Download or read book Survival Skills in a Changing Workplace written by Jennifer Barrkman and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Employee s Survival Guide to Change written by Jeffrey M. Hiatt and published by Prosci. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are employees important? There are few tools on the market designed to help employees impacted by change. Ironically, nearly one-fourth of major change initiatives fail because employees are fearful of and resistant to change. Empowering employees in change The Employees Survival Guide to Change answers questions most employees are unwilling to ask and uncovers what it takes to survive and thrive in todays changing workplace. Employees will learn the ADKAR model and become effective change agents, instead of difficult change barrier.What will the Employees Survival Guide to Change do for you? * Avoid the loss of valued employees and minimize business disruption from the change * Answer the questions employees are afraid to ask * Describe the phases of the change and what employees can expect * Garner support from employees who would otherwise resist the change * Create an attitude of Can-do rather than Not my job
Download or read book The Workplace Survival Guide written by George T. Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Workplace Survival Guide gives you an arsenal of business-tested techniques and strategies to help you become a job survivor and control your own destiny in today's fast-changing working world. For example, you'll learn how to lessen the chances of being laid off as well as how to search for a new job and negotiate an even higher salary than what you're offered. You'll find techniques for guarding against the financial disasters that can happen if you suddenly become unemployed. You'll see what to do if you need to relocate to find employment.
Download or read book Reengineering Survival Guide written by Andrew J. DuBrin and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to lead and manage people in an organization that values process over departments and horizontal organization over vertical structure. DuBrin suggests specific ways and provides tools to free yourself from traditional management paradigms and grasp the new leadership protocol.
Download or read book Skills for the Changing Workplace written by Robert D. Bhaerman and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Survival Skills for Freelancers written by Sarah Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survival Skills for Freelancers will help you achieve freelance success, and get more enjoyment from self-employment. Through a combination of personal anecdotes, practical advice and tales from the freelance community, it busts the myths about solo working and takes an honest look at the reality of freelance life. Discover how to survive and thrive as a freelancer - without neglecting your mental health and wellbeing. THE CASE FOR FREELANCE LIFE The freelance dream is often portrayed as: Earning good money doing the thing you love+working where you like+working how you like+working when you like Why does no one tell us just how relentless the business end of freelance life can be?! There are 2 million freelancers in the UK alone. Yet 20% of self-employed businesses don't make it through the first year, and 60% don't survive beyond five years. Those are scary stats! Yes, working alone can be damn hard. But going into self-employment with your eyes wide open gives you the best chance of success. Survival Skills for Freelancers shares an honest and realistic view of self-employment, to help you rock the socks off freelance life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sarah Townsend has spent the past 20 years as a freelance marketing copywriter. She built a successful freelance career with very little guidance - but you don't have to. In Survival Skills for Freelancers she shares the secrets and surprises she's learnt from self-employment: both the things that worked AND the things that didn't. She guides you through the highs and lows all freelancers face - from isolation, uncertainty and self-doubt to knowing what to charge, when to ask for help, and when to say no. These tried and tested strategies are based on her own experience, backed up by research, resources and quotes from the freelance community. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING "I've been freelancing for over 15 years and I wish I'd read this book on day one. Every page is packed with practical advice and hard-won wisdom. Get it!" Tom Albrighton Author, Copywriting Made Simple "A brilliantly relatable and comprehensive guide that holds your hand with compassion and humour through the rocky yet undeniably exciting world of self-employment." Louise Goss Founder of The Homeworker "Genuinely useful advice, delivered in an honest, charming and witty style, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing. An essential read whether you're a new or established freelancer." Steve Morgan Author, Anti-Sell "An honest and human perspective of 20 years of freelance experience. This book is like having your own personal business mentor." Anna Gunning Copywriter and speaker "Before you take the leap into self-employment, spend your first few pounds on this book. It'll make every subsequent pound and hour better spent." Matthew Knight Founder, Leapers WHAT'S INCLUDED Survival Skills for Freelancers covers issues such as: the fundamentals of freelancing three strategies to deal with isolation knowing your worth - and what to charge trusting your instinct, and learning to say no achieving balance and avoiding burnout the importance of investing in your business the qualities that help you survive and thrive as a freelancer
