Culture Conflict

Exactly what are the rules these days? Is it acceptable to text your boss at home? What is the polite way to ask a colleague to take a distracting conversation behind closed doors? What about the use of smartphones in meetings? Merging classic rules of behavior with new realities of modern business, Excuse Me spotlights dozens of puzzling situations, with suggestions for bridging divides.

The idea of leadership failure and derailment has been brushed under the carpet for far too long, and only now are statistics appearing on the sheer numbers who fail. Backstabbers and Bullies provides the latest psychiatric and clinical perspectives on dark-side behavior, including: recognizing and coping with overconfident, narcissistic, and psychopathic leaders; causes of leadership derailment and failure; corrupt corporate cultures; and the criminal personality.

Prepare to be inspired by real-life stories of individuals who have faced similar situations and emerged victorious. Discover how they rallied their allies, leveraged their strengths, and skillfully negotiated their way to success. Each chapter combines practical advice with captivating storytelling, ensuring that you not only gain valuable insights but also enjoy the process. The book goes beyond generic advice by providing you with practical, day-to-day strategies that you can implement immediately.

Want employees that go the extra mile? Love them or hate them, employee engagement surveys are here to stay. As manager, you're expected to digest the data and come up with a plan for improving the numbers. But it's not just busy work. Raising engagement scores matters because engagement matters. An enthusiastic workforce translates into higher productivity and profitability with less turnover and absenteeism. Fully committed workers will give their all every day - and it's your job to make that happen.

Dirty Diversity is a practical guide for organizations looking to strengthen their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. This guide includes strategies for effective conversations on challenging topics, tips for creating workplace training sessions and workshops, and cost-effective ways to improve the corporate culture. Gassam reveals her success stories as well as not-so-successful stories from her consulting experiences, and what was learned along the way.

Konflikte sind unvermeidlich und können plötzlich wie ein Sturm über uns hereinbrechen. Oft entstehen sie aus dem Nichts, entladen sich unerwartet und hinterlassen tiefgreifende Spuren. Aufgebrachte Gemüter, verletzte Gefühle und unausgesprochene Spannungen schaffen eine Atmosphäre, die schnell eskalieren kann.

Working with difficult people can reduce your morale, threaten your productivity, deplete your energy, and waste your time. But you don't have to be helpless in the face of other people's craziness! Knowing how to handle coworkers' disruptive behavior is one of the most important career skills you can have, allowing you to become a more valuable employee and a more self-reliant person.

Coping in a Toxic Environment is a short, user-friendly guide to negotiating tricky working conditions and learning to thrive rather than simply survive in the workplace. A must-have audiobook for anyone who is struggling in their current employment, it will help you to explore what is toxic for you and review how you are coping in the environment you are in.

This is a book of practical advice for restoring the vibe when trust has been tested, damaged or even broken. It provides an introduction to the Mindful Improv Thinking framework for initiating, engaging and recovering from the difficult conversations that ultimately strengthen trust. Damaged trust is an inevitable reality of collaboration. Good people get it wrong sometimes. We say the wrong thing, drop the ball, and have areas of needed growth that impact our colleagues in ways unintended. What happens next is what determines culture.

When Good Relationships Go Bad: A Bad Boss Becomes a Monster describes what happens when Pam’s friend becomes her boss and turns from a warm, caring friend into a rigid, demanding boss. Then, the book suggests a series of alternatives indicating what Pam should do, so listeners can think about what they would recommend and discuss the possible choices with others.