How to keep your job Cover.indd - Richard Maun

Preface
fi rst hand that even though we work hard to make our criteria fair
and reasonable there are still areas of subjectivity, because it’s very
diffi cult to make all such processes 100% objective.
Therefore, this book features real life stories and anecdotes
and looks at what has worked to enable people to keep their jobs
and to thrive within an organisation. In many cases the opening
situations appeared hopeless, at least to the managers who hired
me to work with their colleagues. To me though, there is always
hope. People have vast reserves of skill and talent, and with some
encouragement and support, these can be tapped and new ways
of working can be instilled that break old destructive habits and
lay the foundation for new and productive patterns of behaviour.
You can read this book and know that the content has made
a real difference to people, who went on to make signifi cant
improvements to their working lives. They worked hard, learned
new skills and kept their jobs. They became Added Value Employees
and their lives went from stress and concern to those of celebration
and longer term success.
You can be successful too – it’s your life and the book is here to
help you make it a great one.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Turning a book from an idea into a reality is a team effort and I
would like to take a moment to acknowledge the people who have
contributed to the success of this project.
Firstly, all my corporate clients, colleagues and delegates with
whom I’ve worked deserve a big thank you. Thank you for your
energy and for enabling me to learn with you – it’s great to see
people grow and develop.
Secondly, a warm and gracious thank you to Steve Tracey – who
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