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rumors, and speculating in hallway conversations about
what might happen.
: Strong emotions may result in increased conflict with co-
workers.
: Budget cutbacks may increase turf battles and in-fighting
over limited resources.
: Staff reductions will increase individual workloads, which
may lower morale and lead to burnout.
: Increased workloads may lead to less time spent exercis-
ing, unhealthy eating and drinking habits, sleep loss, less
time spent with family and friends, and overall reduction
in personal well-being.
: A natural tendency to withdraw in times of crisis may in-
hibit you from expressing your concerns and ideas.
: You may assume that stalled company growth will mean
little or no career growth.
: You may switch your focus to seeking new job opportuni-
ties elsewhere.
: Fewer opportunities to celebrate individual and team
success may reduce the level of “psychic reward” that
motivates continued achievement.
: The organization’s failure to confront poor performers
may become even more demotivating to you and other
better performers.

: THE CHALLENGE OF CLAIMING FULL PERSONAL POWER

Despite our best intentions and efforts to be more engaged and ful-
filled in our work, all of us are capable of undermining ourselves.
There are common mindsets and patterns of behavior that are par-
ticularly self-sabotaging, which we will present in this section. First,
to pave the way for assessing those behaviors, we address the funda-