Product Description

"A good practical guide for those either in the workforce or those contemplating their career. With real life examples, you can get first hand experience about how to be happy in the career you choose." -  Mary Hanafin, Minister for Education and Science (Ireland)

Have you given up on finding your dream job? Is a career change not an option for you at this stage in your life? Do you want to get more fulfilment, challenge and satisfaction out of your work?

Happy at Work is a practical and concise 10 step plan to help you create a happier work life, without changing career. It is full of practical and realistic guidance on how you can achieve optimal job satisfaction and overcome the obstacles that make so many of us unhappy at work.

Presented in a concise and user-friendly format, with interesting and diverse case studies, this book is based on recent psychological research and tackles core issues such as learning new habits, improving your work relationships and de-cluttering your environment.

Happy at Work is packed full of tools, tips and techniques to help you create a more positive work life for yourself. View this handbook as your own personal career coach and let it lead you step by step to a happier you.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39011 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 212 pages

Review

"A good practical guide for those either in the workforce or those contemplating their career. With real life examples, you can get first hand experience about how to be happy in the career you choose." - Mary Hanafin, Minister for Education and Science (Ireland)

From the Back Cover

Are you happy at work?

Really?

Being happy at work is something we all struggle with at some point in our working lives. Real job satisfaction depends on so much – our own goals and expectations, the people around us, the support we receive (or don’t receive), the environment we work in and much more. 

Focussing on you, your working relationships and your environment, Happy at Work helps you make the most of what you’ve got, no matter what your job situation is. From ‘de-toxing’ your work life to managing your boss, in ten simple steps you’ll find out how to truly enjoy your working day and banish those Monday morning blues for good!

About the Author

Sophie Rowan is an Occupational Psychologist with almost 15 years’ experience working in the field of Career Development and Coaching. For the past six years, she has worked as a partner for Dublin-based business psychologists, Pinpoint. Pinpoint, (

www.pinpoint.ie) is a niche consultancy in Dublin that helps companies choose and develop the best talent, and helps individuals to get the most out of their career. Previous to that she was Head of Career Development at Career Psychology Ltd. London.

Sophie is an active member of both the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and the British Psychological Society (BPS) and has been involved with press and media affairs on a voluntary basis for both organisations over the past 10 years. Through her involvement with PSI, she helped organise 2 national careers events for undergraduate psychology students and has spoken at a number of Careers Fairs on her area of expertise, Occupational Psychology.

Sophie writes regular careers features for a number of publications and was careers columnist for Prudence magazine for the past 2 years. Whilst working in London, Sophie was the in-house careers expert for i–circle.com and wrote regularly for the national press.

Sophie lives in Dublin with her husband Alan.

Customer Reviews

One book you should give everyone you care about
This book is great. It was sent to me by a very good friend of mine who obviously thought it would benefit me... I began reading it late at night in bed and found I couldn't put it down! I don't normally read books like this, and I hadn't thought I was unhappy in my work, since I've recently started working for myself, doing the job I've always wanted to do. But the book really useful in helping me work out why it is I still find it difficult and how I can make it easier and be happier in my dream job. It's all very commonsense /practical but at the same time the author makes you think - well, I guess she's a psychologist so you might expect that. I found going through the exercises really illuminating and - bizarrely - rather fun. The one where you do a graph of all your previous employment and write down how happy you were, and then work out the reasons why, gives you a great framework for thought. I've bought a copy for my niece - she's only just started her first job but if the book gets her thinking about what she likes/doesn't like about her job and how she can change stuff herself (rather than quitting jobs like I tended to do, for the wrong reasons...) then she might take less time than I did in finding her perfect job/working environment.

Heather
I buy alot of business books and found this one to be one of the most practical if not the most practical one I have recently read. Simple, easy to apply practical concepts. I bought a couple of copies for my team in work to read so that they can understand that being happy at work is a choice you make which is one of the most important lessons from this book. Worth a read.

Happy at Work
Excellent book. Very logical. I noticed a difference in my happiness and job satisfaction from the first day I started reading.