The Success Factor

About the Book

Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Corporate America is charged with significant life lessons that are worthy of it being in your personal library, and addresses not only the challenge of acquiring a job but also the process of keeping it. Author Ted Bagley takes a different approach to addressing what it takes to be successful. He approaches this novel from the standpoint of not only the art of getting a job but the science of keeping it. He takes the readers to a new level of understanding concerning both the skills needed to be successful as well as the politics of understanding the parameters of retention.

About the Author

Ted Bagley, A vice President at a large Pharmaceutical company on the West Coast, was born in Birmingham Alabama to Ted and Eddie Mae Bagley both deceased. His Brother William Bagley, recently retired, resides in Indianapolis with his wife Larnell and daughter Jennifer. After graduating from High School, Ted joined Uncle Sam’s Army where he served in the Old Guard, a ceremonial unit in Ft. Myer Virginia. After serving for several years in that prestigious unit, he was sent to Viet Nam at the height of the conflict. At the end of his military career, Ted continued his degree at Ohio State and later graduated from Franklin Business Law School in Columbus Ohio. After College, he joined the General Electric Company’s world renowned Executive leadership Program where he served in many capacities of the Human Resources field. After working his way to the executive ranks, Ted left GE to Join the Russell Corporation based in Atlanta Georgia. After several years with Russell, he joined Dell Computer in Nashville Tennessee. Ted Currently is an executive with Amgen Pharmaceuticals in Thousand Oaks California. His hobbies are bike riding, reading, skating and minor car repair. He has a wife, Debra, and 4 children, Marcus, Chantal, Christopher and Jared. His passions are: public speaking, counseling, working with young people and exercising. He currently has one piece of his work in Publication. The book’s title is, “My Personal War within”.