the institute, you are a much sought-after person in the corporate world. You have really worked long and hard to reach this stage.
As you move ahead in life you have to keep on proving yourself, in new environments, to new people. The assignments and challenges keep on changing; their significance and consequence being always on the rise. Professionally you are growing at an enviable pace.
A stage is reached when not only during the office hours that you are in search of moments that you may call your own, but the load of work creeps into your home as well. Your mind becomes awash with work. But you do it willingly, as you are not cut for doing things against your wishes. You earn the reputation of a man allowing no nonsense and trivialities. You are a successful corporate executive.
To be able to better understand the life of a successful corporate
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