Resilience at Work

How to Succeed No Matter What Life Throws at You

Salvatore R. Maddi, Deborah M. Khoshaba - Collection Business/Self-Help

214 pages, parution le 15/03/2005

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Résumé

The key to bouncing back from any negative situation.

Why do some people remain so calm and collected in the face of looming deadlines, combative meetings, impending layoffs, and turbulent changes? And why are these seemingly unflappable people the ones who consistently get ahead in their lives and their careers?

The key to success is their resilience, according to the founders of the innovative Hardiness Institute in Newport Beach, California. More than experience or training, resilience in the face of stressful situations and rapid changes determines whether you ultimately succeed or fail in the workplace. It allows you to thrive even in tumultuous conditions, to turn potential disasters into growth opportunities.

And the good news for the legions of other workers who become overwhelmed, and even sickened, by stress is that resilience in the face of life's problems is not an inborn personality trait, but a set of skills and attitudes that you can actually learn and develop. Resilience at Work gives you the knowledge, tools, and encouragement you need to embark on your journey to becoming a hardier, more successful person.

Based on a twelve-year study of Illinois Bell Telephone employees as they experienced immense organizational change, as well as hundreds of subsequent studies and firsthand consulting and training experience, the book shows how to enhance your capacity to succeed in even the harshest economic climates.

Packed with insightful examples, case studies, and self-assessment tools, Resilience at Work explains how to:

Approach change as a meaningful challenge no matter how stressful the circumstances, and stay committed to your work, rather than detaching and giving up.
Gain control by understanding the upside and the downside of change, and take actions to influence beneficial outcomes.
Turn stressful changes to your advantage and map out sound problem-solving strategies.
Resolve ongoing conflicts and build an environment of assistance and encouragement between you and your coworkers.
Decrease feelings of isolation and powerlessness by understanding the 3Cs that give you the ability to thrive amid disruptive changes: commitment, control, and challenge.

Reorganization, downsizing, mergers, budget pressures, transfers, job insecurity, and more are producing today's unpredictable, pressure-cooker conditions, and making it harder for less resilient people to achieve the success they deserve. Resilience at Work supplies insights and strategies you can use to combat your fear of change and uncover the opportunities that can be found in even the most stressful situations.

L'auteur - Salvatore R. Maddi

Salvatore R. Maddi obtained his doctorate in clinical psychology from Harvard University in 1960. He began developing the resilience and hardiness approach in 1975, and founded the Hardiness Institute in 1984. The author of nearly 100 papers, he is internationally recognized as a leader in psychology, and continues to win prestigious awards for his hardiness-based consulting and research work. An international survey in 1986 named him among the top 175 psychologists in the world.

L'auteur - Deborah M. Khoshaba

Deborah M. Khoshaba has been a professional psychologist for the past fifteen years and is director of Program Development and Training at the Hardiness Institute. Deborah teaches graduate students in psychology at Pepperdine University, and lectures for psychology undergraduates at the University of California, at Irvine. Her professional activities and published works include the areas of resilience, coping, and human potential.

Sommaire

Preface
Introduction
Resilience in the Face of Change
Researching Stress and Resiliency
How Hardiness Promotes Resilience
You Can Learn to Be Resilient
Do You Have the Right Attitudes to Thrive in Adversity?
Practicing Your Attitudes of Commitment, Control and Challenge
Transformational Coping: Turning Stressful Changes to Your Advantage
Practicing Transformational Coping
Social Support: Giving and Receiving Assistance and Encouragement
Practicing Socially Supportive Interactions
Strengthening Employer and Employee Ties
Companies Can Boost Resilience in Their Workers and in Themselves

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Amacom
Auteur(s)	Salvatore R. Maddi, Deborah M. Khoshaba
Collection	Business/Self-Help
Parution	15/03/2005
Nb. de pages	214
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	455g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780814472606
ISBN13	978-0-8144-7260-6