Working Well
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Product Details
Publisher: Manage to Engage
Release Date: January 28, 2020
Formats: Paperback, Ebook
ISBN: PB: 978-1-9991708-0-6; EB: 978-1-9991708-1-3
Trim: 6 x 9
Page Count: 314
Twelve Simple Strategies to Manage Stress and Increase Productivity
Stephanie Berryman
“A comprehensive guide to reducing workplace stress. . . . A thought-provoking and optimistic set of tactics for stress elimination.” —Kirkus Reviews
Working Well will help you to find more time and energy for what really matters.
Working Well is the stress-management book for people who are too stressed out and busy to read books. It’s fast, funny and practical. You’ll learn:
Sure-fire strategies to help you stay calm in any situation
Approaches to change your hard-wired stress response and handle your stressors like a Buddhist monk
Brain-based methods that will skyrocket your productivity
A model for having difficult conversations with ease
Tools to build a foundation for a relaxed, happy life
Filled with engaging stories, thought-provoking questions, and research, Working Well is a must-read for anyone wanting to thrive at work no matter how difficult their manager and coworkers might be. If you’d like more time and energy for what matters most to you—your relationships, your health, your job, and your life—start reading.
About the Author
Stephanie Berryman is a leadership coach and consultant who has written two Amazon bestsellers: Nine Strategies for Dealing with the Difficult Stuff and Nine Strategies for Dealing with Stress. She has also been published in Grain Magazine, The Ascent, and on Thrive Global. She is the embodiment of her recommendations for dealing with stress. She’s worked high-pressure jobs while handling challenging family situations. One of her younger brothers died at the age of twenty-seven and her mother died of Alzheimer’s at the age of fifty-nine. Stephanie is deeply committed to supporting people to live fulfilling lives in spite of the stressors and challenges they are experiencing. She weaves together humor, research and engaging stories in her books.
Reviews
“This latest book from corporate trainer and consultant Berryman (Nine Strategies for Dealing With the Difficult Stuff, 2016) aims to help readers identify the effects of stress in their own lives and in those of the people around them. She then offers ways for readers to change their responses to stress, reduce it, and increase their productivity. Berryman’s strategies draw on the author’s personal experience helping clients in her private practice. She begins with general statistics that bear witness to the widespread, harmful effects of stress on the workplace, and on workers’ physical health, in particular. She then proceeds to carve out a series of strategies that range from the internal (‘Just as you would never expect to be able to run without a break for eight hours a day, you wouldn’t expect uninterrupted activity from your brain either’) to the communal (‘Approaching a person with curiosity rather than judgment makes our relationships stronger’). In all cases, Berryman emphasizes enhancing self-awareness and taking the time to step back and notice harmful and beneficial patterns. This comes into sharpest focus in a chapter on creating positive new habits; she describes habits, in general, as ‘the brain’s way of saving energy,’ and throws light on the fact that many stress-inducing elements are, in fact, merely bad habits—which are, of course, susceptible to change. She also notes that people often don’t realize how much power they’re giving away to harmful people and situations; in essence, the steps that she outlines here effectively aim at taking that power back. A thought-provoking and optimistic set of tactics for stress elimination.” —Kirkus Reviews
“In this helpful guide, life coach Berryman (Nine Strategies for Dealing with the Difficult Stuff) offers 12 steps for dealing with stress and finding ways to strike a more beneficial work-life balance. Focusing primarily on one’s sense of self-betterment, she writes: ‘We aren’t responsible for everything that happens in our lives, but we are responsible for how we respond to it.’ Living a happy and productive life, for Berryman, must include working a job that aligns with one’s values, having the courage to manage and alleviate dislikes, and putting one’s own needs first when in a detrimental situation. To this end, she provides question and ‘action’ sections filled with prompts and suggestions that will help readers take personal responsibility, engage in difficult conversations, and develop mindfulness practices. Throughout, she emphasizes that accepting the reality of one’s limitations and the nature of any given situation allows one to work toward positive change. Berryman’s straightforward work will help readers looking to better understand emotional responses to working life.” —Publishers Weekly
“I loved this insightful and refreshingly honest book. Working Well is a solid guide to nurturing a healthy life. I highly recommend the tools Stephanie provides for increasing productivity and reducing work and life stress. If you manage your internal self well, health and happiness will flow in abundance.” —Dr. John Izzo, bestselling author of The Purpose Revolution
“Workplace stress is something I see patients, colleagues, and friends struggling with on an almost daily basis. Stephanie Berryman’s experiences as an HR professional and coach come through in this excellent resource full of practical advice and tools. This book was a pleasure to read, and I strongly recommend it.” —Dr. Christina Campbell, family physician
“Working Well is a great book for any leader in any business or industry. Stephanie does an amazing job outlining the effects of stress on leaders. I felt like she climbed inside my head and knew what I was feeling and dealing with. I have already started to employ the ideas outlined in the book and working through the simple questions and techniques has helped me balance my home and work life. I will be buying this book for my team and sharing her approach to handling stress and improving productivity. This was a great read!” —Stephen Hillier, president, MPIS-Integrated Solutions, Worley
“Working Well provides excellent tools, advice, and suggested actions that can move new or experienced managers towards becoming respected, confident, and empathetic leaders. The twelve cornerstone strategies, vital for success with leading people, have a consistent message throughout: to be better at managing others, you must get better at managing yourself first. Working Well is the textbook for improving our performance, reducing our stress, and building quality relationships with our workplace partners. I highly recommend you read this book today.” —John McKearney, MA, ECFO, MIFireE, fire chief / general manager (ret.), Vancouver Fire Rescue Services