Stuck

Book description

Stuck: How to WIN in Business By Understating LOSS addresses a critical concept that closes a gap in popular business publications. Many books tell leaders and managers the process of how to change their organizations. However, many of these books lack a key mechanism for understanding human interactions.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Authors
  10. 1 Why Do People Get Stuck?
    1. Baseball, Books, and Blankets
      1. How to Work with Stuck
    2. Notes
  11. 2 The Brain’s Journey Is Our Journey
    1. Our Evolution Led to the Brain We Have
    2. We Come to Work with the Brain We Have
      1. The Rational Brain
      2. The Intuitive Brain’s Role in Reasoning
      3. The Emotional Brain
      4. The Intuitive Brain’s Role in Emotions
    3. How the Intuitive Brain Gets Stuck
    4. Will the Intuitive Brain Always Be Stuck?
    5. Notes
  12. 3 Why Do I Get Stuck?
    1. Attachment is the Human Need to Lean on Tangible and/or Intangible Objects for Support
    2. The Roots of Attachment
    3. Adult Attachment
      1. Symptoms in the Individual
    4. Getting Stuck at Work?
    5. Notes
  13. 4 How Do I Get Stuck?
    1. Attachment Styles
      1. Stable
      2. Autonomous
      3. Distracted
      4. Insecure
    2. How to Think About Attachment Styles at Work
      1. Attachment Styles and Personality Types
      2. Attachment Style and Work Tactics
      3. Attachment Styles and Collaboration
      4. Attachment Styles and Ethics
      5. Attachment Styles and Organizational Change
    3. There is No Right Attachment Style
    4. Notes
  14. 5 What Do I Get Stuck to?
    1. What We Stick to
      1. Relational Objects
      2. Organizational Objects
      3. Locational Objects
      4. Cultural Objects
    2. The Role of Objects When We Get Stuck
      1. Transitional Objects
    3. Notes
  15. 6 How Does Culture Get Stuck?
    1. What Is Culture?
      1. Seen/Unseen
      2. Social Cohesion/Market Value
      3. Intentional/Co-Created
      4. Internal Meaning/External Meaning
      5. Singular/Siloed
    2. The Opportunity to Make Culture Stick
      1. The Challenge When Culture Sticks
    3. Notes
  16. 7 Is My Organization Stuck?
    1. The Change Diagnostic Index©
    2. Attachment Symptoms and the U.S. Federal Government
      1. The Value of Attachment Objects
      2. Mission Matters: A Few Case Studies
      3. Bad Press Has an Impact
      4. The Value of Transition Objects
    3. Notes
  17. 8 Leading a Stuck Organization
    1. The Leader–Follower Relationship
      1. Leader–Follower Relationships in Times of Change
    2. How to Unstick AN Organization
      1. Rethink Change Management
      2. Rethink Leadership for the Stuck Organization
        1. Identify the Loss
        2. Design Attachment-Based Leadership Profiles
        3. Think of Leaders As Attachment Objects
        4. Diversify Leadership Roles and Expectations
      3. Rethink Communications Programs
        1. Acknowledge the Loss
        2. Develop the Storytelling
        3. Diversify the Techniques for Active and Passive Communication
      4. Rethink Training Programs
        1. Build Desire through Training
        2. Build Memories through Learning
        3. Gamify Learning
      5. Rethink Performance Management
        1. Make the Money Emotional
        2. Reward Intuitive Brain Milestones
      6. Develop Transitional Objects
        1. The Power of Transitional Objects
        2. The Transitional Person
        3. The Transitional Object
    3. Notes
  18. 9 Unsticking the Future
    1. Our Constantly Changing Technology
      1. Digitally Transforming People
      2. Augmented with Automation
      3. Empowered with Data
      4. Unsticking Technology
    2. Our Evolving Workforce
      1. The Generational Gaps
      2. Covid and the Workplace of the Future
      3. Battling Burnout
      4. Discussing Diversity
    3. What Does It All Mean?
      1. Five Key Takeaways for Individuals
      2. Five Key Takeaways for Leaders
      3. Five Key Takeaways for Organizations
    4. Notes
  19. Index

Product information

  • Title: Stuck
  • Author(s): Victoria Grady, Patrick McCreesh
  • Release date: February 2022
  • Publisher(s): Productivity Press
  • ISBN: 9781000541373