Working Successfully With Screwed-Up People
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1.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Let's face it. Some people just don't listen, don't care, and aren't willing to compromise. And you probably work with some of them. The incomprehensible supervisor. The person in the next office who chats more than works. The customer who, by the way, isn't always right. For all those co-workers who drive you crazy, there's a solution.
The bestselling author of Living Successfully with Screwed-Up People turns her insightful eye to the workplace, showing readers how they can get along with and work successfully beside the people who drive them up the wall. "It doesn't take two people to change a relationship in the workplace," says Elizabeth B. Brown. "It takes one--me!" Her expert advice will help workers in any profession learn how to be unflappable, imperturbable, and unflustered when dealing with the difficult people in their workplace.
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People spend nearly half their waking hours on the job, which means personality clashes and problems with co-workers can quickly become poisonous. Brown describes how individuals affected at work by "screwed-up people" can navigate the "emotional maze" that often accompanies workplace clashes. The author provides tips on how one might remain dispassionate and diplomatic during fraught encounters and how to realize that while tensions with others are inevitable, it's possible to regulate reaction to workplace frustrations. Mimi Black's narration of this audio edition is clear and brimming with good cheer. The narrator's workmanlike reading communicates Brown's points, and Black maintains listener interest throughout. During moments of dialogue some of the people interviewed by Brown describe their workplace problems Black does little to create voices for the characters, delivering a restrained performance reminiscent of listening to a talented lecturer. A Revell paperback.
