How to Survive in a Job for 34 Years: Management Lessons From Catherine the Great

How to Survive in a Job for 34 Years: Management Lessons From Catherine the Great: If you feel nervous about your job, consider that lack of job security is nothing new, and for monarchs throughout history losing a job could also mean losing a head. They constantly had to navigate coups and assassination plots (today known as terminations), neutralize impostors (outside executives), fend off ambitious children tired of waiting for their turn on the throne (the Millennials) and, in the case of women, deal with rampant gender discrimination (less rampant these days but still here). Under such circumstances, if anyone knew how to land a job and hold on to it, it was Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.