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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword


Introduction: Seeing with Peripheral Vision

What to Expect

How to Use This Book


Chapter 1: The Compromise Trap

  • Healthy and Unhealthy Compromise
  • Healthy and Unhealthy Pressure
  • How Shall I Engage?
  • The Compromise Trap
  • Redefining the Game
  • Personal Foundations
  • Thriving at Work Without Selling Your Soul


Chapter 2: A Devil's Bargain by Degrees

  • An Appreciative Inquiry into the "Dark Side" of Work
  • General Pressure to Conform
  • Routine Pressure to Compromise
  • Making a Gradual Deal with the Devil
  • How Playing Along Becomes a Trap
  • How Do You Know if You're in the Compromise Trap?
  • How to Free Yourself


Chapter 3: Ten Misconceptions about Compromise at Work

  • Misconception 1: Compromise is Always Healthy
  • Misconception 2: Good Companies Don't Create Unhealthy Pressure
  • Misconception 3: Unhealthy Pressure Is the Leader's Fault
  • Misconception 4: You Have to Go Along to Survive
  • Misconception 5: You'll Always Know If You're Crossing a Line
  • Misconception 6: The Company Sets the Terms
  • Misconception 7: You Should Just Say No
  • Misconception 8: Refusing to Compromise Means Fighting Back
  • Misconception 9: You Thrive When You Get to the Top
  • Misconception 10: Individual Integrity Adds Up to Organizational Integrity


Chapter 4: How Do I Redefine the Game?

  • Welcome to the Parallel Universe
  • What it Means to Redefine the Game
  • Becoming Bigger
  • Creating Room to Redefine Your Game
  • Bigger Questions
  • Do I Have to Leave to Engage at a Higher Level


Chapter 5: Reconnect to Your Strengths

  • What It Means to Reconnect to Your Strengths
  • Reconnecting to Your Strengths in the Moment
  • Reconnecting to Your Strengths over Time
  • Where to Go from Here


Chapter 6: See the Larger Field

  • What it Means to See the Larger Field
  • Seeing the Larger Field in the Moment
  • Seeing the Larger Field over Time
  • Where to Go from Here


Chapter 7: Define a Worthy Enough Win

  • What It Means to Define a Worthy Enough Win
  • Defining a Worthy Enough Win in the Moment
  • Defining a Worthy Enough Win over Time
  • Where to Go from Here


Chapter 8: Find Your Real Team

  • What It Means to Find Your Real Team
  • Finding Your Real Team in the Moment
  • Finding Your Real Team over Tiime
  • Where to Go from Here


Chapter 9: Make Positive Plays

  • What It Means to Make Positive Plays
  • The Five Positive Plays
  • Where to Go from Here


Chapter 10: Keep Your Own Score

  • What It Means to Keep Your Own Score
  • Keeping Your Own Score in the Moment
  • Keeping Your Own Score over Time
  • Where to Go from Here


Chapter 11: Thriving at Work

  • The Heart of the Choice
  • What It Means to Thrive at Work
  • It Begins with a Decision


Chapter 12: It's Bigger Than a Game

  • Larger Forces at Work
  • Moving Toward Organizational Integrity
  • Let's Make This Real


Individual and Small-Group Activities

Online Resources

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author