Super Staying Power: What You Need to Become Valuable and Resilient at Work: What You Need to Become Valuable and Resilient at Work

Make yourself layoff-proof in a tough business environment It may seem like no job is secure during these difficult economic times, but you can learn the innovative strategies needed to protect your job now. Super Staying Power brings you the edge you need to stand out and shine at work—and become indispensable to your company. Super Staying Power is for anyone who needs to know how to: Handle the intense pressure and uncertainty of today's competitive business environment Keep moving "forward" when much of the world seems to be backsliding. Get around obstacles that are outside my control Survive a political work environment without sacrificing my ethics Position myself as a future leader even while getting the job done today Read my boss's mind so I can figure out what's "really" going on around here. Super Staying Power will prepare you to survive the stress and pressure of today's business climate. The information you learn from this book will make you resilient and invaluable to your organization, and it will help you shift your thinking to a new, success-oriented perspective that will make it easier for you to leverage skills you already have to achieve more, with less worry. Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 Seeing Success in a Magic Moment Chapter 1 Magic Moments My Perfect Day Your Perfect Day The Explanation The Discovery The Magic Moment Creating Contentment Opening Yourself Up to a Magic Moment Chapter 2 A Goal You Can Commit To Understanding Goals Goal Setting: Make an Adaptive Plan Chapter 3 Controlling Your Environment Understanding Your Environment Are You Rationalizing Your Environment? Creating an Environment Conducive to Your Success The Relationship Between Goals and Environment Chapter 4 The Winner's Attitude. Protect Your MindResults, Behavior, and Perspective, Meet Focus, Persistence, and Openness Put It All Together Part 2 Reinforcing the Winner's Attitude Through the Three Perspectives Chapter 5 Functional, Social, and Political Let's Rewire Your Brain Understand the Three Perspectives An Example of the Three Levels at Work Magic Moment Recap Chapter 6 Functional Excellence: Overused, Yet Never Enough Functional Problems Can Be Solved with More / Better / Faster / Smarter / Harder Looking at the Functional Perspective from the Corner Office Master Functional Competence. Functional Competence Versus Intellectual AbilityUse More / Better / Faster / Smarter / Harder to Create Magic Moments Functional Perspective Addiction Chapter 7 Social Excellence-Now We're Getting Somewhere Learn to Interpret Broaden Your Focus The Social Perspective: Solving Your Problems with a Handshake Make Sure Your Goals Are Mutually Agreed Upon Make the Shift from Functional to Social Find the Balancing Point Use Active Adaptation to Hone Your Goals Concentrate on the How in Addition to the What Five Elements of Communicating "More Perfectly." From Functional to Social: It's a Perspective Thing First, a Behavioral Thing SecondChapter 8 Political Excellence: The Price of Self-Determination The Moral Imperative: Politics Can Never Be a Substitute for Good Work Controlling the Frame Mastering the Mind-Set Understand the Cost of Engaging Understand the Cost of Opting Out Politics Is a Perspective Engage Politically Orchestrate Your Own Success Control the Frame in a Group Setting Resistance to Politics Practical Strategies for Introducing a Political Perspective Summary of the Only Rule About Politics Conclusion Index A. BC D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W. Presents innovative strategies for employees looking to make themselves indispensible and layoff-proof in the current, difficult business climate, including what key words and phrases to use when talking about their own skills, and how to play up strengths. Original.