Corporate Confidential

50 Secrets Your Company Doesn’t Want You to Know - and What to Do About Them

By: Cynthia Shapiro

Narrated by: Vanessa Daniels

Cynthia Shapiro is a former human resources executive who's pulling back the curtain on the way that companies really work. In Corporate Confidential, she unmasks startling truths and what you can do about them, including:

• There's no right to free speech in the workplace
• Age discrimination exists
• Why being too smart is not too smart
• Human Resources is not there to help you, but to protect the company from you
• And 45 more!

Cynthia Shapiro pulls no punches, giving listeners an inside look at a secret world of hidden agendas they would never normally see: a world of insider information and insights that can save a career!

©2005 Cynthia Shapiro (P)2018 Tantor

Mindset Changer

This book is an AWESOME start to changing ones mindset about the workplace. It is certainly one that will challenge your thought process and teach you what you need to Successfully survive in any work environment.

Excellent book

Enjoyed listening and plan to incorporate in my career as I plan to move to the next level as a manager.
Narration is very good too!

Wish I had this book at age 25

This should be assigned reading before starting your first corporate job. It may not save you from yourself and stupid mistakes, but maybe if you listen to it twice, it might sink in

I believe you have had to live this, to appreciate

This book doesn’t aim to inspire. It tells the truth. And not everyone is ready for that.

Corporate Confidential is not a guide for the ideal workplace. It’s a field manual for navigating the real one. The one where power is quiet, consequences are invisible, and your instincts matter more than your resume.

If you’ve ever been told you’re too intense, too direct, too ambitious, this book will feel like a friend who finally says, “You’re not crazy. You’re not the problem. You’re just seeing clearly.”

It doesn’t sugarcoat. It doesn’t overexplain. It assumes you’re smart enough to connect the dots, and brave enough to act on them.

- If you’re early in your career, it will change how you play.
- If you’re mid-career, it will explain what you’ve already felt.
- If you’re senior, it will validate everything you’ve quietly adapted to.

Not everyone will love this book. But the people who need it will never forget it.

Thank you, Cynthia for being brave enough to write this.

Great Read as a HR Professional

I heard about this book a long time ago and I just got around to reading it. I should’ve read it a long long time ago. I am an HR professional. This was very eye-opening and surprising. What a high-quality read. I think anybody who wants to get into business or has been in business should read this and take it seriously even if you are a professional there’s a lot to learn here. I took copious notes and will consider this in my executive presence and my future job search.