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Jotham Stein is a Silicon Valley employment lawyer who represents entrepreneurs, C-Suite executives, board members, and senior managers, as well as less senior employees at companies of every size and type. In Even CEOs Get Fired, Jotham walks readers through the best practices, common pitfalls, and sky's-the-limit possibilities in the various stages of a career - from getting hired, to surviving an employer's changes in control, to a voluntarily exit... to getting fired.
Each chapter focuses on a particular issue, mixing straightforward actionable advice with engaging fictional stories, based on real-life scenarios Jotham has seen in his practice. Readers starting out in their careers, or considering jumping into entrepreneurship, will learn how to negotiate like a CEO, regardless of their position. Those already in the C-Suite will appreciate his explanation of which documents and clauses really matter in complex employment agreements, and how to maximize your leverage by focusing on the bottom line.
Even CEOs Get Fired is the ultimate guide to talking money, an essential tool for anyone moving up in business.
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How to Talk Money Are you considering a career move? Negotiating for a raise? Wondering what might happen if your employer was sold or restructured? Even CEOs Get Fired is a lively, clear, and comprehensive guide to contract negotiations and employment law, with practical advice for everyone -- from C-Suite execs and founders, to fresh-out-of-undergrad new hires -- on how to maximize your earnings and protect yourself if things don't go according to plan. Jotham Stein is a Silicon Valley employment lawyer who represents entrepreneurs, C-Suite executives, board members, and senior managers, as well as less senior employees at companies of every size and type. In Even CEOs Get Fired, Jotham walks readers through the best practices, common pitfalls, and sky's-the-limit possibilities in the various stages of a career -- from getting hired, to surviving an employer's changes in control, to a voluntarily exit... to getting fired. Each chapter focuses on a particular issue, mixing straightforward actionable advice with engaging fictional stories, based on real-life scenarios Jotham has seen in his practice. Readers starting out in their careers, or considering jumping into entrepreneurship, will learn how to negotiate like a CEO, regardless of their position. Those already in the C-Suite will appreciate his explanation of which documents and clauses really matter in complex employment agreements, and how to maximize your leverage by focusing on thebottom line. Even CEOs Get Fired is the ultimate guide to talking money, an essential tool for anyone moving up in business.
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Even CEOS Get Fired is a lively read about how employees, executives, and entrepreneurs protect themselves in employment and business and how you can too. Based on 25 years of experience protecting entrepreneurs, executives and employees around the country, preeminent Silicon Valley lawyer Jotham Stein walks you through the best practices, common pitfalls, and sky's-the-limit possibilities in the various stages of your career. From strong employment agreements to top notch separation/severance agreements and everything in between, Even CEOs Get Fired describes it all. In addition to all the straight talk about protecting yourself, you?ll be captivated by 59 fictional entrepreneur and executive stories on a wide range of employment situations that will probably leave you thinking, "hey, this happened to someone I know." If you wind up thinking, "hey, this happened to me," Even CEOs Get Fired talks about your professional reincarnation and Stein describes how fired entrepreneurs, executives and employees often call him six months later to tell him that the best thing that ever happened to them was that they got fired. Each chapter of Even CEOs Get Fired focuses on a particular issue, mixing straightforward actionable advice with engaging fictional stories. If you are just starting out, in mid-career, or considering jumping into entrepreneurship, you will learn how to negotiate like a CEO. If you are already a successful entrepreneur or executive, you will appreciate Stein's explanation of how to maximize your leverage by focusing on your personal bottom line. In Even CEOs Get Fired, Stein also explains in accessible terms the words and clauses that really matter in offer letters, employment agreements, stock option agreements, restricted stock agreements, separation/severance agreements, change in control agreements and much more. Even CEOs Get Fired is an indispensable guide to protecting yourself in business and employment and essential for anyone trying to understand the dynamics at play in any work situation and how best to use them to protect yourself, your family and your friends.