Is There an Elephant in the Copy Room? Bold Remedies for Resolving Hidden Issues at Work

By Margaret Z. Couch

Book Overview

If you've ever been a boss distraught over an employee's poor performance or an employee agonizing over how o survive your boss, read on. From the very first chapter, Is there an Elephant in the Copy Room?: Bold Remedies for Resolving Hidden Issues at Work presents difficult situations to which everyone working in an office can relate. Whether you've worked for a boss on a power trip or are an employee who feels underappreciated, you'll be in Familiar territory.The author, Margaret Z. Couchm gives this analogy: It's messing things up but is remarkably unnoticed and ignored -- much like the problem of poor communication.Frustrated with the fact that most of today's business writers speak to the CEO only, Couch, a consultant, trainer, coach, and president, of BusinesSense, Inc, directs her message to the employee as well. She spent fifteen years working with many employees and their bosses. Years of listening, observing, and preaching about communication strategies came together in this book dedicated to showing a better way to work together.It is organized into chapters, each with a different, fun-to-read scenario. You'll likely see yourself in many of these short stories. The unique 'perspectives of those involved are given. The honest emotions and thoughts of the parties provide an inside look at how it might feel to be in the other person's shoes. These are followed by keen, objective observations bout the situation.The crux of the book's message, workable alternatives to sometimes unbearable employee-manager difficulties; is discussed last. Not only are solutions provided to managers, but direct and specific advice is aimed toward employees for dealing with their behaviorin a more productive and responsible manner. The advice points out that none of the individuals here is totally right or wrong; it is all about simple human nature. But the alternative offers a way to rise above our base nature and behave in a more resourceful way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966616553
• ISBN13: 9780966616552
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Perelandra Pub
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"