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Informationen zum Autor From the Boston area, Nichol is a fan of all things art. Known for her weirdness, and general snarkasm, Nichol works to engage her audience in several mediums. Many stick to one favorite genre, but she can't seem to make up her mind. You will see her dipping into everything from graphic horror, graphic novels, to graphic romance. Trust the descriptions, mind the tags and just know that, if you like her writing, you're in for a good ride. Her favorite colors are black and burgundy red, and she loves tea with honey, indulging once a week on Saturday. Specifically Saturday. If it's not Saturday, tea shall not happen. Klappentext AS LONG AS PEOPLE HAVE WORKED together, they have engaged in political games. Motivated by short-term gains--promotions, funding for a project, budget increases, status with the boss--people misuse their time and energy. Today, when many organizations are fighting for their lives and scarce resources there is increased stress and anxiety, and employees are engaging in games more intensely than ever before. Organizational experts Mauricio Goldstein and Philip Read argue that office games--those manipulative behaviors that distract employees from achieving their mission--are both conscious and unconscious. They can and should be effectively minimized. In Games at Work, the authors offer tools to diagnose the most common games that people play and outline a three-step process to effectively deal with them. Some of the games they explore include: GOTCHA: identifying and communicating others' mistakes in an effort to win points from higher-ups GOSSIP: engaging in the classic rumor mill to gain political advantage SANDBAGGING: purposely low-balling sales forecasts as a negotiating ploy GRAY ZONE: deliberately fostering ambiguity or lack of clarity about who should do what to avoid accountability Filled with real-world, entertaining examples of games in action, Games at Work is an invaluable resource for managers and all professionals who want to substitute straight talk for games in their organizations and boost productivity, commitment, innovation, and--ultimately--the bottom line. Zusammenfassung How managers can put the breaks on needless games before they spiral out of control This groundbreaking book gives managers the tools to "diagnose" the games that people play in an organization--Gotcha! Gossip! Blame! Pecking Order--and shows how to free people's energy for more productive purposes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword ix Kevin Cashman Introduction 1 1 LET THE GAMES BEGIN What Games Are and How They Are Played in Organizations 11 2 PLAYING TO LOSE The Negative Impact of Games on Core Business Activities 46 3 FERTILE GROUND Why Games Are So Pervasive in Modern Corporations 65 4 EYES WIDE SHUT Why People Don't Deal with Games at Work 83 5 AN EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE Awakening to Games 95 6 COUNT ME OUT Choosing Not to Play 108 7 GAME, INTERRUPTED Executing Your Choice 125 8 INTERCONNECTIONS How Games Are Linked In to an Ecology 147 9 THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE Toward a Games-Conscious Model of Transformation 164 10 GAMES AT THE TOP The Impact of Playing in the Executive Suite 179 11 A SUSTAINABLE GOAL Transforming Organizations in Small but Significant Ways 198 Appendix: List of Games 206 References 224 Acknowledgments 226 About the Authors 228 Index 230 ...
