Primetime can help you get ahead! The Office’s Michael Scott offers many lessons on what not to do in a job. The heroine of Ugly Betty shows us how to get ahead by doing our homework… like the time she helped Mode magazine snag the Fabia Cosmetics advertising account. On Grey’s Anatomy, Meredith Grey’s romance with McDreamy reminds us of the pitfalls of dating a coworker, while Christina Yang’s over-the-top eagerness shows the advantages of going the extra mile. Ellen Parsons, an enterprising attorney on Damages, teaches us about the importance of mentorship and making a graceful exit when leaving a job.

Packed with wise and witty advice from young professionals and career experts, as well as lessons from real life and popular television shows, Find Your Inner Ugly Betty offers the low-down on how to get ahead in any career.

 

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Step-by-step strategies to make your business more competitive and productive.

Workplaces are more diverse than ever, and studies show that this diversity contributes to innovative ideas and novel approaches to decision-making. A diverse workplace also makes for stronger business relationships with customers and vendors, and offers opportunities for lucrative interactions with businesses around the globe.

However, when bias exists, the benefit of a diverse workforce lies dormant.

Drawing from research and nearly 30 years of experience in the field, diversity expert Dr. Sondra Thiederman provides executives and managers with step-by-step strategies for minimizing conscious and unconscious bias and maximizing the ability to manage diversity effectively.

Now updated and revised, the new edition of Making Diversity Work includes real workplace examples, practical applications, and exercises designed to guide you and your team on a journey of self-discovery, behavior change, and, ultimately, healing.

Learn to:

• Maximize positive change and productivity in the workplace
• Identify and defeat conscious and unconscious bias
• Overcome diversity-related conflict and tension
• Design and implement behavior change that reduces biased thinking
• Immediately apply the material in the workplace and training room

 

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The Winner’s Attitude: Using the “Switch” Method to Change How You Deal with Difficult People and Get the Best Out of Any Situation at Work, published by McGraw-Hill.

How would it be if you could actually start to control your thoughts and your voices, so you can turn every day into an amazing day? That’s what Switch will do. You don’t have to spend hours rereading or trying to intellectualize it. Once you understand what’s going on inside your head, you will have an amazing breakthrough which will help you in every area of your life.

Switch reminds you about how amazing you are-that no matter what is put in your way, you can overcome-not only overcome, but feel great about your day and your environment. This book is about switching on the amazing you, so that you make every day-even the mundane and routine aspects of your life-enjoyable and rewarding. It could change your life; it’s that powerful.

With the help of this book, you can take a stand to go from average to outstanding. You will be able to handle not just the big problems, but the little everyday things, like the traffic, weather, family, friends, partners, the annoying colleague, or the fractious customer.

The secret to a happy life is inside your head. You never have to be at the mercy of things or people anymore to attain happiness. You have the answer within and it is your choice to make the Attitude Switch to be the amazing you.

 

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The work world is full of toxic people—whine and cheesers, backstabbers, steamrollers, zipper lips, needy weenies, and know-it-alls. Life is just too short to let difficult people drive you nuts in the office. If you want to decontaminate the toxic people in your workplace, this practical guide to office survival will show you how to do it before they suck the life out of you.

This enlightening guide gives you the skills you need to deal with toxic people. Stop doubting your own capabilities and sanity. Don’t let them win! Instead, use the survival tactics you’ll find here to turn ugly situations with toxic people into a tolerable day at the office—without resorting to hostile or aggressive tactics.

In Toxic People, Marsha Petrie Sue offers unique and practical solutions for dealing with difficult people and the conflict and miscommunication they often aggravate. Using real-life case studies and real-world strategies, Sue shows managers and employees alike how to take personal responsibility for their work environment and take the lead in fostering teamwork, morale, and success. Take charge and decontaminate your office with:

* Seven simple lessons for office survival
* Six major types of toxic people and how to recognize them
* Keys to identify the behaviors that drive you crazy and what to do
* The right words to defuse situations and defang toxic types
* Tips on recognizing lies and insincere behavior
* Case studies and true stories on dealing with almost any toxic situation
* Guidance on developing a positive attitude that rubs off on others
* Tools to develop a dynamic, productive environment
* And other skills and tips to keep you and your office conflict-free

Dealing with toxic people is a part of life, at work and everywhere else. Using the strategies, tactics, and real-world advice you’ll find here, you’ll learn to change the way you respond to their toxic waste and stop them from affecting your mood or your work. For happier teams, a happier workplace, and a happier you, put down the duct tape and the stapler, take a deep breath, and read Toxic People.

 

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