April 2019
Beginner
496 pages
5h 34m
English
Content preview from Lifescripts, 3rd Edition
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INDEX
Note: Page references in italics refer to lifescript flow charts.
A
- Alcohol use, 329–332, 330–331
- Anger
- in critical performance review, 259, 261
- as defense mechanism, 121
- job recommendation and, 159–162, 160–161
- in overreaction by supervisor, apology for, 271–274, 272–273
- pay cut and, 299, 302
- role in dialogues, xviii
- rude phone manners and, 239, 241
- unjust criticism from supervisor and, 131, 134
- in work pace discussion, 405, 407
- in work quality discussion, 393
- Antisocial behavior by peer (lifescript adaptation), 332
- Apologies
- for bad behavior by supervisor, 271–274, 272–273
- breaking bad news and, 102
- for cultural insensitivity to coworker, 441–443, 442
- for cultural insensitivity to direct report, 279–281, 280
- for email misdirection, 115–117, 116, 433–435, 434
- for gender insensitivity to coworker, 437–439, 438
- for gender insensitivity to direct report, 275–277, 276
- Appearance. See Dress and appearance
- Assignment, turning down, 43–47, 44–46
- Assignment switching (lifescript adaptation), 432
- Assistant, request for (lifescript adaptation), 74
- Authority, superceding (going over supervisor's head), 11, 79–82, 80–81
- Award or honor, protesting (lifescript adaptation), 320
B
- Baby Boomers (1946–1964), xix
- Backstabbing behavior
- Bad news
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