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5.0 out of 5 stars
If work makes you feel like a victim, read this book!,
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This review is from: Recover Your Balance: How To Bounce Back From Bad Times at Work (Paperback)
This is a great little book, easy to read in one sitting at just over 140 pages with a seven step plan to boost you back to full confidence! And it's also great for dipping into any time you feel a bit overwhelmed. It's a book to pick up when you're feeling tired and worthless at work, when going to work is sapping and energy draining, when you're feeling burnt out, or lacking in confidence about your abilities.
Bullying Ann herself experienced bullying at work and she talks honestly and helpfully about the effect it had on her and her subsequent crisis of confidence. "Following an unsuccessful appeal, after which my Staff Council representative declared that he had never seen anyone quite so comprehensively stitched up, I spent the next few months trying to be absolutely perfect, an endeavour doomed to failure. My daily routine included vomiting every morning before I left home. Finally, after taking a couple of days leave, I returned to find that a part of my team's work had been passed around...in an effort to demonstrate that I was failing. I resigned. For more than two years afterwards I simply didn't believe that I was worthy of a well paid job with similar status to the one I had left". Page 4/5 of Recover Your Balance This book is the result of her reflections and ruminations on that period, her extensive experience of coaching others in similar situations, and her recovery plan for minimising the effects and learning from the experience. It's a blend of the practical and the more esoteric. For example, Ann talks about energy states and the impact these have on our behaviour, and there is advice on using visualisations and creative imagery to relieve stress. In another chapter she gives some supremely practical advice about only keeping material relating to poor treatment at work as long as it is serving a purpose. If you are thinking about bringing a case of constructive dismissal for example, keep a record of everything. But if the incident is done and dusted, holding onto unpleasant and damaging material can be detrimental to your recovery! Sage advice. True Stories Scattered throughout the book are quotes from real people sharing their experiences of troubled times at work. These really help to bring the book to life. My only small criticism of the book is that I found some of the true life stories slightly repetitive, but then I read the book at one sitting. I'm sure if you were picking this book up occasionally you'd be glad of some of the repetition as a helpful reminder! I think this a worthwhile book to have in your possession, or to encourage your firm to buy! It's not preachy, but full of sensible advice, well referenced and not at all patronising - you can tell that Ann has been there and done it, and bounced back!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A highly practical guide,
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This review is from: Recover Your Balance: How To Bounce Back From Bad Times at Work (Paperback)
Having worked with many people who've been thrown seriously off balance at work through bullying, learning how to resource yourself in tough times is one of the essential keys to recovery. Ann's book provides a down to earth, step by step guide to do exactly that with a plethora of examples, questions and exercises along the way. I much appreciate she also includes the importance of 'presence' as changing your personal energy automatically changes your reality! HR departments would be well advised to stock a supply of this valuable little book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Recover Your Work/Life Balance,
This review is from: Recover Your Balance: How To Bounce Back From Bad Times at Work (Paperback)
I found this book very sympathetic and knowledgeable, but particularly supportive and understanding with practical solutions. Wish it had been available years ago when I needed some independent advice and a major confidence boost while trying to cope with the heavy stresses of my job and workplace, together with losing one's rocks in life. A very worthy read and handbook.
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