Your Boss is Not Your Mother: Nine Steps to Eliminating Office Drama and Creating Good Workplace Relationships - Softcover

" the premise shines through: our experience at work can be the sum total of all our learned experiences and behaviors. Her exercises help define the issues and provide new actions to adopt, beginning with a test on how the old stuff affects you in the workplace" to ending with a confidence-building scenario. It is all about self-awareness and the courage to change, whether initiated individually or implemented with the help of a counselor."--Booklist" "Dr. Debra Mandel puts us in the driver's seat where we belong. She shows us how to crash through the barriers that come with all bumpy relationships. She teaches us how to empower ourselves by owning our own choices and taking responsibility for our actions. Your Boss Is Not Your Mother shows us how to do everything we can to make sure we work well with others disallowing problem people that make our jobs miserable. This is a truly useful guide to improving workplace relationships." --Georgia Durante, author, The Company She Keeps, president/founder, Performance Two" "Navigating through office politics is tough. Dr. Debra Mandel provides readers with clear pointers on how to overcome the challenges that each of us face in our work (and even our personal) relationships. Her no-nonsense, practical approach equips readers to be effective communicators in their work relationships. If you're the boss, or if you want to be the boss, you should be reading this book!"--Paul M. French, CEO Paul French International, Inc. "Clinical psychologist Mandel's premise is crystal clear--readers have the power to end their workplace misery: "It doesn't matter who you work for, or who you work with...." The text lays out simple steps to change, including anecdotal examples and workbook-style exercises to help readers "stop responding to people in the workplace from a childhood-oriented perspective and to get rid of old defenses that don't really help in workplace settings." Mandel works hard to keep the text simple and psychobabble-free, which readers will value.... packed with practical advice and ideas.... many readers will benefit from Mandel's straightforward advice."--Publishers Weekly

A warm and practical guide to improving relationships at work. The ultimate guide for women who want to let go of old, negative influences and take charge of their professional lives. Debra Mandel has worked with hundreds of women whose unhealed childhood hurts have caused them problems at work. Although most people understand that childhood wounds can affect intimate relationships, they are often caught off guard when they affect workplace interactions. Nevertheless, once those familiar buttons get pushed, an overbearing boss is transformed into a bullying older brother, or a judgemental co-worker becomes the parent who failed to applaud past achievements. "Your Boss is not Your Mother" attacks these problems at the roots. Using real-life stories and anecdotes, it demonstrates how readers can learn to respond to people in the workplace with a clear head. Mandel shows how to distinguish a truly abusive boss or co-worker from one who is actually harmless, how to deal with flirtations and office romance opportunities and how to negotiate the unique and often unexpected dilemmas of dealing with other women at work. Full of interactive features - self-tests, exercises and checklists - designed to help readers explore and assess their workplace interactions, "Your Boss is not Your Mother" is the book that professional women everywhere have been waiting for.