Download or read book Your Job Survival Guide written by Gregory Shea PhD and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2008-08-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by IBM Competitive Edge Book Club Selection. "The beauty of this book on top of its life-saving timeliness is its capacity to give the reader concrete steps to live the good life and enjoy it. The book made me understand that work can be more fun than fun.” –Warren Bennis, Ph.D., University Professor, University of Southern California, coauthor, Judgment: How Great Leaders Make Winning Calls and Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor Change. It’s your job. It just won’t stop. It’s relentless. It keeps coming at you like never-ending rapids in a permanent whitewater river. Change will burn you out if you don’t learn how to handle it. This book is not, however, about mere survival. It is about thriving amidst the challenges of your permanent whitewater world at work. •Protect your career, improve your resilience, and seize the opportunities in turbulent times •Take charge, learn to pace yourself, set your own course, and lead others in ad-hoc teams •Ride the rapids and rediscover play and adventure in today’s demanding work environment •Learn from research and the experiences of hundreds of professionals in industries from energy to telecommunications to financial services to health care There’s nothing abstract or cute about the way this book talks about change: This is practical, grounded knowledge for managing your life in a business world that’s churning with change. Gregory Shea, Ph.D. and Robert Gunther show how to keep your working life on course instead of being pushed beyond your limits...find fun and fulfillment...regroup and rebound from failure...protect yourself from events you can’t predict...take charge of your life, an your future!
Download or read book 7 Survival Skills for a Reengineered World written by William N. Yeomans and published by NAL. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Succinct, sage advice for staying afloat and thriving in an environment where the old rules don't apply and the new ones seems to change dailyMassive changes have occurred in the workplace since William Yeomans wrote his bestselling 1,000 Things You Never Learned in Business School. Job security has disappeared, loyalty has eroded, and the relationship between bosses and subordinates has changed. Today people must learn to take charge of their careers and lives, and Yeoman's new book gives them the strategies to do that.7 Survival Skills for a Reengineered World enables readers to make informed and creative career decisions, and to develop skills that increase their value to present and future employers. Each chapter covers new approaches not taught in business schools or found in other books: -- How to keep your career together and survive rough times-- The best way to deal with stress and make it work for you-- How to use meetings as your showcase How to motivate peoplein an uncertain world-- What to consider if you're thinking about changing your job or starting your own business...and much more.7 Survival Skills for a Reengineered World is an essential guide for everyone hoping to improve their job performance and achieve professional and personal success.
Download or read book A Survival Guide to the Stress of Organizational Change written by Price Pritchett and published by Pritchett & Hull Associates, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Survival Guide to the Stress of Organizational Change shows employees how they can avoid 15 basic mistakes that create major stress in the workplace. If your organization is changing (and whose isn't?) you can bet that many of your people are reacting in ways that are dead wrong. The result is unnecessary job stress, and unnecessary costs that damage your bottom line. This easy-to-read handbook explains the sources of stress and provides practical, usable tips for reducing stress like: stop expecting somebody else to reduce your stress; use humor to lighten your emotional load; develop better time management habits; don't try to control the uncontrollable.
Download or read book Survive Downsizing written by Donald J. Minnick Ph. D. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses qualities and techniques that will help you survive a company restructure. Includes advice on what to do if you lose your job.
Download or read book From Chaos to Confidence written by Susan Campbell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1996-07-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone working in today's business environment realizes that the chaos of change is the only constant. It seems the more you try to control or manage changes, the less in control you feel. As a corporate consultant and psychologist, Susan M. Campbell, Ph.D., knows that the old ways of management have become obsolete. In From Chaos to Confidence, she presents six vital survival skills for managing in the face of change and uncertainty. Complete with nearly fifty self-help activities, From Chaos to Confidence shows how you can come to see change as a management opportunity and ultimately use it to your advantage.
Download or read book Survival Skills in the Workplace written by Lyndia Flanagan and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Workplace Survival Skills written by Lila Wolfing and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of Rabbito, a rabbit selected to become a civil servant/bureaucrat in a fictional ministry populated by other animals. It is fable-like in its story of how Rabbito makes mistakes and learns (and sometimes doesn't learn) from those mistakes. He interacts with the other animal employees and slowly rises through the bureaucracy. There are life lessons here that go well beyond ones for animals. Humans who work in government agencies or organizations of virtually any size can learn a lot from this book. This book will teach you: - How to become smarter? - How to achieve success through a positive mental attitude. - How to have personal growth and development? - How to learn the art of personal transformation without a mentor? - How to be happy at work? - And most importantly How to become successful in life? The book is interspersed with motivational quotes, which are keys to opening doors to success and happiness within the workplace and outside.
