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Just Culture: Balancing Safety and Accountability

Sidney Dekker

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A just culture protects people's honest mistakes from being seen as culpable. But what is an honest mistake, or rather, when is a mistake no longer honest? It is too simple to assert that there should be consequences for those who 'cross the line'. Lines don't just exist out there, ready to be crossed or obeyed. We-people-construct those lines; and we draw them differently all the time, depending on the language we use to describe the mistake, on hindsight, history, tradition, and a host of other factors.What matters is not where the line goes-but who gets to draw it. If we leave that to chance, or to prosecutors, or fail to tell operators honestly about who may end up drawing the line, then a just culture may be very difficult to achieve.The absence of a just culture in an organization, in a country, in an industry, hurts both justice and safety. Responses to incidents and accidents that are seen as unjust can impede safety investigations, promote fear rather than mindfulness in people who do safety-critical work, make organizations more bureaucratic rather than more careful, and cultivate professional secrecy, evasion, and self-protection. A just culture is critical for the creation of a safety culture. Without reporting of failures and problems, without openness and information sharing, a safety culture cannot flourish.Drawing on his experience with practitioners (in nursing, air traffic control and professional aviation) whose errors were turned into crimes, Dekker lays out a new view of just culture. This book will help you to create an environment where learning and accountability are fairly and constructively balanced.

Caring for Ourselves: A Therapist's Guide to Personal and Professional Well-Being

Ellen K. Baker

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Editorial Review:

Text presents self-awareness and self-regulation as a means to balance personal and professional life to avoid burnout in psychology professionals. Objectives include the fostering of communication in the confrontation of loneliness, the organization and sharing of information, and to support ongoing education and research in therapists self-care.

Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior (Perspectives in Social Psychology)

Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

This book is excellent! 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 12 people found this review helpful.

This book should be read by everyone who has children. Educational policymakers should not only read the book, but use the information to create state and national policies that make sense educationally for children.

Good for higher level education writing 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I used this book when writing my graduate school thesis. It is extremelly comprehensive and not very dated. However, I the writing is at an extremelly high reading level with some algrabraic formulai thrown in. If you, like me, are bad at math, the rest of the material is top notch.

Great book on a difficult topic - VERY ACADEMIC 4 out of 5 stars.
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I studied with this professor in college so while somewhat biased, i think that makes this review that much more informed.

Let me start out by saying that Ed Deci is a genius in social behavior. The man is as intuitive and understanding of a therapist as I've seen, with an uncanny ability to cut through the "bubble-wrap" with which most of us insulate our lives. He understands people like Da Vinci understood...well everything. Moving forward, this is not an easy read. In fact, if it's the first thing you've ever read about the topic, you will likely be bored. I know a handful of people who couldn't get passed page 50. It is a very academic book and tough to stomach without a guide. If you are interested in the topic, though, this is about as comprehensive as it gets. Straight from the horses mouth, with cool examples and real world context. As part of our required reading, this served as an excellent supplement to Deci's teachings.

Definitely recommended for anyone studying causalities, motivation, social psych, I/O, or even religion. Also recommended for hiring managers and HR personnel.

The Role of Work in People's Lives: Applied Career Counseling and Vocational Psychology

Nadene Peterson

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The Role of Work 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book is an excellent treatment of the changing role of work as we move into the 21st century. It also does a wonderful job of dealing with diverse populations.

Instructors beware: Horribly superficial, badly edited 1 out of 5 stars.
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As a grad student, I have read many, many books that are less-than-readable or useful. This book is on my Top Ten Books to Avoid.

First, the authors gloss over extremely important theories, such as Super's and Erikson's, and throw in graphics they've borrowed from other books but never fully explain. The result is a very disjointed, haphazard survey of past and current theories.

Secondly, in some aspects the book does cover cultural diversity adequately. In other areas, their coverage is ludicrous. Regarding Native Americans, they state "[Super's] Life-Career Rainbow also has the potential application for widespread application to Native Americans". First, the editor is asleep at the wheel (two instances of 'application' in one sentence), and secondly, there is no effort to describe why this could be applicable to Native Americans. Anyone who knows this population knows it's complete bunk to think that they could correlate aspects of their lives to such Western terms as Leisurite, Homemaker, or Citizen. It's beyond shoe-horning.

