12 HABITS THAT HOLD GOOD, THE 英文原版
作者: James
出版社:Random House US 2001年10月
简介:
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to riseeffortlessly to the top, while others are stuck in the same jobyear after year? Have you ever felt you are falling short of yourcareer potential? Have you wondered if some of the things you do–ordon’t do–at work might be hamstringing your ambitions? In The 12Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back, James Waldroop and TimothyButler identify the twelve habits that–whether you are a retailclerk or a law firm partner, work in technology or in a factory–arealmost guaranteed to hold you back.
The fact is, most people learn their greatest lessons not fromtheir successes but from their mistakes. The 12 Bad Habits ThatHold Good People Back offers the flip side to Stephen Covey’sapproach in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, zeroing in onthe most common behavior that can impede a career. Based on overtwenty years of research as business psychologists, the authorsclaim that the reasons people fail in their jobs are the sameeverywhere. Only after these detrimental behaviors have beenidentified can the patterns that limit career advancement bebroken.
Using real-life accounts of clients they have worked with atHarvard and as executive coaches at such companies as GTE, Sony,GE, and McKinsey & Co., Waldroop and Butler offerinvaluable–and in some cases, job-saving–step-by-step advice on howreaders can change their behavior to get back on track.
For anyone seeking to achieve his or her career ambitions, The 12Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back is a powerful tool forunleashing true potential.