Download or read book Professionalism written by Lydia Elane Anderson and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2011 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extends beyond a typical resume/job search book to seamlessly emphasize the relationship between resume development, job search skills, and human relations. Developed with input from industry leaders, it addresses topics readers need to know when entering the workplace and fills the NBEA Professional Development Requirement. This up-to-date guide fills the NBEA Professional Development course requirement and includes topics such as: Job search strategiesJob search strategies Resume development Goal setting and life management Time management Personal finance Ethics, politics and diversity Business etiquette and dress Human resources Conflict and negotiation and more Covers material on both resume/job search strategies and human relations—in one complete text! This book is expressly written for workshop trainers to motivate individuals toward success in the workplace. It is also a perfect guide for unemployed or underemployed individuals looking to improve their skill set and become more employable.
Download or read book Gray Matters written by Bob Rosner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-04-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to surviving today's turbulent and challenging workplace from the authors of The Wall Street Journal bestseller The Boss's Survival Guide Forget the Australian Outback or the Amazon jungle-today's toughest survival challenge is the minefield we call work. It's impossible to "do more with less," especially with the looming threat of another reorganization, layoff, or other dramatic change. The good news is that you've got a new power tool for what ails you at work: Gray Matters. This inventive new book combines lively visuals, engaging characters, and impudent humor. But Gray Matters also offers hope and proven strategies to show you how to succeed at work today: how to sell successfully how to survive a layoff how to overcome the stress and pressure of today's frenetic workplace. Think Dilbert with a solution. Your tour guides are the employees of GlobalGadget: Gray Blanderson, a frazzled employee seeking a promotion; Rick Newman, Gray's nemesis; S. P. Chan g, a Gen-Xer and a wise soul; and Virginia Edgarly, Gray's boss who will do whatever is required to be the next CEO. A follow-up to the bestseller, The Boss's Survival Guide, this new book is a must for all managers in this turbulent work environment. This funny guide will help managers navigate change, improve morale and develop business strategies. WARNING: Gray Matters is addictive; get ready to laugh and learn.
Download or read book Job Survival written by Dixie Lee Wright and published by JIST Works. This book was released on 2005 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Job Survival addresses the most important job retention topics, but is written and presented at a low reading level. It includes many easy-to-understand, hands-on activities and helps readers develop an understanding of workplace structure and how it can change.
Download or read book The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention written by Pamela Mitchell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-12-31 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinvention is the key to success in these volatile times—and Pamela Mitchell holds the key to reinvention! In The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention, America's Reinvention Coach® Pamela Mitchell offers every tool readers need to navigate the full arc of career change. Part I introduces the Reinvention Mindset, with what you need to know to be prepared mentally to get started. In Part II, you read the real-life stories of ten individuals who successfully made the leap to new and unexpected careers, using the 10 laws: The 1st Law: It Starts With a Vision for Your Life The 2nd Law: Your Body Is Your Best Guide The 3rd Law: Progress Begins When You Stop Making Excuses The 4th Law: What You Seek is on the Road Less Traveled The 5th Law: You’ve Got the Tools in Your Toolbox The 6th Law: Your Reinvention Board is Your Lifeline The 7th Law: Only a Native Can Give You the Inside Scoop The 8th Law: They Won't "Get" You Until You Speak Their Language The 9th Law: It Takes the Time That it Takes The 10th Law: The World Buys Into an Aura of Success Each story is followed by an in-depth lesson that explains how to adapt these laws to your own career goals, and what actions and precautions to take. The lessons answer all your tactical concerns about navigating the roadblocks, getting traction and managing your fears. The final section provides workbook exercises for fine-tuning your reinvention strategies for maximum results. Clear-headed, calming, practical, and thorough, this is the ideal action plan for getting through any career crisis and ending up securely in the lifestyle you've always dreamed of having.
