Daniel Muller
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After the first ten years of my career, and landing my first management position, I became friends with a professor at a local...
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DANIEL MULLER
Blue-collar and white-collar expert
Published Author of
CHANGING COLLARS:
Lessons in Transitioning from
Blue-Collar Roots
to White-Collar Success
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CHANGING COLLARS unveils the secrets to success in a white-collar world that is increasingly complex. Wherever you are in your white-collar career journey, this book will help you achieve greater success, improve your satisfaction level, and provide a diverse set of useful tools! For those who have grown up in a blue-collar environment,
this book is especially valuable.
(paperback $19.99, ebook $6.99, audiobook $24.99)
What People are Saying About Changing Collars
“If you didn’t grow up in the corporate world, but want to succeed in it,
this book provides a must-read career guide full of sage advice.”
Mike Arnold, Retired President and CEO of Ryerson Steel
"Growing up, my next door neighbor and best friend finished high school and became a tool and die maker. He was a good one and earned enough respect to be invited to weekly plant manager meetings. He once observed, 'I'm the only one in the Monday morning meeting wearing a plaid shirt.' I wonder how his career might have changed had he the opportunity to read Dan Muller's engaging, insightful Changing Collars.
It could serve as a template for any blue-collar worker considering navigating the sea change to the white-collar world."
Mike Johnson, author, Long Journey To Destiny and A Season Forgotten
“This book contains a vast amount of helpful information for anyone, whether from a blue or white-collar background, who is considering a white-collar career or is currently part of the white-collar workforce. It is also useful as a lifelong reference, especially for those from a blue-collar background aspiring to have not just a job, but a fulfilling, long term, white-collar career. I especially liked the practical “white-collar lessons” interspersed throughout the book....”
Catherine M. Bakes, Ph.D., Emerita Associate Professor, Management & Information Systems,
Kent State University
“Loved the book! The rules for ‘blue-collar’ workers and ‘white-collar’ workers are very different. Dan Muller explains these differences with wonderful stories that make the lessons fun to absorb. I wish it was available when I was starting my career. I plan to teach these ‘lessons’ to my college students and hope they will change their lives like they did for Dan. A few critical things can make a huge difference.”
Ryan Conlon, Kent State Adjunct Professor and retired CTO, Progressive Insurance
As a first-generation college graduate with a blue-collar background, this book is the perfect resource for navigating the white-collar workplace. Daniel provides lessons from his experience and addresses several different challenges someone transitioning from blue-collar to white-collar work will experience. After reading this book, I feel more prepared to advance my career. Daniel touches on lessons learned on all facets impacting white-collar work, such as differences between growing up in a blue-collar and white-collar household, office etiquette, expectations doing thought-work, and communication in the office, for example. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to advance their career, learn more about the challenges of transitioning from blue-collar to white-collar work, and better equip themselves.
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ABOUT DANIEL
About Daniel
I grew up in a working-class, blue-collar family in Northeast Ohio. After graduating with my degree in computer science from Kent State University, I began my white-collar career. Eventually, after overcoming many challenges due to my lack of understanding the white-collar world, I succeeded and held several executive leadership positions in a Fortune 500 company.
In my 35 year career, I made many mistakes which could have been avoided had I known some of the needed soft skills, business drivers, and nuances of the white-collar world. Later in my career, I discovered, while mentoring others, that there were fundamental lessons I learned during my career that were very helpful for others with less experience. I also began to gather key lessons learned from other highly successful and respected 'blue-collar roots' peers who wanted to contribute to the content of the book. This book captures all of those important lessons for your benefit. Learn from a successful white-collar professional who has applied these lessons and has proven their effectiveness!
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