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Don't Bring It to Work
"The concepts and action strategies I learned from working with Sylvia Lafair and going through the "Total Leadership Connections" program have been invaluable in my career. As you can imagine, working in the newsroom can be a stressful setting coupled with lots of "bloated" egos. The basic philosophy of understanding how we bring our family patterns to work and how stress activates them has helped me as a leader in handling difficult situations quickly and effectively to get the work done faster and with minimal dissention. If you want to take your work life, your team or your company to the next level or better yet, the level beyond that, do this important work. The payoff is the elusive breakthrough you've sought for years."
--Tyler Mathisen, co-anchor of CNBC's "Power Lunch" and VP of Strategic Editorial Initiatives
"One of the most original and useful books on the family/work/life balance issue."
--Warren Bennis, Distinguished Leadership of Business, University of Southern California
You know the type—maybe he's the office clown, who's a lot like your uncle, or the guy who manages to look busy but avoids work like your brother, or the gal who is the long-suffering victim similar to your mother-in-law there's one in every office. Perhaps you or someone you know fits one of these profiles. These are examples of the behavior patterns revealed in Dr. Sylvia Lafair's Don't Bring It to Work (Jossey-Bass) Price $24.95 hardcover
During this time of constant stress, this book is even more necessary for the office. When stress hits the hot button we all revert to behavior patterns we learned in our families for survival and security. So, if your co-workers are acting like babies...you're right.
This book tackles the people stuff at work and gives answers to handling tension and conflict that can guide teams to optimum productivity. Sylvia Lafair maps out three important steps for becoming aware of patterns and finding the way OUT:
- Observe - you can make positive change once you learn the skills to observe your behavior patterns
- Understand - you can make even deeper and long lasting changes once you understand where the patterns come from
- Transform - and best of all once you transform your patterns you can influence and motivate others.
The result is a new found creative energy that will foster better workplace associations and career success.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sylvia Lafair, Ph.D., is an expert on leadership, workplace behavior and relationships. Clients from top businesses often have her cell phone number on speed dial, as she deftly helps them navigate difficult conflicts with board members, employees, associates, and even family. Unlike other executive coaches, she began her career as a family therapist and is fine tuned to the reverberations from family life that play out in the work place. Lafair is the Founder and President of Creative Energy Options, Inc. (CEO), a consulting firm with retreat centers in Pennsylvania and New Mexico. CEO also runs teambuilding workshops and educational seminars for entire organizations, focused on results through relationships.
Thousands of business professionals have utilized the principles of "Don't Bring It to Work" including those from Microsoft, AstraZeneca, Aveda Salons, Novartis, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Her numerous articles have been published in leading journals and magazines including Business Week, The Wall Street Journal online, and Time.com. She is a much sought-after speaker on the subjects of leadership, effective communication, conflict resolution and creative collaboration.
Many of her earlier programs which explored the newest advances in health, wellness and spirituality presented a stellar collection of thinkers, including Deepak Chopra, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, Matthew Fox, Robert Bly and many others.
Lafair holds a PhD in clinical psychology and is a supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, a charter member of the American Family Therapy Academy, a member of the American Society of Training and Development, and the Society for Human Resource Management.
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Don't Bring It to Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success
By Sylvia Lafair
www.sylvialafair.com
Jossey-Bass an Imprint of Wiley
March 3, 2009
$24.95; Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-40436-2
