The Job Is Easy the People Are Not

About this book

The job is easy. The people are not. Global EditionIn this sharp, honest, and deeply human book, Loredana Pădurean explores ten smart skills - not soft skills - that shape the way we work with others: emotional maturity, validation, managing up, productive inclusion, followership, multiple perspectives, humility, adaptability, listening, and cognitive readiness.Drawing on global stories from classrooms, boardrooms, startups, global companies, family histories, and her own painful mistakes, Loredana asks the question most leadership books avoid: What is it like to work with you?Funny, direct, uncomfortable, and practical, The Job Is Easy, The People Are Not will help you see where you react instead of respond, correct before recognizing, wait for permission, confuse your reality with someone else's, or listen only to the story you have already written.Because the difficult person in the story is not always someone else.Sometimes, it is us.