The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances, and Will Make You Happier

by Wakeman, Cy

• ISBN13: 9781118413685
• ISBN10: 1118413687
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-04-30
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

The key to understanding how your manager calculates your real value . . .and how to boost it More than anything else, you need to understand exactly how your employer evaluates you, and your annual performance review doesn't tell the whole story. In Reality Check, Cy Wakeman shows how to calculate how your value to your organization. This number calculates your current and future potential against your "emotional expense" the toll your actions and attitudes take on the people around you. With Cy's clear, straight-to-the-point advice, you can confront and reduce your emotional costliness, become an invaluable member of your team, and even learn to love your job again. Explains an exact formula for measuring worth by quantifying the following factors: current performance, future potential, and the biggest detractor, your emotional expense Shares sane advice for becoming the kind of employee who reduces drama and thereby ensures job success Builds on the lessons in Reality-Based Leadership, Cy Wakeman's first book for leaders and managers Reality Check is the essential guide for boosting your value, owning your career, and becoming the kind of employee no organization can afford to lose.

Author Biography

Cy Wakeman is a dynamic speaker, business consultant, author, and trainer. Her first book,Reality-Based Leadership, is a straightforward and practical guide for leaders who want to reduce office drama and improve personal accountability with their teams. She holds a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers' Association and received the 2012 Outstanding Leadership Award from the World HRD Congress in Mumbai.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: The New Rules Of The Game

Part One: The New Value Equation

Chapter One: Your Current Performance

Chapter Two: Your Future Potential

Chapter Three: Your Emotional Expensiveness

Part Two: The Five Reality-Based Rules Of The Workplace

Chapter 4: Rule #1: Your Level Of Accountability Determines Your Level Of Happiness, So Don’t Hope To Be Lucky. Choose To Be Happy

Chapter 5: Rule #2: Suffering Is Optional, So DITCH THE DRAMA!

Chapter 6: Rule #3: Buy-In Is Not Optional. Your Action, Not Opinion, Adds Value.

Chapter 7: Rule #4:. Say “Yes” To What’s Next: Change Is Opportunity

Chapter 8: Rule #5: You Will Always Have Extenuating Circumstances. SUCCEED ANYWAY.

Chapter 9: Call To Action: Put The New Rules To Work

Notes

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Index