I find this book very useful and I think that it is first addressed to the young managers or leaders. I believe this because young people don’t have the experience or the maturity that is essential to face the challenges of being a leader. It is not that they are not ready professionally, but they should be prepared emotionally and evaluate the given opportunities and not misuse them. Anyway (despite of age), it is true that when we get promoted at work, we get a very positive feeling out of it. Our self-esteem goes up and they begin to have more confidence in our abilities. But for some persons it goes further; the start adopting a set of beliefs that aren’t necessarily true. They begin to believe that they are more responsible and smart than they actually are for the success of projects and they begin to believe that their value is much higher than reality actually shows. They believe that they are so unique to the company and cannot be substituted. Goldsmith lists 12 destructive habits that help destroy your success in the workplace. The author explains that this is a human failing, one that anyone with some measure of success can fall prey to. It alters your own behavior in a lot of ways and sets you up for failure, not for success. Furthermore, it is difficult to convince and make people aware and at the same time accept that the skills that got them where they are may be damaging their success or preventing them from going further. The author also lists a seven step plan for fixing bad behaviors both individually and as a whole.
This book helps everybody to learn how to be powerfully successful in interpersonal relations by avoiding the bad habits or correcting any you may have.
Although is difficult this change can start from whatever stage we are in the progress in life and career.I think that change in interpersonal relations in early stages of a career is more easy ta happen.
YanıtlaSilI think avoiding the 20 bad habits the author describes on the book would be a smart think to do for each of us, not only leaders or managers or successful people. Avoiding those mistakes helps building good relationships and this makes people admired and successful, yet I agree managers, leaders or teachers and generally people in superior positions could be making those 20 mistakes more frequently.
YanıtlaSili strongly agree with ILDA, that this changes may easily happen at early stages from where you got formed as a character and as a employee. So the change should start from the beginning
YanıtlaSilexperience is a good lesson for the future.so people should be opened to the past experience in order to make great improvements.
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