The Future of Workplace Fear
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4842-8100-0 (ISBN)
Workplace fear comes in many forms, including the fear of change, the fear of looking stupid, and the fear of working relationships, and in all cases these fears have deep roots that extend far below having to learn a new technology. It’s about the fear of losing a job, a livelihood, and an identity.
The results of such fear can have enormous repercussions on an organization, including increased vulnerability to ransomware and cyberattack, increased employee turnover, loss of competitiveness, loss of market share, resistance, sabotage, discrimination, and litigation.
Steve Prentice is an expert in the relationship between people,technology, and change. This book will demonstrate to managers and employees alike the various types of fear that can occur in the workplace in the context of digital transformation, how these fears can impact productivity, team dynamics, and corporate health, and most importantly, how to overcome them.
Using case studies of digital transformation successes and failures, Steve describes:
How fear grows in the body and mind
How fear radiates and spreads through groups and teams
How fear interacts with technology, change, and digital transformation
How ignoring or suppressing fear leads to tangible risks to an organization’s future
How to address and manage fear individually and as a group
How the demands of modern employees have changed
How managers can prepare themselves for the new normal
Who This Book Is For
Managers who wish to look underthe hood and understand how people respond to the changes in their immediate world, and why most of those responses are negative. It will also be an uplifting read for individual employees who seek to understand why they, or their colleagues or managers, generally respond negatively to changes, or who struggle with conflict and relationships in the workplace and how to create an action plan to improve the situation.
Steve Prentice is a specialist in organizational psychology, focusing on the junction where people and technology interact. Professionally, he helps people and their companies understand each other as well as the technologies they face and the changes that these present, by working as a speaker, author, consultant, and writer. His clients include Cisco and SAP, as well as branches of government, healthcare, occupational health and safety, startups, entrepreneurs, and online media. He is regularly called upon to explain issues dealing with cybersecurity, AI, blockchain, and the future of work. Steve has written three business books and worked as a ghostwriter for other executives worldwide. He teaches a series of courses at the management school of a Toronto-area university, and regularly delivers keynotes, media interviews, white papers, and podcasts on these topics. After work, he is the vocalist and lead guitarist for the corporate events band Absolutely Jack.
Chapter 1. The Fear Lies Deep.- Chapter 2. Digital Transformation is Here.- Chapter 3. Fear as a Life Force.- Chapter 4. The Fear of Change.- Chapter 5. The Fear of the Unknown.- Chapter 6. The Fear of Losing Your Job.- Chapter 7. The Fear of Looking Stupid.- Chapter 8. The Fear of Being Losing Control.- Chapter 9. The Fear of the Known.- Chapter 10. The Fear of Communicating.- Chapter 11. The Fear of Losing the Business.- Chapter 12. The Fear of Missing Out.- Chapter 13. The Fear of Keeping Your Job.- Chapter 14. Turning Things Around.- Chapter 15. Is This the Day I Get Fired?.- Chapter 16. The Digital Transformation of People.- Postscript: Two Apologies.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.05.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 3 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 260 p. 3 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Berkley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| Schlagworte | Change Management • Collaboration • conflict • Cyberhygiene • cybersecurity • Digital transformation • distributed teams • diverse workplace • Employee engagement • fear • Hot desking • Management Techniques • Productivity • remote teams • Team Management • the new normal • workplace challenges • Workplace technology |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4842-8100-4 / 1484281004 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4842-8100-0 / 9781484281000 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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