All of us want our work life to be successful and rewarding. Yet there are common challenges that everyone faces and most of us are unsure how to handle: What do you do when you notice your coworker not doing his fair share ... you assume you know what your boss wants, needs, and expects--and you're wrong ... you have to do a task at work and you don't know how ... you didn't get along with your old boss and you need a reference for a new job--what do you do? Reflections for the Workplace shows you how to deal gracefully with workplace problems and make the most of your opportunities.

Healthcare Professionalism: Improving Practice through Reflections on Workplace Dilemmas provides the tools and resources to help raise professional standards within the healthcare system. Taking an evidence and case-based approach to understanding professional dilemmas in healthcare, this book examines principles such as applying professional and ethical guidance in practice, as well as raising concerns and making decisions when faced with complex issues that often have no absolute right answer. Key features include: Real-life dilemmas as narrated by hundreds of healthcare students globally A wide range of professionalism and inter-professionalism related topics Information based on the latest international evidence Using personal incident narratives to illustrate these dilemmas, as well as regulatory body professionalism standards, Healthcare Professionalism is an invaluable resource for students, healthcare professionals and educators as they explore their own professional codes of behaviour.

A collection of authors from a variety of vocations suggest ways in which the church and its laity can be better equipped for integrating faith in the workplace.

This book records the stories of doctoral study experiences of the twenty-two writers. These research degree experiences are embedded in the lives and careers of the writers and the twenty-two distinctive projects draw from those individual lives and careers. The authors write about meeting the continuing demands of older and younger family members and of their struggles with ill health and work place demands while working through their studies. There is also the joy of coming to see themselves and being seen as research scholars and supporting and celebrating with others as they move through candidature proposals and ethics applications to graduation. Apart from the stories that bring the writers to their particular projects and that colour their individual journeys, storying methodology is most often selected for the research, all of which is undertaken within the arts, humanities and education. Phenomenology, narrative, ethnography are central to most of the studies and the detailed accounts of each research topic, methods and outcomes locate each of the research projects in rich bodies of knowledge. Valued writers and readers in these fields, Mary Beattie and Elaine Martin have read each reflection and provided in turn a foreword and an afterword which bookend the volume and further enrich these reflections on learning, life and work.

This brilliant resource from the Industrial Christian Fellowship is a companion for Christian disciples as they engage in various experiences of the world of work. Authors Phil Jump and John Weaver identify Ten Commandments which can be used to focus on the outworking of faith in the office, boardroom or on the factory floor. Through reflection on the scriptures and especially on the life and teaching of Jesus we explore how our spiritual view of work can develop, and with it the character of the workplace itself. Each of the ten chapters - Be Diligent, Be Alert, Be Forgiving, Be Caring, Be Honest, Be Healthy, Be Prayerful, Be Generous, Be Positive, Be Reliable - includes Bible teaching, reflections and prayers.

Work Matters brings together a strong collection of narratives from the ethnographic field to discover the reality of pressure and change in the modern workplace. Chapter-by-chapter, experts in the field of work and employment examine empirical accounts and explain the forces shaping today's organisations through a critical, contemporary perspective. The result is a powerful compendium of voices that will provoke a reassessment of work trends and inform the future of policy and managerial practice. Key benefits: - Understand the real issues that affect modern worklife within global capitalism from a range of perspectives - Evaluate key debates about work quality through a flexible, critical mindset and a social perspective - Build a strong social understanding of work place issues through a diverse and international set of field accounts, from the UK, Europe, the US, Australia and New Zealand

This book is an accessible entry point into the theory and practice of work reflection for students and practitioners. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, it covers management, education, organizational psychology and sociology, drawing on examples from Europe, the Middle East, North America and Australia. It traces reflection at work from an emphasis on training, through a focus on how organizations learn, to a concern with the necessary learning groups to operate effectively. It emphasizes productivity combined with satisfying lived experience of work life and points the way to a new collective focus on learning at work.

At the core of every follower of Jesus exists a priestly DNA, designed by God to be a prominent part of our self-identity. However, like a slow burning ember, our priestly nature risks remaining obscure and inconsequential unless fanned to life. This book was written to be that fan. Similar to H. C. Andersen's Ugly Duckling, many of us have been raised in a barn (metaphorically speaking), in that our priestly identity has been obscured and has been rarely (if ever) acknowledged, reinforced, or nurtured. Many of us readily embrace the temporary role identities bestowed on us by human society (like student, employee, spouse, parent, etc.), but hesitate to embrace the priestly role identity bestowed on us by God. This should not be. Our self-identity strongly influences our attitudes, behaviors, and choices. More importantly, it needs to change because God had something important in mind when he designed his people to be priests. We need to better understand what that means. This book was written to help you understand and embrace your priestly identity, particularly in the workplace and community. ""It not only helps me understand my identity in Christ in a secular world, it also gives me the healthy perspective to declare--to proclaim, as Scott puts it--the praises of God in my everyday existence."" --Lawrence Tong, International Director of OM ""This deeply thought-provoking work should stimulate many to embrace their priestly identity at work."" --Greg Livingstone, Founder, Frontiers ""This book packs a powerful wallop. It may be small, but the ideas and proposal it outlines are HUGE."" --Steven Bradbury, Director of the Micah 6:8 Centre ""This study is a thoroughly grounded, very practical introduction to our priestly vocation--equipping us to participate fully in God's mission in the world, and embrace the transformational role we are each called to play in our workplaces."" --Mathew Frost, former Chief Executive, Tearfund UK ""With clarity, wisdom, and grace, Scott plumbs the depths of this critical area and offers the reader a variety of practical handles on how to fulfill your priestly role in the modern marketplace."" --Daniel Meyer, Senior Pastor, Christ Church of Oak Brook, Illinois ""This book will paint a picture that will add strength to your self-identity, leading to purpose and fulfillment in your own life while becoming a blessing in your workplace."" --Jan Sturesson, Chairman of the International Christian Chamber of Commerce ""Thought provoking!"" --Robert Sluka, Marine and Coastal Conservation Programme, A Rocha International Scott Breslin is the CEO of Operation Mercy, an international relief and development organization based in Sweden. He has worked as a project manager and senior training consultant with PwC, Honeywell Corporation, and other organizations in more than 20 countries in Europe, North America, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Scott holds a doctorate in education from the University of Edinburgh. He is married to Katarina and the father of four adult children.