The reality-based rules of the workplace : know what boosts your value, kills your chances, & will make you happier
Record details
- ISBN: 9781118413685 (cloth)
- ISBN: 1118413687 (cloth)
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Physical Description:
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viii, 190 pages ; 24 cm - Edition: FIRST EDITION.
- Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, www.josseybass.com [2013]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 173) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The new value equation. Your current performance -- Your future potential -- Your emotional expensiveness -- The five reality-based rules of the workplace. Rule #1: Your level of accountability determines your level of happiness, so DON'T HOPE TO BE LUCKY. CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY -- Rule #2: Suffering is optional, so DITCH THE DRAMA! -- Rule #3: Buy-in is not optional. YOUR ACTION, NOT OPINION, ADDS VALUE -- Rule #4: Say "yes" to what's next, CHANGE IS OPPORTUNITY -- Rule #5: You will always have extenuating circumstances, SUCCEED ANYWAY -- Call to action: Put the new rules to work. |
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Subject: | Success in business Job satisfaction Organizational behavior Office politics |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HF 5386 .W354 2013 | 30775305473952 | General Collection | Available | - |
BookList Review
The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace : Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances, and Will Make You Happier
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Who among us doesn't enjoy gossip at the proverbial (sometimes, actual) water cooler? Or pointing fingers at love-to-hate-'em jerks? Or whining and moaning about all the changes in the office? Two words of advice come from speaker-consultant Wakeman (Reality-Based Leadership, 2010) stop it! Her code of office conduct demands that all drama be checked at the door and that, instead, all employees realize five ideas: one's level of accountability determines one's level of happiness; suffering is optional, so let go of creating drama; one's actions add value to one's performance, not offering opinions; say yes to what's next; and there will always be extenuating circumstances to any situation. When we don't add value beyond our job-responsibility templates, when we're content not to reach out and help others, when we don't share what we know, then the time is ripe for job dissatisfaction and, perhaps, a layoff or a firing. In the end, Wakeman gives us the gift of self-awareness by forcing us to think and compare our productive results through quizzes and some eye-opening anecdotes.--Jacobs, Barbara Copyright 2010 Booklist