Marilyn Moats Kennedy is founder and managing partner of Career Strategies, a career-consulting firm in Wilmette, Illinois. She is also founder and publisher of Kennedy's Career Strategist, a 16-page subscription newsletter on career planning, job hunting and office politics.

Ms. Kennedy's over 30 years of experience includes DePaul University (Chicago) faculty member, business owner, and nationally known speaker. She has written many books, the first of which, Office Politics: Seizing Power/Wielding Clout (1981), established her as an expert on political survival in the cutthroat business world.

She is currently a columnist for Across the Board magazine, The Physician Executive, and Manager's Intelligence Report and is quoted regularly in national publications. She has appeared on "20/20" and "Good Morning America" and holds as BSJ and MSJ from Northwestern University.

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