Be Bulletproof: How to Achieve Success in Tough Times at Work

by James Brooke, Simon Brooke

An essential guide for anyone looking to get ahead in the warzone that is often the workplace

However hard you work, you're bound to find yourself under attack at times in your work life. But how can you turn a crisis into an opportunity, and make yourself bulletproof? Here, corporate trainers reveal the top practical solutions for strengthening resilience so you can bounce back from any setback, rejection, or criticism. Learn how to protect yourself from workplace hazards such as harsh criticism, company politics, hostile colleagues, repeated rejection, layoffs, and even your own mistakes. This is an essential guide for anyone looking to get ahead at work, and will teach readers how to be confident, positive, and self-assured in the face of any office adversity.

Genres: Self Help

282 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2012

About the author

James Brooke is a director and co-founder at Threshold, an international training and consulting firm dedicated to helping companies, teams and individuals to communicate and work together better.

See also James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, 1803-1868

Reviews

[Tara Brabazon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a more balanced and effective book than I thought it would be. It is not framed within the conventional self help package - thankfully - but offer some strong commentary and strategies to manage 'toxic' workplaces, 'difficult' co-workers, and 'nasty' bosses.

I am impressed. I am aware when all of us are in the middle of a nightmare situation in a workplace that it may seem like the end of the world - that we are trapped and there is no way out. As we live our working lives, we know that these dreadful situations do end. This book truncates the time it takes to manage what seems to be unmanageable.

[Ben Watt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book during a pretty rough time at work. I wasn't sure what the messages I was getting at work meant or where things were going. I wasn't sure whether it was the culture, the organisation management or myself that was contributing to the situation. This book gave me some perspective and helped me through some bloody awkward conversations that I'd previously have walked away from or blown up during.

[Jennie Ji · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is absolutely useful suggestions but the examples and story telling didn’t give me much impression, a bit flat?