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