The lucid book can be helpful for those looking to make the most of their potential and taking their career to the next level.
Book: 101 Myths & Realities @ The Office
Author: Utkarsh Rai
Publisher: Penguin
Pages: 283
Price: Rs250
How often have you felt that you “definitely” deserve a better salary than the other guy in the office with a similar profile? That your appraisal has come in below your expectations despite all the efforts? Or, you and your manager are not on the same page?
Rings a bell? These are some of the situations office-goers face across the corporate world.
Now, a book suggests that most of the office issues can be resolved through an understanding between the employee and the supervisor. Utkarsh Rai’s 101 Myths & Realities @ The Office aims to deconstruct these people issues for employees and how managers approach them. “Some people issues cannot be resolved by mentoring, coaching or training; they can only be solved by reading between the lines and acting on the ‘unsaid’,” Rai starts off in his book, which is replete with examples.
To buttress his point, Rai quotes Peter Drucker, the management guru: “The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.”
Rai says it’s the conflict that serves as the starting point in most cases. One thing leads to another, and you end up nursing wounds as myths float around, which serve as a self-fulfilling cycle that acts as a big drag on productivity in the long run.
The author has taken care to pick his words and kept the account simple, crisp, seamless and free of any frills. He also brings to the table the perspective of not just the employee, but of the manager also, who has to walk a thin line, mindful of the sensitivities of his team members.
Rai says while complaints that ‘my manager does not praise my work and keeps finding faults’ are commonplace, employees need to realise that the supervisor may have set a high bar of expectations for them.
On managers who are quite generous in showering appreciation or others who may be a bit tight-fisted, his take is: “It would be nice if he were to praise you often, but you may be lucky that you have a manager who is really interested in your improvement…Take the critical feedback, prioritise it…This will help more in the long run.”
A manager has to think like an employee to appreciate the latter’s issues while an employee needs to know what the manager is actually thinking. The lucid book can be helpful for those looking to make the most of their potential and taking their career to the next level.
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