Working Scared: Achieving Success in Trying Times (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series)

Offers the individual employee, as well as managers and CEOs, a how-to guide for living with the fear and uncertainty implicit in today's business world. A Working Scared Survey helps assess the atmosphere of your own workplace and uncover some of your concerns, anxieties, and fears. Identifies the eight major reasons American employees are working scared--the hot buttons you need to be concerned about now and in the years ahead--and offers survival tips and key advice on how to * work with less supervision * participate effectively in a team culture * excel in a quality-focused organization * survive in an organization that is downsizing * prevail amidst mergers and acquisitions * thrive in an increasingly diverse workforce * succeed in an overseas assignment, and * Andure changing pay strategies.

A survival manual for coping with the uncertainty implicit in today's workplace. The Working Scared Survey assesses your organization's anxiety factors while the text identifies -- and offers advice on -- eight major reasons Americans feel insecure about their jobs.