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Fast Tracks Insight Interview
Elizabeth Doty

Freeing Yourself from the Compromise Trap

An interview with Elizabeth Doty

When your challenges at work are calling for you to bend too far, it's time to play a new game.

"Unhealthy compromise feels like you're caving in--maybe even selling a piece of your soul. This can turn into a habit. But you don't need to play that game. Here are six ways to redefine the game that will give you more options and power."

Entire interview (12:17)


1. Reconnecting to Your Strengths (0:37)


2. Seeing the Larger Field (1:29)


3. Defining a Worthy Enough Win (2:19)


4. Finding Your Real Team (2:08)


5. Making Positive Plays (0:26)


6. Keeping Your Own Score (1:01)


Bonus Track: 5 Positive Plays You Can Make Right Now (5:37)


Labels: communication practices  personal & career development  success factors  work challenges  

Elizabeth Doty is a consultant, coach, and facilitator specializing in how people participate in organizations while staying true to themselves and contributing to their organization’s effectiveness and integrity.  Since earning her MBA from Harvard and joining a reengineering firm in 1991, Ms. Doty has both subscribed to the "official story" of business and lived through the contradictions and absurdities of everyday organizational life. For the past 19 years, her consulting firm, WorkLore, has helped companies such as Intuit, Hewlett Packard, and CTB/McGraw-Hill address complex leadership issues, and increase the alignment, integrity and engagement that make their work bigger than a game. A chronic interviewer, Ms. Doty has spoken with more than four hundred people about their day to day experiences at work. These stories form the background for her recently published book, The Compromise Trap.

Contact Information:
edoty@worklore.com
415-644-5011
http://worklore.com

The Compromise Trap: How to Thrive at Work Without Selling Your Soul