Success without the Tsuris TM Self-Coaching Series
Manage Up! How to Develop a Successful Partnership with Your Boss
Most people who have achieved great success have had a lot of people watching their backs along the way. Your boss should be one of those people. Turn your boss into a strategic partner, even if you have vastly different perspectives and needs. Whether you are dealing with a micromanager, a bully or an absentee supervisor, there’s no way around it - in order to get what you want, your boss has to be on board. And while “managing up” is often used in reference to overcoming a sticky relationship with your boss, even the strongest supervisory partnerships can benefit from the concepts in this book.
This book provides critical managing up skills that helps you get the resources, information and support you need to get work done - and to move up in the organization.
This book includes:
- What “Managing Up” is – and isn’t
- Taking Charge of Relationships
- Achieving Excellence
- Six Steps to Modeling Accountability
- Making Relationships Count
- Managing Up for Managers
- When Managing Up Isn’t Possible
- Reflection Exercises
- Action Oriented Worksheets
Who should read this? Future, new and seasoned managers, direct reports at all levels, volunteer managers.
Available as an E-Book only (.pdf): Price: $10
Overcoming Roadblocks in Work and Life
You know what a roadblock is if you have you have ever thought - or said - one of these: It wasn’t going to happen anyway; There’s no way to make this work.; It’s not worth it; Others sabotage my success; I don’t have enough time/money to do this; or I’ll do this later! The fact is, no matter what challenges you decide to take on - in work and in life - you’re bound to face obstacles that hinder, and sometimes even prevent, our progress. The good news is that roadblocks and obstacles are just a part of getting to where you want to go. This book provides proven strategies to anticipate common roadblocks - and to avoid or knock them down completely!
This book includes:
- Ten Common Roadblocks in Work and Life
- Six Strategies to Effectively Overcoming Roadblocks
- Strategy #1: Examine Your Experience
- Strategy #2: Supply Your Toolkit
- Strategy #3: Face Your Fear
- Strategy #4: Boost Confidence
- Strategy #5: Determine What Drives You
- Strategy #6: Sideline the Blame Game
- When the Hurdles Are Too High
- I Made It! Now What?
- Reflection Exercises
- Action Oriented Worksheets
Who should read this? This is the perfect “get over it and get on with it” guide for professionals at all levels, work teams or groups, volunteers, singles, people in career transition, men’s or women’s groups, young professionals, people with special physical, health, emotional or educational needs, small business owners, entrepreneurs, freelancers, coaches, service professionals, parents and families, spiritual and religious groups, salespeople.
E-Book (.pdf): Price: $10
Should I Stay or Should I Go? How to Get the Most Out of Your Current Job in a Tough Economy
For many professionals today, the fear of getting laid-off is match by the fear of having to stay at a job that is stressful, mind-numbing or combative. With downsizing rampant across industries, those left behind are being expected to do much more with much less, and face months – if not years – ahead of working harder without salary increases. Furthermore, professionals at all levels are being put under the microscope to prove their contributions to their teams, departments and organizations. Sound like you? This book is for anyone who wants to find more satisfaction at work, prevent or manage burnout, and develop sound strategies for being an active, appreciated contributor. You can’t afford to put your job – and your happiness -- on the line!
This book includes:
- How to know if you’ve quit your job emotionally (even if you haven’t really quit!)
- 10 categories that contribute to job satisfaction
- 10 strategies for getting more from your current job
- 8 circumstances for knowing when it’s time to leave
- 6 steps to a smooth job transition
- Self-assessments
- Reflection Exercises
- Action-Oriented Worksheets
Who should read this? Every professional.
E-Book only (.pdf): Price: $10
Get Connected! Networking Strategies for Work and Life
Whether you are job seeking, building your business, looking for new donors or volunteers, or trying to build a pipeline of resources for the future, networking skills are essential for success in today’s marketplace. This book outlines a user-friendly, practical and fun five step process to boost your networking efforts. Whether you prefer Twittering or meeting friends for drinks, this book is sure to provide you with new insights and tools to make your connections stronger, deeper and more powerful.
