Knock the Hustle: How to Save Your Job and Your Life from Corporate AmericaWhat happens when you combine a lifetime in gritty urban neighborhoods with over a decade of building brands for some of the world's top companies? What happens when you discover that many of the 'hood's most corrosive characters, temptations and pitfalls have infiltrated Madison Avenue, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street? What happens when you realize that professionalism, common sense, and good business sense are being stifled by constructs, hidden agendas, and greed? What happens when you realize that the only way out is to fight back? You get KNOCK THE HUSTLE: How to Save Your Job and Your Life from Corporate America. Written by Hadji Williams, a respected 11-year veteran of the marketing and advertising industries (and product of Chicago's urban communities), KNOCK THE HUSTLE a wrecking-ball of insider-information and eye-popping revelations on the corrosive cultures of many of today's top companies. KNOCK THE HUSTLE is also your personal blueprint for succeeding in spite of it. KNOCK THE HUSTLE strips away tired grad school jargon and paradigms and serves up uncanny wisdom that everyone can use. KNOCK THE HUSTLE is the real talk everyone from the corner to the classroom to the corner office has been waiting for. |
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