Restructured, reorganized, re-engineered, redeployed: employees today face constantly changing roles and responsibilities at work that can leave them feeling isolated, confused and unproductive. And managers, facing the same types of pressures themselves, rarely have time to give employees the kind of one-on-one attention that might help them rediscover their sense of purpose and commitment. These days, everyone must be their own coach. In The Inner Work of Work, experienced organizational consultant Michael Baroff has created a series of three hands-on guides that enables employees to coach themselves on the job, showing them how to develop key competencies in self-management and interpersonal relations, and meet and exceed corporate expectations.
Baroff employs a unique reflective rather than prescriptive format to make these guides as relevant, real and memorable to the reader as possible. He skillfully uses a series of probing questions, thought-provoking observations and innovative activities and exercises that enable readers to use the guides by drawing on their own experiences, not the someone else's.
This makes The Inner Work of Work unusually flexible-it can be used by people in any industry, at any level. And readers proceed at their own pace-they can use the guides as a comprehensive, progressive program, or dip into the booklets as difficult situations arise.
The work employees do "inside"--improving their own attitude, behavior and skills, and understanding of organizational dynamics--pays off in improved performance and greater job satisfaction. The Inner Work of Work guides readers in taking over their training and being their own best coaches.
The other guidebooks in the Inner Work of Work series:
Getting Along with Others addresses the behavior and skills that enhance one's communications and relationships with other people. In this guidebook readers examine how their behavior is perceived by others, learn how to develop trust, listen attentively and develop rapport when communicating, set the stage for dealing with differences and conflict, and present themselves assertively when working with others.
Contributing to Your Company's Success illuminates the organizational dynamics that create and support a productive work environment. This guidebook enables readers to determine where they fit into a company's big picture, learn how to work as part of a team, understand how a company evaluates the bottom line, determine how to add value in what they do, and develop their own approaches to being a leader.
