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BOOK REVIEW Publisher-Harper Collins India Ltd November 2018 184 Pages ISBN: 978-93-5277-369-5 Each story delivers a message in context with relatable work-life situations. Be it chapter five , Collaborators in the Time of Corporate Takeovers or chapter 9, the door closer or Chapter 17 The power of proximity , they all focus on human side of the business and the resulting dynamics around it. This book has a wide audience starting from college student, a fresher, may be a middle level manager, business reader, or someone who is fond of new books can pick any chapter and fi nd that these are easy-to-read stories that are a delight. In addition, each reader will derive some insights and will relate these with their own experiences or get prepared to face such situations. Senior personnel will fi nd solutions around their present situations to cope and overcome with ease. It could be a mirror to C level personnel to sensitize them about their beliefs and style cascade to their organization. It will leave readers with a trigger to start the introspection on their value system to set the appropriate expectations from work & life. T itle-Inside the C-Suite 21 Secrets from Top Management to get your way in business and life, Authored by Jayaram Easwaran an alumnus of IIM Bangalore and Director at Casa Blanka India Consulting Pvt. Ltd, with over three decades of multi-functional experience at leadership levels in global companies. Inside the C- suite is a 21 short stories book depicting life at C-Levels will leave readers with clear management insights and leadership lessons that will help them cope with both work and life. 44 | Vol. 10 Issue 1 • JANUARY 2019, Noida Generally, we will fi nd four categories of workforce behavior. • competing with subordinates • competing with superiors • competing with peers • competing with self By the time, one completes reading this book, he or she shall be equipped to evaluate where one stands, and what should be future course of action. Few chapters of the book were published as a blog in Business Line in Campus an online product of Hin- du Business Line in columns titled C Suite Fables. P & M