WORKING WITHOUT A NET HOW TO SURVIVE & THRIVE IN TODAY'S HIGH RISK BUSINESS WORL: How to Survive and Thrive in Today's High Risk Business World [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Morris R. Schechtman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1995

In a sometimes controversial vision of the future, Morris Shechtman presents a cutting-edge management philosophy that challenges unrealistic, outdated approaches. Shechtman, a former university professor and psychotherapist, teaches the essential skills for adapting to a rapidly-expanding corporate culture -- or any organization or situation requiring structure and vision. No matter what your goals, you'll find his new rules of business applicable to you:

Growth strategies that help you establish your independence from external forces and foster strength from within

Steps for processing -- not denying -- the inevitable anger and disappointment that follow organizational change

Powerful exercises that sharpen decision-making, relationship-building, risk-taking, and other critical abilities

Working Without a Net empowers you to face the new challenges of the future with flexibility, confidence and self-sufficiency.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

An underlyning thesis of this book is that "people's ability to change is not a function of capacity but of choice." The author, an entrepreneurial consultant and educator, contends that in today's business climate all the rules have changed, traditional approaches aren't working, and all the participants must learn to use a new paradigm or perhaps many new paradigms to achieve success. Provided here are a host of new ideas, techniques, and tools to help one survive and even thrive in this new environment. For instance, Shechtman advises employees to clarify their values to stay on target and to feel accountable not to an organization or group but to individuals. Chapters cover topics such as decision-making, growth and success, relationship building, accountability, anger, and goals. All libraries with business collections will want to purchase this alternative to typical management books.
Susan C. Awe, Jefferson Cty. P.L., Arvada, Col.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Job security is no longer a given in most industries and professions. In fact, not only have the old guarantees disappeared, but the very concepts of jobs, work, and the workplace are undergoing radical change. It is in this context that business consultant and former university professor and psychotherapist Shechtman explains for individuals, managers, and organizations how the rules have altered and offers alternative ways to view a world dominated by change. Looking at loyalty, autonomy, choice, and other aspects of individual and organizational behavior, he diagnoses distress signals and warning symptoms and prescribes therapies based on his "new way to view the world." David Rouse --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Sound Ideas (May 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067153582X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671535827
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,014,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Net-less" World More Managable With Shechtman's Help, October 8, 1999

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Ted DeCorte ([e-mail]) (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Working Without a Net (Paperback)

Job security, care taking, blind loyalty, independence, and autocracy are OUT. Adaptability, responsibility, reciprocal loyalty, interdependence, and conflict are IN. Simply put, Morris Shechtman gives us "a clue" on how to successfully "play" today's radically changed corporate game. Just the title, "Working Without a Net", gave me the jitters. As each chapter, from "An Alternative to Working and Living In a Fantasy World" to "Doing the Right Thing," unfolds, entrenched ideas of "how things work" in the workplace are shattered, first by a values clarification test, (oh, yes, most of us have some very interesting value conflicts when it comes to the old career), and then a series of growth and success strategies, powerful exercises, and the revelation that paradigm shifts are necessary to assist in our surviving and thriving in our new "net-less" environment.

The rationale for the paradigm shifts?: an ever-changing global economy that increases competition, decreases profits and margins, and heightens the emphasis on human resources as the key to gaining the competitive edge. Far from advocating a cold-hearted Darwinian approach to business, "Working Without A Net" celebrates the capacity of people within an organization to resolve their differences, pursue corporate goals, and successfully met the challenges of today's high-risk business world. - Ted DeCorte, M.A.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent explanation of the new economy and how to survive., April 13, 2002

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"dalerm65" (Terrebonne, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Working Without a Net (Paperback)

This book is an excellent read for anyone who wants to survive and thrive in the new economy. The world has become a much smaller and closer-knit group of companies and customers. Learning how to keep and get new customers and working relationships with other companies and co-workers is essential in this new economic environment that we are in. This book provides the tools and recommendations that will help anyone (from a CEO to the mail clerk) understand the new realities of business and what needs to happen to survive and thrive in the new economy.

An excellent guide for anyone that wants to succeed and climb the ladder of success.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for those on the bubble, April 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Working Without a Net (Paperback)

Great book. I will be buying copies for all of the poeple that work for me. In this "high risk" environment, this is an excellent book to help you chart your course. It is also a good book to disucss with your managmenet team as to how you would like to interact and what you expect of them.