Your Job Survival Guide: A Manual for Thriving in Change

Table of contents

1. Copyright
   1. Dedication
2. Praise for Your Job Survival Guide
3. Acknowledgments
4. About the Authors
5. Preface: We Surely All Will Die
6. 1. An Eskimo on the Titanic
   1. Dangerous Waters
   2. Sailors and Paddlers: Your Real Job Is Change
   3. The Limits of Flat-Water Thinking
7. 2. Working the Eddies: Pace Yourself to Preserve Your Sanity
   1. All Hands on Deck
   2. We Are Drowning in Change
      1. The Impact of Exhaustion
   3. Strategies for Pacing
      1. Create a “Not To Do” List
      2. Build Breaks in the Action
      3. Get Good Sleep
      4. Take a Nap
      5. Enforce Vacations
      6. Avoid the Perils of the Crazy Brave and Phony Tough
   4. Keep a Roll in Reserve
8. 3. Mastering the Roll: Prepare to Fail Gracefully and Recover Quickly
   1. Failure Is the Only Option
   2. Strategies for Failing Quickly and Recovering Gracefully
      1. Treat Your Career as a Series of Experiments
      2. Minimize the Risk of Failure
      3. Master the Emotions of Failure
      4. Practice Failing
      5. Prepare to Learn from Failure
      6. Make Your Mistakes on the Move
   3. Failing and Play
9. 4. The Power of Play: Optimism and Resilience
   1. The Play’s the Thing
   2. The Power of Optimism
   3. Strategies for Unsinkable Optimism
      1. Create Optimism and Avoid Learned Helplessness
      2. When All Else Fails, Paddle Like Hell
   4. Choose Your Equipment for the Right Level of Fun
      1. Patience: Keep Your Feet Up and Go With the Flow
      2. Recharge by Paddling
      3. Create Time and Space for Play
   5. Cultivate Exuberance
10. 5. Personal Flotation: You Are Responsible for Your Own Security
    1. Sink or Swim
    2. Strategies for Personal Flotation
       1. Learn Self-Rescue by Developing Your “Brand You”
       2. Build a Portfolio of Projects
       3. Practice Your Offside Roll: Cultivate Diverse Skills to Increase Maneuverability
       4. Create Strong Networks
       5. Take Care of Your Health
    3. Alone in a Tight Place
11. 6. Scouting and Portaging: Set Your Own Course
    1. Meaning Is Local
    2. Get Out When You Hear the Roar of the Falls
    3. Strategies for Scouting and Portaging
       1. Listen to the River: Read the Water
       2. Develop Your Intuition and Then Listen to It
       3. Listen to Others: Learn from Reports of Fellow Travelers
       4. Know When To Portage
       5. Recognize When You Are Drowning
       6. Listen to Your Heart
       7. When in Doubt, Scout
    4. The Phoenix
12. 7. Rising Above the Roar: Communicate Through Symbols
    1. Strategies for Communicating Above the Roar
       1. Actions Speak Louder Than Words
       2. Maintain a Line of Sight
       3. Never Risk a Lie—Even Unintentionally
       4. Ensure Two-Way Communication
       5. Create Space to Grieve: Funerals, Irish Wakes, Slicing Nursing Stations, and Other Symbolic Events
       6. Make Sense of What Happened: Share Stories Around the Fire
       7. Use Myths to Create Meaning
       8. Use Metaphors
    2. Finding Meaning and Shaping a Legacy
13. 8. Building Flocks: Teaming for Today’s Run
    1. Murmurations of Starlings: Teams Have a Life of Their Own
    2. Strategies for Teaming
       1. Know What You Bring to the Team
       2. Know Your Teammates
       3. Become Skilled at Entering and Leaving Teams
       4. Find Safety in Numbers
       5. Understand What Game You Are Playing
       6. Choose the Right Vessel
       7. Understand the Working of Teams
    3. The Power of the Team
14. 9. Leading Trips: Guiding Through Permanent Whitewater
    1. Leading in Permanent Whitewater
       1. Understand Power and Influence on the River
       2. Build Trust
       3. Stepping Aside: Manage Shifting Roles
       4. Enabling Leaders and Following Followers: Stepping Up to Leadership
       5. Assembling the Right Team
       6. Structuring the Team
    2. Humility and the Art of Leading from Behind
15. Conclusion, What Conclusion?
    1. Building the G-Rig
    2. The Rivers Are Rising
    3. No Place to Hide—But Why Would You Want To?
16. Endnotes
    1. Preface
    2. Chapter 1
    3. Chapter 2
    4. Chapter 3
    5. Chapter 4
    6. Chapter 5
    7. Chapter 6
    8. Chapter 7
    9. Chapter 8
    10. Chapter 9
    11. Conclusion, What Conclusion?
17. Financial Times Press
18. Inside Front cover
19. Inside Back cover