Blame This Book: Rescue Your Workplace Culture from Toxicity & Scapegoating - Paperback

by Fredrick Haugen (Author), Dustin Staiger (Author)

"An essential book about culture, kindness, and the power of taking responsibility"
Seth Godin, Author The Song of Significance

ARE YOU SICK AND TIRED OF A TOXIC WORKPLACE?
From Main Street to Wall Street, toxic work cultures are scaring off their best talent, killing much-needed innovation, and crippling creative solutions-all of which wreaks havoc on the bottom line. Meanwhile, workers everywhere feel trapped in the hostility and backstabbing of today's work environment.

In this pioneering book, creativity consultant Dustin Staiger reveals blame as the underlying cause preventing us from doing profoundly innovative work. Blame cannot simply be ignored. It has to be dealt with. But we must handle it with grace (literally) to detox our individual habits and our group culture. Eliminating toxicity empowers us to rehabilitate our team's innate talent, rescue valuable contributions, and resuscitate our potential for success.

Throughout Blame This Book, you'll discover contrarian wisdom that flies in the face of today's outdated management practices. Truth bombs like:

• Scapegoating creates more problems than it solves.
• Blame doesn't improve employee motivation or accountability.
• Blame sabotages your efforts and creates toxic work cultures.

Find pragmatic answers to the culture-building questions holding you back from leading a healthier, happier, and more profitable organization:

• If I don't blame someone, won't others take advantage of me?
• How can we resolve failures without blaming somebody?
• Does this really lead to more profit, or is it just wishful thinking?

After decades of sharing concepts for improving creativity and innovation in the marketplace while consulting with Fortune 500 companies, Dustin Staiger found an ancient key overlooked by most businesses today. His firm, The People Brand, helps companies engage and retain their best customers and employees. Dustin's eye-opening ideas and unconventional approaches turn common business strategies on their head.