The Bad Attitude Survival Guide: Essential Tools For Managers

by Harry E. Chambers

Book Overview

With the increased pressures on business today, the workplace can be rampant with resentment, subpar performance, and inflexibility. So how does a manager address the issue of employee and coworker negativity, and create a more positive workplace? Using practical information, useful diagnostic tests, and hands-on instruction, The Bad Attitude Survival Guide provides managers with the tools, insights, and strategies to identify root causes of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201311461
• ISBN13: 9780201311464
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great resource for both beginning and experienced managers, human resources professionals and labor

The insights and concepts in the book are simple, but effective. While reading the book, it will seem as is you already "know" much of the information, however, the book is organized in a way to assist the reader in utilizing the information effectively. I have found this book useful when training new supervisors or retraining supervisors struggling to respond to "bad attitudes" within their staff. It would be useful for even experienced managers when taking over departments with reputations for being negative and unfriendly.

This is a must read book

When you read it this book you will get that "aha" moment. This book gives you a better understanding on bad attitudes in the workplace and how to manage to survive these attitudes. It is a must read if you are surrounded by 'colleagues' with bad attitudes at work.

Gives Managers the Tools!

I found this book to be extremely helpful for diagnosing problematic behavior and sound advice as to methods of correcting it. I have shared this book with many of my managers and they are converts!

A great book for people who manage people.

Chambers shows ways that managers can identify underlying employee behavior problems and the steps to take and skills needed to make positive changes. The book includes a self-assessment for rating management style and organizational environment, twelve key questions for analyzing causes of problems, and many more very applied guidelines. This is a highly useful-recommended. A great book for people who manage people.

This is a wonderful book for positive work change!

This book is well organized with specific suggestions to initiate and maintain positive change in the workplace. It is hopeful; it speaks of respect. It holds many, many ideas for improvement of relationships and work productivity . I very highly recommend its reading.