With the increased pressures on business today, the workplace can be rampant with resentment, subpar performance, and inflexibility. So how does a manager address the issue of employee and coworker negativity, and create a more positive workplace? Using practical information, useful diagnostic tests, and hands-on instruction, The Bad Attitude Survival Guide provides managers with the tools, insights, and strategies to identify root causes of antiproductive behavior, diagnose problems, and foster a more cooperative and productive working environment. It also realistically assesses the limitations managers might face, identifies problems that cannot be corrected, and suggests how to proceed in a way that will obtain the most desirable results.
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Harry Chambers is President of Trinity Solutions, Inc., an Atlanta-area consulting and training firm specializing in leadership, team coaching and building, and organizational development. He is the co-author of No Fear Management: Rebuilding Trust, Performance, and Commitment in the New American Workplace and The Bad Attitude Survival Guide, named one of the 30 best business books of 1998 by Soundview Executive Book Summaries.
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A great book for people who manage people.,
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This review is from: The Bad Attitude Survival Guide: Essential Tools For Managers (Paperback)
Chambers shows ways that managers can identify underlying employee behavior problems and the steps to take and skills needed to make positive changes. The book includes a self-assessment for rating management style and organizational environment, twelve key questions for analyzing causes of problems, and many more very applied guidelines. This is a highly useful-recommended. A great book for people who manage people.
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This is a wonderful book for positive work change!,
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This book is well organized with specific suggestions to initiate and maintain positive change in the workplace. It is hopeful; it speaks of respect. It holds many, many ideas for improvement of relationships and work productivity . I very highly recommend its reading.
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When you read it this book you will get that "aha" moment. This book gives you a better understanding on bad attitudes in the workplace and how to manage to survive these attitudes. It is a must read if you are surrounded by 'colleagues' with bad attitudes at work.
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"Life is difficult" is the opening line of M. Scott Peck's book, The Road Traveled. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bad attitude employees, poison spreaders, inevitable impending doom, turnaround tools, bad attitude behaviors, performance impediments, general praising, secondary contributors, primary root causes, paid administrative leave, disciplinary process, continued poor performance, defensive people, turnaround strategy, escalating anger, successful conflict resolution, turnaround strategies, bad attitudes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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"Life is difficult" is the opening line of M. Scott Peck's book, The Road Traveled. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bad attitude employees, poison spreaders, inevitable impending doom, turnaround tools, bad attitude behaviors, performance impediments, general praising, secondary contributors, primary root causes, paid administrative leave, disciplinary process, continued poor performance, defensive people, turnaround strategy, escalating anger, successful conflict resolution, turnaround strategies, bad attitudes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mary Ann, More Bad Attitude-Based Behaviors, The Role of Conflict, Training Training, Turnaround Strategies There New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Managing People (Including Yourself) for Project Success (Project Management Series) by Gordon Culp on page 255, and Back Matter
- Taking Charge by Sonia Levitin on page 255, and Back Matter
- Taking Charge: Making the Right Choices by Perry M. Smith on page 255, and Back Matter
- Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin Seligman in Back Matter
- Putting Total Quality Management to Work: What TQM Means, How to Use it and How to Sustain it Over the Long Run by Marshall Sashkin in Back Matter
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- Effective Communication Skills for Scientific and Technical Professionals by Harry E. Chambers in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Getting Promoted: Real Strategies For Advancing Your Career by Harry E. Chambers in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Big Vision, Small Business: 4 Keys to Success Without Growing Big by Jamie S Walters in Back Matter
- Finding, Hiring, and Keeping Peak Performers: Every Manager's Guide by Harry E. Chambers in Front Matter
- Curriculum Development in Nursing Education by Carroll Iwasiw on page 77
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