Page 4 - Executive Warfare

“In Career Warfare, David D’Alessandro, chairman
and CEO of John Hancock Financial Services, offers
the unwritten rules of organizational life, the real
truths you need to know in order to build the kind
of personal brand that shouts ‘headed for the top.’”
—Soundview Speed Review

“It seems that Mr. D’Alessandro has written this
book [Career Warfare] mostly for the reason he
offers: he has spent more than 30 years at different
companies and wants to share his insight to help
others develop their career.… ‘At the risk of
appalling all the humanists out there, I can tell you
that it's smart for you to try to think of yourself as
a product—an expensive one—because at the end
of the day, that's exactly what you are to your organ-
ization, to your boss, and to your customers,’ he
writes. That’s a very unchief-executive thing to
write. Some advice may seem obvious to people
who have already climbed the professional ladder,
but the author presents his analysis in such a
refreshing way that the reader keeps turning the
pages.… All in all, the book offers a refreshing mes-
sage of humanity from someone who has fought
many corporate wars.”
—The New York Times

“This time [with Career Warfare] he narrows the
focus, honing in on executives and interpersonal