Book description
Healthy compromise is necessary for accomplishing any meaningful goal with other people. But when your job presses you to betray your word, your principles, or other important commitments, it becomes profoundly unhealthy and deeply stressful. And it can happen even while working for an organization or leader you otherwise respect and admire.Elizabeth Doty offers the antidote: redefining the game. When you feel pressured to play by rules that undermine your integrity, Doty shows how you can tap into six personal foundations that will allow you to stay true to your deepest values and aspirations. Through more than fifty vivid firsthand accounts of compromise and courage in business, she provides guidance for anyone at any organizational level who wants to act with greater clarity, strength, and purpose, as well as for senior leaders striving to lead organizations that allow people to remain true to themselves. The Compromise Trap details a strategy that enables you to remain a positive force—for yourself and whatever you define as the greater good—no matter how difficult the circumstances.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: Seeing with Peripheral Vision
- 1 The Compromise Trap
- 2 A Devil’s Bargain by Degrees
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3 Ten Misconceptions about Compromise at Work
- Misconception 1: Compromise Is Always Healthy
- Misconception 2: Good Companies Don’t Create Unhealthy Pressure
- Misconception 3: Unhealthy Pressure Is the Leader’s Fault
- Misconception 4: You Have to Go Along to Survive
- Misconception 5: You’ll Always Know If You’re Crossing a Line
- Misconception 6: The Company Sets the Terms
- Misconception 7: You Should Just Say No
- Misconception 8: Refusing to Compromise Means Fighting Back
- Misconception 9: You Thrive When You Get to the Top
- Misconception 10: Individual Integrity Adds Up to Organizational Integrity
- 4 How Do I Redefine the Game?
- 5 Reconnect to Your Strengths
- 6 See the Larger Field
- 7 Define a Worthy Enough Win
- 8 Find Your Real Team
- 9 Make Positive Plays
- 10 Keep Your Own Score
- 11 Thriving at Work
- 12 It’s Bigger Than a Game
- Individual and Small-group Activities
- Online Resources
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Footnotes
Product information
- Title: The Compromise Trap
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2009
- Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- ISBN: 9781605093833
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