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What's Wrong with Work? Blaire Palmer

What's Wrong with Work? By Blaire Palmer

What's Wrong with Work? by Blaire Palmer


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Summary

Work isn't working. We all love to hate our jobs. Everyone moans about the same things: we're not listened to; we're not trusted; we spend our time in pointless meetings; we re weighed down by bureaucracy; we hate our boss; we're overloaded and work saps time and energy from the rest of our lives.

What's Wrong with Work? Summary

What's Wrong with Work?: The 5 Frustrations of Work and How to Fix them for Good by Blaire Palmer

Work isn't working. We all love to hate our jobs. Everyone moans about the same things: we're not listened to; we're not trusted; we spend our time in pointless meetings; we re weighed down by bureaucracy; we hate our boss; we're overloaded and work saps time and energy from the rest of our lives. It shouldn't be like this. Work ought to be, and can be meaningful and fulfilling. In What's Wrong with Work? Blaire Palmer shows how work can change. Confronting all the big problems head-on, the book shows what you can do about each one, to make work better for you and those around you, now. Packed with case studies and tips, What's Wrong with Work? is essential reading for the modern office.

What's Wrong with Work? Reviews

'She offers practical solutions that could make a difference to our working lives.' (Making Money, October 2010). '...shares the secret strategies the best managers use to make the working day better.' (Daily Express, December 2010). '...makes a lot of good points...a great place to start.' (Management Today, January 2011). , '...the advice is sensible, practical, even-handed and, above all, very useful...I would recommend it.' (SupplyManagement.com, January 2011).

About Blaire Palmer

Blaire Palmer is one of the most experienced and respected executive coaches, creative facilitators and trainers in the UK.
Blaire began her career as a journalist, and spent many years as a top news producer, working on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme and Woman's Hour. Her experience in posing powerful questions and shaping the agenda has proved invaluable in her subsequent career.
Since 2000, Blaire has run her own coaching and consulting business, Optimum Executive Coaching Ltd (trading as Blaire Palmer). She has worked with a large number of clients, including GlaxoSmithKline, Airbus and Microsoft, gaining thousands of hours of coaching experience training leaders, working with teams and facilitating large events.
Blaire is the author of two previous business titles The Hyper Creative Personality (New Holland, 2007) and The Recipe for Success (A&C Black, 2009).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix Introduction: The 5 Frustrations of Work and How to Fix them for Good 1 When Work Works 23 Frustration 1: Waste-of-Time Meetings 47 Frustration 2: Mis-Leadership 89 Frustration 3: Blurred Vision 137 Frustration 4: The Silo Mentality 183 Frustration 5: Unfairness 217 Final Thoughts: The Real Work 259 Notes 275 About the Interviewees 281 About the Author 285 Index 287

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GOR007035902
9780470660973
047066097X
What's Wrong with Work?: The 5 Frustrations of Work and How to Fix them for Good by Blaire Palmer
Used - Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2010-10-15
304
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