For Immediate Release
Staying Sane at Work:
Perspectives from Around the Globe
Based on Over 20,000 Surveys, Watercooler
Wisdom Shows Everyone from CEOs to Secretaries How to
Flourish Amidst the Ever-Increasing Stresses of the Workplace.
San Francisco, CA (November 2005)—An administrative
assistant in Singapore. A small business owner in San Diego.
A CEO in Spain. As different as their work lives may be,
they all face tight deadlines, teeth-grinding office politics
and less time to get more and more done each day. If they
have figured out how to stay sane in the pressure cooker
called “work,” you’d do well to listen
to them.
 Karen
Leland and Keith Bailey, world-renowned business consultants
and authors of the forthcoming Watercooler Wisdom: How
Smart People Prosper in the Face of Conflict, Pressure and
Change (March 2006; New Harbinger Publications), surveyed
over 20,000 executives, managers, and staff from around
the globe. In their new book they report what they learned
from these surveys and show us how to transform the experience
of the workday from frustrating to fulfilling . . . and
create a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment regardless
of our circumstances.
Watercooler Wisdom is not a “business as usual”
business book. It is a primer, a practical, down-to-earth
user’s manual, that provides pertinent and powerful
techniques for coping with conflict, change, and pressure—the
three greatest stressors for workers worldwide. For instance,
the authors address a phenomenon we all face of recurring
thoughts that center on our worries (which generally never
happen) and our judgments (which only serve to keep us frustrated).
They guide you in how to take your focus off your thoughts
and rediscover that part of yourself that’s alive
in the present.
“Remember that prospering in the face of change,
pressure, and conflict doesn’t mean walking around
wearing an artificial smile of denial,” Bailey and
Leland write. “To prosper, in our book, means to do
well and grow—even when prevailing circumstances seem
to conspire to your downfall. Ultimately, when we look inward
to ourselves for solutions rather than endlessly wait for
the circumstances to change, we all become smart people.” Karen Leland and Keith Bailey are co-founders of Sterling
Consulting Group, Inc., an international management consulting
firm whose clients include American Express, Avis Rent A
Car, Bristol Myers-Squibb and Microsoft. They have been
interviewed by dozens of media outlets including API, BBC,
CBS, CNN, Fortune, Newsweek, The New York Times, Time magazine,
and The Oprah Winfrey Show. For more information contact
them at kleland@scgtraining.com
or call (415) 260-4615.
If you would like a copy of the book for
review please contact Lorna Garano, New Harbinger Publications
(510) 652-0215 x107 or Lorna@newharbinger.com
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