12 Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back

The 12 Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back offers the flip side to Stephen Covey`s approach in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It `zeroes-in` on the most common behavior that can impede a career. Based on over twenty years of research as business psychologists, the authors claim that the reasons people fail in their jobs are the same everywhere. Only after these detrimental behaviors have been identified can the patterns that limit career advancement be broken. Using real-life accounts of clients they have worked with at Harvard and as executive coaches at such companies as GTE, Sony, GE, and McKinsey & Co., Waldroop and Butler offer invaluable – and in some cases, job-saving-step-by-step advice on how readers can change their behavior to get back on track.