This book includes:
- What Networking Is – and Isn’t
- Networking Self Assessment
- 5 Steps to Effective Networking
- 4 Steps to develop a killer contact list
- 3 Rules for Successful Outreach
- 6 Essential Weekly Networking Benchmark Questions
- Reflection Exercise
- Action Oriented Worksheets
Who should read this? Professionals, business owners, consultants, people in career transition, young adults, fundraisers and volunteers, singles, students
E-Book (.pdf): Price: $10
Do More in Less Time
Do you wonder where your time goes? Is your to-do list consistently growing? Do you put off the same tasks over and over? You’re not alone! Doing more with less has become a new reality for most of us in work and in life. This book gives you practical tips, tools and techniques to leverage your time, focus your efforts, and identify where your time is really going.
This book includes:
- Time Management Self-Assessment
- Six Time Management Pitfalls
- 5 Steps to More Effective Time Management
- The 80/20 Rule
- Managing Interruptions
- 3 Tools for Scheduling
- Time Management Self-Assessment
- Reflection Exercises
- Action-Oriented Worksheets
Who should read this? Everyone.
E-Book (.pdf): Price: $10
Strategies for Managing Change
Ongoing change is a part of today’s reality in work and life – but that doesn’t mean that you naturally embrace change, or even like it. Change can lead to feelings of uncertainty and insecurity. It can make you feel out of control, adrift, and anxious. Nevertheless, the way you handle change at work and in life has become a core competency critical to your professional and personal success. You may not have any input regarding the change itself, but you have lots of choices about how you respond to it. Easier said than done? Then this book is for you! Learn to identify your natural response to change, how to manage the emotional and practical sides of change, and gain new change management competencies that will serve you today - and tomorrow.
The book includes:
- 4 Reactions To Change
- Assessing your Comfort with Change
- Creating a Powerful Vision
- Examining Where Your Change Resistance Lays
- 5 Steps to Navigating Change
- Reflection Exercises
- Action Oriented Worksheets
Who should read this? Anyone leading or experiencing personal or professional change.
E-Book (.pdf): Price: $10
Work/Life
Integration
If you leave
for work
at 8:30 a.m.
and come
home by 5:30,
stress-free,
with a clear
conscience,
and ready
to sit down
to the hot,
healthy dinner
awaiting
you, then
this book
isn't for
you! For
the rest
of us, we
feel the
strain of
our fast-paced
culture that
makes it
increasingly
challenging
to manage
multiple
commitments
and responsibilities
- to our
work, our
family, our
friends,
and ourselves!
This workbook
shows you
how to prioritize
everything
you need
to do, how
to set boundaries,
say no with
less huilt,
and develop
an integrated
work - life
plan that
works for
you
This book
includes:
- What
is Work/Life
Integration?
Why Not "Balance"?
- Five-Step
Plan Taking
Control
of Work/Life
Integration.
- Step
1: Identify
Your Vision
and Values
- Step
2: Identify
Expectation
- Step 3:
Make
Strategic
Choies
- Step
4: Protect
Your Choices
- Step
5: Assess
and Adjust
Who should
read this:
Every professional
Dealing
with Difficult
People
How many
times have
you been
stunned into
submission
by a boss
that flies
off the handle?
How many
times have
you wondered
how to react
to your constantly
complaining
sister? What
wouldn’t
you do to
have some
sort of effective
recourse
against your
sabotaging
supervisor?
Dealing with
difficult
people takes
skill and
strategy.
This workbook
will help
you recognize
and deal
with the
difficult
behaviors
you will
encounter
at work,
at home,
and everywhere
in between.
This workbook
includes:
- Six Types
of Difficult
Behavior
- Three
Common
Ways of
Handling
Difficult
Behavior
- The CHILL
OUT System
- Managing
Sabotaging
Behavior
- Managing
Bullying
Behavior
- Managing
Blaming
Behavior
- Managing
Avoiding
Behavior
- Managing
Backstabbing
Behavior
- Managing
Nitpicking
Behavior
- When
Dealing
with Difficult
People
Doesn’t
Work
Who should
read this: Everyone