Thirdly, it's clear in too many passages to cite that the authors have a political agenda to put forth, and it's hard to believe that this has not clouded objective thought. It feels very much like we are being talked 'down to' by these 'enlightened' authors. I'm a bleeding heart liberal, and this book made ME cringe in it's tone -- anyone who is politically right to centrist may be offended by this book.

Finally, the structure of the book is haphazard. There is no parallelism throughout that I could ascertain, and so the reader learns different aspects about different theories, never being able to put together a cohesive apples-to-apples perspective. Most offensive is the chapter where the authors both put forth their own theories -- where Erikson gets 2 pages, Peterson dedicates 10 pages to her theory with 17 assumptions, and goes into the detail I wanted for all of the 'real' theories! Also, the editor missed many typos and awkward constructions, and needed to BLEED red ink all over the manuscript.

Ug. It's awful. I've only taken time to review text books once or twice, and only because they were so good. That should tell you how bad this one is.

Editorial Review:

This new text recognizes that career counseling is not discrete from other types of counseling and it is therefore important for students of the helping professions to understand career counseling theories and applications. The authors present the topic of career counseling in a socio-historical context. The authors condense the theoretical coverage to avoid a theory-by-theory approach and include several contemporary theorists in addition to traditional sources.

Coaching with NLP: How to Be a Master Coach

O'Connor Joseph

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Worth the reading 4 out of 5 stars.
16 of 18 people found this review helpful.

A lot of grids and methodology, usefull key-points and questions... The NLP techniques are poor and over-simplified in the book, but if you are already trained in NLP, you'll find a usefull guide on how to use your knowledge in Coaching.

Very good basic book--not much more 3 out of 5 stars.
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If you are looking for a good basic book on this topic, this one is fine. It offers good introductory information about coaching in general and NLP. It's easy reading and offers some excellent resources at the end (over 40 pages of resources). About half of the book is on Coaching and the other half is about NLP. If, on the other hand, you are looking for something more sophisticated on the topic, this book is a little light. A better choice would be Ian McDermott's/Wendy Jago's The NLP Coach. It's not as easy to read, but it's much more comprehensive and useful to understand how to use NLP in coaching. I also think even the book "NLP for Dummies" is better.

Editorial Review:

Coaching with NLP shows new as well as experienced life coaches how to apply the secrets of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) in their life and business coaching practices. Helping coaches to better understand the reality of how their clients think, and how to help them achieve life, and professional goals.

The Star Profile: A Management Tool to Unleash Employee Potential

Jathan Janove

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From His Father 5 out of 5 stars.
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When his mother finishes reading the book, I am going to suggest we each create a Star Profile that identifies the things in a spouse that really make us smile. After more than 50 years of marriage I still am not sure of what either of us will say. I have ideas, but getting them into a couple of sentences will be a challenge. The negotiations that follow will be interesting!
The purpose of this note goes beyond hawking my son's book or any desire to share my personal situation. It is to show that the idea of Star Profile goes way beyond being a management tool to develop star employees and star managers. I cannot picture any human situation where a Star Profile approach couldn't be beneficial and that includes the military! It doesn't mean the private can disobey orders, or simply quit. It does mean that the private and the sergeant have done some hard thinking about what is really important to them. Then they have taken the next difficult step and shared it with each other. Out of this comes mutual understanding and respect for each other. Differences, duties, and responsibilities are learned and respected by each other. Sometimes a transfer may be necessary, but it will be one supported by both.
This holds true in education as well. Had I known, understood and used a Star Profile technique as an elementary teacher, principal and university professor the teachers, the students and especially, I would have been far more successful.
To over simplify, the Star Profile is a tool that can be used by any group of people who interact with each other in some significant and continuous manner. It is for those who base their relationships on truth, honesty, and respect. And who are willing to risk the level of communication necessary to achieve these win-win relations.

Editorial Review:

No more long, arduously-written job descrptions detailing every what, where, and how. In The Star Profile, Jathan Janove demonstrates through dozens of real-life stories and examples how to cut to the chase--in 100 words or less. This proven management tool can unleash the full potential of employees at every level by creating mutually satisfying working relationships focused on achieving shared goals. Short, practical, and to-the-point, star profiles spell out clearly and succinctly what is fundamentally important about each individual job and identify the desired employee behaviors that can be linked directly to the structure, systems, culture, and mission of the organization.

