Making Work Work: New Strategies for Surviving and Thriving at the Office

Morgenstern, Julie

ISBN 10: 0060751789 ISBN 13: 9780060751784

Publisher: Harperaudio, 2004

Synopsis

Maintaining control in today's hectic workplace is a challenge -- everything is lean, competitive, and uncertain. What does it take to survive? Must you sign away your life in blood? Live in fear of being fired? Quit your job and move to the countryside? Not at all.

Through the mastery of nine essential skills, Morgenstern shows how small changes in your thinking and behavior will help you achieve the seemingly impossible -- boost your value, increase your job security, and afford you the time to still have a life. Morgenstern has helped clients of all levels take control of their work lives in every industry imaginable. This book mirrors the individual consulting services she provides by showing you how to start with yourself and then tackle the more complex external issues of working relationships and the job.

With insight and warmth, Morgenstern gives fresh "grab-and-go" strategies such as:

• Avoid e-mail for the first hour of the day. It's addictive and steals your most productive time.


• Trust your truth. Never undervalue your unique self, skills, and point of view.


• Beware multitasking. Scattering your efforts makes for a longer day.


• "Dance close to the revenue line." Making and saving money is where your greatest value lies.


• "Crunch the container." Shorten your workday by thirty minutes and you will get more done.

Making Work Work transcends industries, job titles, and even economic climates. With the process taught in this book, you will feel less trapped and more in charge -- you'll able to make a bad situation better, restore a formerly good situation, or search for a job that's a better fit for who you are.

With Morgenstern's guidance you can find a way to make work work.

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Review:

Brian Tracy, Author of Time Power Wow! What a great book. Here in one place you learn how to get organized and get more done faster than you ever thought possible. This is a handbook for personal success.

Pat Riley, President, The Miami Heat Until you change the way you work at things, the things you work at will never change. Julie teaches how to change those things and become more energetic and efficient at work. This book is a must for anyone who loves to work.

Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager (R) and The On-Time, On-Target Manager This book is brimming with great ideas for making our working lives better. And when work is working for us, that's when we can serve ourselves and others best.

Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of First, Break All The Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths As someone who is always one stack of papers or one missed meeting away from being on top of things, I found Julie Morgenstern's Making Work Work invaluable. Creativity, they say, comes only to the prepared mind. Julie's book will help every reader get prepared to give of their best.

"Reading [Morgenstern's] book is time well spent."

-- "USA Today"

Brian Tracy, Author of "Time Power"Wow! What a great book. Here in one place you learn how to get organized and get more done faster than you ever thought possible. This is a handbook for personal success.

Pat Riley, President, The Miami HeatUntil you change the way you work at things, the things you work at will never change. Julie teaches how to change those things and become more energetic and efficient at work. This book is a must for anyone who loves to work.

Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of "First, Break All The Rules" and "Now, Discover Your Strengths"As someone who is always one stack of papers or one missed meeting away from being on top of things, I found Julie Morgenstern's "Making Work Work" invaluable. Creativity, they say, comes only to the prepared mind. Julie's book will help every reader get prepared to give of their best.

"Until you change the way you work at things, the things you work at will never change. Julie teaches how to change those things and become more energetic and efficient at work. This book is a must for anyone who loves to work." -- Pat Riley, president, the Miami Heat

Brian Tracy, Author of "Time Power" Wow! What a great book. Here in one place you learn how to get organized and get more done faster than you ever thought possible. This is a handbook for personal success.

About the Author:

Julie Morgenstern, founder and owner of Task Masters, is the author of the New York Times bestseller Organizing from the Inside Out and Time Management from the Inside Out. Her column, "Getting Organized," appears monthly in O, The Oprah Magazine. A speaker, media expert, and corporate spokesperson, she lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperaudio
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060751789
• ISBN 13: 9780060751784
• Binding: Audio CD