Office Survival Guide

Name: Office Survival Guide
Price: 6.45 USD
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ISBN: 9780071462037

ISBN-10: 0071462031

ISBN-13: 9780071462037

Edition: 2006

Authors: Marilyn Puder-York, Andrea B. Thompson

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A Fortune 500 consultant reveals the ten most common workplace conflicts, and how to resolve them. Scenarios include coping with a difficult boss, managing troublesome subordinates & dealing with problematic peers.

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 12/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.90" wide x 7.90" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



About Tigers and Alley Cats


Workplace Triggers and How to Name Yours



Surviving People



The Difficult Boss


How to Soothe Your Superior and Protect Yourself



Supercompetitive Peers


How to Cope with a Potential Foe (and Forget about Sibling Rivalry)



The Troubled or Troublesome Subordinate


How to Coach a Difficult Assistant (and Resist the Urge to Parent)



Surviving Change



New Management


How to Adapt to a Shifting Cast of Characters



New Technology


How to Face Up to Fears (and Bite a Necessary Bullet)



Surviving Shades of Gray



The Highly Politicized Office


How to Know When Currying Favor Might Be More Important than Proving Your Merit



Confused Directives


How to Handle Mixed Signals from Above



Mission Impossible


How to Find Middle-Ground Solutions (or Recognize When You're Being Set Up for the Kill)



Surviving Dangers



The Immoral, Unethical, or Illegal Request


How to Tell if You're Right and They're Wrong (or a Little of Both)



The Traumatic Event


How to Be an Inspirational Crisis Manager (not an Overreacting Hero or an Underreacting Minimizer)



Beyond Today


Survival Strategies for Staying Sane while Taming Tigers at Work


Index