Conduct Expected

William Lareau set out to name the things nobody tells you when you start a white-collar career — the unwritten norms, the political realities, the gap between the official handbook and what actually gets you ahead. 'Conduct Expected' packages that wisdom into 100 explicit, memorable rules drawn from psychology and seasoned career experience. The format is practical and specific rather than vague, which puts it a cut above most workplace advice. A revised 21st-century edition signals real staying power. The honest caveat is that its lens is large-bureaucracy corporate life, so entrepreneurs and small-business folks will find less to work with. And post-2020 workplace culture has shifted in ways a book rooted in the 1980s may not fully anticipate. Still a solid career-navigation resource for the right reader.