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Hurzeler, Donald

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Donald Hurzeler

Donald J. Hurzeler, CPCU, CLU, spent twenty-seven years at Allstate before becoming CEO and president of Zurich Middle Markets, a billion-dollar segment of Zurich Financial Services. Hurzeler was also president of the Zurich Foundation and national president of the 25,000-member Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters. A former columnist for various trade publications and a former speechwriter for executives at both Allstate insurance and Zurich Financial Services, he lives with his wife, Linda, in Chicago.

The Way Up shows readers the simple career choices they can make to put themselves head and shoulders above their competition.

Donald J. Hurzeler, a forty-year veteran of corporate America, lays out the principles of business success for readers looking to start (or restart) their careers. Whether fresh out of college or desperately in need of a midcareer makeover, readers can take the business secrets and actionable tips presented in this book and kindle their desires for capturing the work life they’ve always wanted.

Written in a frank, conversational voice and designed to quickly impart easy-to- implement strategies to readers, The Way Up includes such valuable lessons as:

  • How to deal with the “Boss from Hell”
  • How to build a reputation for reliability and consistency How to exude the confidence that’s crucial to winning big
  • How to become a “Networking Black Belt”
  • How to recover from workplace screwups
  • How to advance by focusing on what makes the company money
The world is full of average performances. Good is in ample supply. But Hurzeler’s advice will motivate and equip readers to become unique and valuable. In doing so, they’ll find financial rewards, the sense of accomplishment from a job well done, ways to overcome common difficulties at work, and the satisfaction of reaching one or more of their grand goals in life.

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