Understanding Generalist Practice with Families

Grafton H. Hull, Jannah J. Mather

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Editorial Review:

Hull and Mather's book introduces students to the professional abilities needed when working with families. Using a generalist perspective, the book builds on the knowledge and skills students have acquired in other courses, and provides keen insight on the specific theories and skills associated with family systems and family practice.

Trading in the Zone : Maximizing Performance with Focus and Discipline

Ari Kiev

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Much overrated! 1 out of 5 stars.
29 of 31 people found this review helpful.

I had read Douglas's Trading in the Zone before. I had a very high expectation on this one. However, I was very disappointed.

The author emphasized throughout the book the importance of entering the zone, a state of mind that you can neglect fear, greed, P/L, and just trade according to your feeling of the market, though he supplemented that with the need of analysis, hardwork, focus blah blah blah, and that different people have different means to enter the zone, illustrated with examples anonymous. Those might be true stories. However, the author just did not tell the readers how they could do it themselves without the assistance of a coach like the author's good self.

A reviewer of this book wrote that this should be read together with Douglas's Trading in the Zone and Mc Call's The Way of the Warrior Trader. One should read those two excellent books only, but definitely not this.

Editorial Review:

Overcome the obstacles that can prevent you from winning at the trading game

A trader's emotional state is vital to being a successful investor. There are many psychological factors that can affect the decisions one makes in the course of a trading day. This book focuses on overcoming issues such as anxiety, fear, and over-ambition so that traders can become more focused and be more successful-in other words, enter the zone-and stay in it as long as possible.

Chained to the Desk: A Guidebook for Workaholics, Their Partners and Children, and the Clinicians Who Treat Them

Bryan Robinson

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Editorial Review:

As Seen on ABC's 20/20

Americans love a hard worker. The man or woman who works 18 hour days and eats his or her meals on the run between appointments is usually viewed with a combination of respect and awe. But for many, this lifestyle leads to family problems, a decline in work productivity, and ultimately to physical and mental collapse.

In Chained to the Desk, best-selling author and widely-respected family therapist Dr. Bryan Robinson has written a groundbreaking book--the first comprehensive portrait of the workaholic. Intended for anyone touched by what Robinson calls "the best-dressed problem of the twentieth century," this innovative volume profiles the myths behind this greatly-misunderstood disorder and the inner psychological battle that work addicts wage against themselves. The book also serves as an inside look into the impact on those who live and work with them--partners, spouses, children, and colleagues--as well as the appropriate techniques for clinicians who treat them.

Portraying the many different kinds of workaholism, Robinson draws on hundreds of case reports from his own original research and years of clinical practice. From California to the Carolinas, men and women tell of their agonizing bouts with workaholism and the devastations left in its wake. Adult children of workaholics describe their childhood pain and the life-long legacies they still carry. The spouses or partners of workaholics reveal the isolation and loneliness of their vacant relationships and the terror of questioning their own sanity. Employers and business colleagues discuss the cost to the company when workaholism dominates the workplace.

Chained to the Desk both counsels and consoles. It provides a step-by-step guide to help readers spot workaholism, understand it, and recover. Robinson presents strategies for workaholics and their loved ones on how to cope, and for people in the workplace on how to distinguish between work efficiency and workaholism.

Winning with Difficult People (Barron's Business Success Guides)

Arthur H. Bell, Dayle M. Smith

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Compact, informative and value-for-money 5 out of 5 stars.
26 of 26 people found this review helpful.

I initially bought this book for my husband, who was having a difficult time at work with his boss. My husband has huge praises for the book and now that I have finished reading it, I've come to understand why. Arthur and Dayle have managed to consolidate and present strategies on how to deal with difficult people in a handy and easy-to-read book. Even if you don't find time to read, you can easily read some pages on the way to work in the train. A questionaire helps you to identify what type of person you are, and explains the different personality types, helping you to see why yome people react in certain ways. You will realise eventually why you seem to always clash with a certain personality group. This book gives you tips on how you can handle 'difficult' people and helps you to have a clearer picture of yourself. For all you know you may be the S.O.P. (Source Of Pain) that others are experiencing!!

Editorial Review:

The authors point out twelve difficult personality types that can be found in business environments, then offer tips to help readers understand what makes them tick and how the rest of us can best cope with them. Advice includes methods for transforming potential problems into "getting-ahead" advantages.