CITATION

Durre, Linnda. Surviving the Toxic Workplace: Protect Yourself Against Coworkers, Bosses, and Work Environments That Poison Your Day. US: McGraw-Hill, 2010.

Surviving the Toxic Workplace: Protect Yourself Against Coworkers, Bosses, and Work Environments That Poison Your Day

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Published:  January 2010

eISBN: 9780071667869 0071667865 | ISBN: 9780071664677
  • Contents
  • Part I: Staff Infections: What They Are and How They Hurt You, Others, and Your Company
  • Chapter 1 Why Surviving the Toxic Workplace Can Help You, the Economy, and the World
  • Chapter 2 Are You in a Toxic Company Dealing with Toxic Co-Workers?
  • Chapter 3 Staff Infections: The Negative Effects They Have on a Company
  • Chapter 4 When Human Motives Turn Negative: Know Your Own Motives and Those of Others
  • Chapter 5 Everyone Has Positives and Negatives: Know and Accept Yours and Others’
  • Part II: Communication and Relationships: Techniques to Get It Right
  • Chapter 6 Good Business Relationships Are Built on Trust, Honesty, and Open Communication
  • Chapter 7 Know and Align Your Attitude, Intentions, and Hidden Agendas
  • Chapter 8 Eliminate Weasel Words and Escape Clauses
  • Chapter 9 Recognize and Interpret Body Language
  • Chapter 10 Your Voice Is a Communication Tool
  • Chapter 11 Motivating Your Co-Workers to Change
  • Chapter 12 Four Different Intentions of Communication: Win/Win, Win/Lose, Lose/Win, and Lose/Lose
  • Chapter 13 Four Types of Behavior: Assertive, Aggressive, Passive-Aggressive, and Passive
  • Chapter 14 Preparation for Effective Discussion: Visualization, Intention, and Rehearsal
  • Chapter 15 Speaking and Writing, Two Vital Keys to Communication
  • Chapter 16 Active Listening, Paraphrasing, Calling a Process Shot, and Agreeing to Disagree
  • Chapter 17 “The Sandwich”: Giving Difficult Feedback with Care
  • Chapter 18 Forewarned Is Forearmed: Best Scenario to Worst Scenario
  • Chapter 19 Keep Your Expectations Reasonable and Your Hopes High
  • Chapter 20 Assertive Techniques That Give You Power
  • Part III: Staff Infections: How to Recognize and Handle Toxic People
  • Chapter 21 How to Deal with Toxic Co-Workers: S.E.S.S.I.O.N.: The Situation, Explanation, and Solution System in Overcoming Nuisances
  • Chapter 22 The Socially Clueless
  • Chapter 23 The Work Interferers
  • Chapter 24 The Uncommitted
  • Chapter 25 The Angry Ones
  • Chapter 26 The Politically Incorrect
  • Chapter 27 The Victims
  • Chapter 28 The Rescuers
  • Chapter 29 The Saboteurs
  • Chapter 30 The Politicians
  • Chapter 31 The Sexually Suggestive
  • Chapter 32 The Obsessives
  • Chapter 33 The Addicts
  • Chapter 34 The Workplace Environment
  • Part IV: Staff Infections: What to Do After a Confrontation
  • Chapter 35 How to Heal Yourself After a Confrontation
  • Chapter 36 How to Heal Co-Workers After a Confrontation
  • Chapter 37 What to Do If You Need Help from HR or Management
  • Chapter 38 What to Do If Administration and HR Don’t Do Their Job
  • Chapter 39 Summary and Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Index