Making Work Work: The Solution for Bringing Positive Change to Any Work Environment

by Shola Richards

Overview

Making Work Work: The Positivity Solution for Any Work Environment

In Making Work Work, an internationally recognized leadership consultant offers solutions for creating a more positive professional environment using kindness and mutual respect.

Shola Richards had reached the end of the road: after nearly two years at a toxic job, he felt numb and suicidal. So he quit and focused on inspiring current and future leaders in all stages of their careers to start a workplace movement around positivity.

This empowering guide presents Richards’s strategies along with actionable plans. His keys to success include banishing blame and excuses, relentlessly respecting ourselves, maintaining work - separation, recognizing the benefits of having true and lasting friends at work, taking the time to appreciate our colleagues, and dealing with difficult people like bullies. A series of exercises will help you move toward meaningful action.

This encouraging book is a call to action built on a foundation of positivity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781955884624
Publisher:	Forbes Books
Publication date:	04/25/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

SHOLA RICHARDS is the CEO and founder of Go Together Global® and the author of Making Work Work and Go Together, and he is leading a worldwide movement to change the world based on how we treat one another at work, home, and every place in between. Shola’s work has been featured on The TODAY Show, CBS This Morning, Forbes, Black Enterprise, Complete Wellbeing India, and Business Insider Australia, and his tireless efforts to make the world a kinder place have earned him the well-deserved nickname, “Brother Teresa.”

As a keynote speaker, Shola has shared his transformative message with Fortune 50 companies, top universities, leading healthcare organizations, Silicon Valley, the motion picture industry, on the TEDx stage, and on three different continents, and in his greatest honor to date, in September 2021, he was invited to testify in front of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill to share his expert recommendations on how to bring more civility to Congress.

Last, but certainly not least, Shola is a father, husband, identical twin, and a self-professed “kindness extremist” who will not rest until bullying and incivility are extinct from the American workplace. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, two daughters, and his dog, Ace.

Table of Contents

Introduction

SECTION 1: The Real Work: Why Positivity Is the Solution
Chapter 1: Sunshine, Rainbows, and Kittens: Exploding the Myths of Positivity
Chapter 2: Waiting for Happiness: The Insanity of Inaction
Chapter 3: The Rise of the Solutionists: The Power of Keeping It R.E.A.L.

SECTION 2: The Foundation: Relentless Respect
Chapter 4: Reclaiming Your Edge: The Lie That You’ve Been Told (and Believed)
Chapter 5: Connecting to Your “Hire” Self: Choosing Self-Accountability
Chapter 6: Number One: Relentlessly Respecting Ourselves

SECTION 3: The Lifeblood: Endless Energy
Chapter 7: The Fight You Must Win: Creating an Unstoppable Attitude
Chapter 8: Yes, You’re Here to Make Friends: Building Relationships That Last
Chapter 9: A Starving World: The Power of Appreciation

SECTION 4: The Courage: Addressing the ABCs
Chapter 10: Dealing with the ABCs of Workplace Negativity
Chapter 11: Dealing with the ABCs of Workplace Negativity
Chapter 12: Dealing with the ABCs of Workplace Negativity

SECTION 5: The Spirit: Lasting Leadership
Chapter 13: You’re Already in Charge: Leading without Authority
Chapter 14: Invisible No More: Valuing Everyone
Chapter 15: Death before Life: Becoming a Leader Who Will Change the World

SECTION 6: A New Reality: The Road Ahead
Chapter 16: When Keeping It R.E.A.L. Goes Wrong: Knowing When to Quit
Chapter 17: Positivity Forever: The End of the Beginning

Conclusion
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Discussion Guide
Endnotes

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“From bullying to gossiping and all manner of disrespect, Richards documents incivility in the workplace with some astounding (and credible) statistics plus, of course, a goodly number of solutions and what-to-do’s about it ... While he debunks myths (positivity will never work; our workplaces are way too broken to fix) and underscores the facts (excuses can destroy your career, kill you, and drive away business), he provides a powerful template to follow as he ranges from defining respect to leading a world change.”
— Booklist

Editorial Reviews

From bullying to gossiping and all manner of disrespect, Richards documents incivility in the workplace with some astounding (and credible) statistics plus, of course, a goodly number of solutions and what-to-do’s about it ... While he debunks myths (positivity will never work; our workplaces are way too broken to fix) and underscores the facts (excuses can destroy your career, kill you, and drive away business), he provides a powerful template to follow as he ranges from defining respect to leading a world change.”
— Booklist

From the Publisher