Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work

Choosing Courage is a guide for standing up and speaking out skillfully at work, based on research and practical tactics. It explains that courage is a virtue developed through practice and can be learned by anyone, with the right attitude and approach. The book provides stories of ordinary people who have acted courageously and offers a fresh perspective on the power of voicing authentic ideas and opinions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 03 June 2021
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Have you ever wanted to disagree with your boss? Speak up about your company's lack of diversity or unequal pay practices? Make a tough decision you knew would be unpopular? We all have opportunities to be courageous at work. But since courage requires risk - to our reputations, our social standing, and, in some cases, our jobs - we often fail to act, which leaves us feeling powerless and regretful for not doing what we know is right. There's a better way to handle these crucial moments - and Choosing Courage provides the moral imperative and research-based tactics to help you become more competently courageous at work.

Doing for courage what Angela Duckworth has done for grit and Brene Brown for vulnerability, Jim Detert, the world's foremost expert on workplace courage, explains that courage isn't a character trait that only a few possess; it's a virtue developed through practice. And with the right attitude and approach, you can learn to hone it like any other skill and incorporate it into your everyday life.

Full of stories of ordinary people who've acted courageously, Choosing Courage will give you a fresh perspective on the power of voicing your authentic ideas and opinions. Whether you're looking to make a mark, stay true to your values, act with more integrity, or simply grow as a professional, this is the guide you need to achieve greater impact at work.

Weight: 468g
Dimension: 164 x 242 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647820084