Resilience at Work: How to Succeed No Matter What Life Throws at You
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Book Description
According to a recent issue of the Harvard Business Review, more than experience or training, it's a person's level of resilience in the face of stressful circumstances that will determine whether he succeeds or fails. Resilience at Work gives readers the courage and determination to face stressful problems instead of denying or avoiding them. Readers will learn proven techniques for:* Increasing positive attitudes like commitment, control, and challenge, while decreasing those of isolation, powerlessness, and threat* Developing patterns of support based on giving and getting assistance Luckily, resilience is not simply an ability one is born with, but a skill anyone can learn and improve. Resilience at Work gives readers the motivation and tools to work constructively and remain hardy through difficult situations, and turn stressful changes in the workplace into golden opportunities.
About the Author
Salvatore R. Maddi (Newport Beach, CA), an internationally recognized psychologist, founded the Hardiness Institute in 1984, where he works on the resilience approach he developed a decade earlier. Deborah M. Khoshaba (Newport Beach, CA) is Director of Program Development and Training at the Hardiness Institute. Together, they have appeared on CNN, and in the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post.
Resilience at Work: How to Succeed No Matter What Life Throws at You,Salvatore R. Maddi,Deborah M. Khoshaba,American Management Association,0814472605,Behavior modification,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business Life - Inspirational,Business/Economics,Job stress,Money & Monetary Policy,Motivational,Personal Growth - Success,Psychological aspects,Psychology, Industrial,Reference - General,Work
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