Raise Your Game How to Succeed at Work

You love your job but you feel out of control and are having to run to keep up. How can you successfully step up to deliver the expectations upon you? How can you build on your strengths to get a grip on your new responsibilities quickly? How can you conquer anxieties so that they stop getting in your way? This book will provide a practical toolkit to stepping up successfully.Each chapter will include boxes and tips with practical guidelines on topics including: Making the best use of time Listening well Growing your energy Engaging your colleagues Building trust Creating a team Building a new partnership Coping with criticism and disappointment Building on a success Knowing when to draw a line Knowing your values Contributing to a meeting effectively Building the best relationship with your boss

Peter Shaw is a Partner at Praesta Partners, global leaders in executive coaching with offices all around Europe, S Africa and with KRW International in New York. Their clients include senior people in the public, private and voluntary sectors including permanent secretaries, high court judges, ambassadors and chief executives. Peter was formerly a director general within government and a member of five different government department boards. He also mentors staff in the colleges where he is a governor and people in his local community. He has written many articles on leadership and published a number of business books. Peter regularly leads workshops on the themes of his books in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Take Stock
Develop your strengths
Understand your least strong areas
Embed your values
Create an equilibrium
First Steps
Address your self-doubt and your fears
Believe you can do difficult things
Know who your supporters and stakeholders are
Take some risks
Up the Pace
Stretch your muscles
Influence others and convert your critics
Understand how you respond to problems
Warm down thoroughly

Keep your focus
Grow your resilience
Build your team
Renew your freshness
Where Next?
Keep an open mind
Recognise when the tide turns
Know what matters to you
Renew your vision
To What End?
What is fulfilment for you?
How do you want to be remembered?
What about family and friends?
Where does joy fit in?
Conclusion: Next Steps
Selected Bibliography
Index
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Raise Your Game How to Succeed at Work

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