Book Titles

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It
The Results-Only Revolution

By Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson

Year Published: 2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-59184-203-3
Categories: Dysfunctional Teams, Management, Work

123 Quotes Found

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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:

The fact that we get time wrong in corporate America may seem small, but those small moments add up to big problems for both employee and business.

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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:

At some time in our lives, we are guilty of Presenteeism, which is any time you’re physically present and putting in time, but you’re not really doing your job.

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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:

If you are getting your job done, then why are you punished by having to fill your time?

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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:

If you are adding value to the company, if you are performing, then who cares if it takes you forty hours or forty seconds to do it?

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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:

If you are skating by, filling the hours, watching the clock, then what are you doing with your life?

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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:

Presenteeism happens everywhere, every day, because the way we measure work performance is wrong. It’s a flaw in the system, not in the people.

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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:

The clock discourages innovation and creativity. You can’t be motivated to solve the company’s problems because even if you do you are still judged on how much time you put in. You can’t serve two masters.

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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:

Perception is reality. How many times have you heard the expression with regard to work? Maybe you’ve said it yourself or something like it.

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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:

We learn about work from watching our parents and elders experience work, from the stories they tell.

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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:

Beliefs about work have been formed over generations and now they’re so ingrained that people don’t even question them.

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