Raise Your Game How to Succeed at Work
by Shaw, Peter J. A.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-10-12
Publisher(s): Capstone
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Summary
You love your job but you feel out of control and are having to run to keep up. How can you successfully step up to deliver the expectations upon you? How can you build on your strengths to get a grip on your new responsibilities quickly? How can you conquer anxieties so that they stop getting in your way? This book will provide a practical toolkit to stepping up successfully.Each chapter will include boxes and tips with practical guidelines on topics including: Making the best use of time Listening well Growing your energy Engaging your colleagues Building trust Creating a team Building a new partnership Coping with criticism and disappointment Building on a success Knowing when to draw a line Knowing your values Contributing to a meeting effectively Building the best relationship with your boss
Author Biography
Peter Shaw is a Partner at Praesta Partners, global leaders in executive coaching with offices all around Europe, S Africa and with KRW International in New York. Their clients include senior people in the public, private and voluntary sectors including permanent secretaries, high court judges, ambassadors and chief executives. Peter was formerly a director general within government and a member of five different government department boards. He also mentors staff in the colleges where he is a governor and people in his local community. He has written many articles on leadership and published a number of business books. Peter regularly leads workshops on the themes of his books in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | |
| Foreword | |
| Introduction | |
| Take Stock | |
| Develop your strengths | |
| Understand your least strong areas | |
| Embed your values | |
| Create an equilibrium | |
| First Steps | |
| Address your self-doubt and your fears | |
| Believe you can do difficult things | |
| Know who your supporters and stakeholders are | |
| Take some risks | |
| Up the Pace | |
| Stretch your muscles | |
| Influence others and convert your critics | |
| Understand how you respond to problems | |
| Warm down thoroughly | |
| Keep your focus | |
| Grow your resilience | |
| Build your team | |
| Renew your freshness | |
| Where Next? | |
| Keep an open mind | |
| Recognise when the tide turns | |
| Know what matters to you | |
| Renew your vision | |
| To What End? | |
| What is fulfilment for you? | |
| How do you want to be remembered? | |
| What about family and friends? | |
| Where does joy fit in? | |
| Conclusion: Next Steps | |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| Index | |
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