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9780891061298

Winning at Work : Breaking Free of Personal Traps to Find Success in the New Workplace

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  • ISBN13:

    9780891061298

  • ISBN10:

    0891061290

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-05-01
  • Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $20.95

Summary

The comtemporary workplace is filled with traps but none more dangerous than those we set for ourselves. With compelling precision this book shows how even the most effective among us can undermine our careers by falling into our own private traps.

Author Biography

Mel Sandler, M.S.W., is president of WorkCoach, a firm dedicated to helping people overcome their personal traps at work. He has over twenty-five years of experience as a counselor and consultant for numerous corporations. He is a psychotherapist and an executive and career coach specializing in job stress and organizational change. He presents seminars in these areas and is coauthor of Surviving the Crisis at Work. Muriel Gray, Ph.D., is professor of social work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and a director of EAP Healthcare Institute. She has over twenty-five years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies as a workplace consultant, employee assistance counselor, and executive coach. She presents workshops and seminars on career effectiveness and is coauthor of a best-selling series on employee assistance programming.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
The New Workplace and Its Personal Trapsp. 1
Common Personal Traps and How to Manage Themp. 9
The "Taking it Personally" Trapsp. 11
The "Forgetting Self-Interest" Trapsp. 33
The "Tunnel Vision" Trapsp. 47
The "Loyalty" Trapsp. 61
The "We're Just One Big Family" Trapsp. 77
More Strategies for Dealing with Personal Trapsp. 103
Managing Yourselfp. 105
Increasing Your Workplace Valuep. 119
Maintaining a Balanced Lifestylep. 135
Marshaling Your Allies and Mentorsp. 149
Moving Toward Mutualityp. 163
Shining Your Own Lightp. 183
Pulling It All Togetherp. 193
Referencesp. 201
Indexp. 203
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