"...offers sobering insight into the human costs of modern success." -- Daniel Goleman, The New York TimesAbout the AuthorDouglas LaBier, Ph.D., directs the Center for Adult Development in Washington, D.C. A psychologist and writer, he conducts psychotherapy, consults to organizations, and conducts workshops and seminars on human development in the workplace and in personal lives. what is the number one selling book Modern Madness: The Hidden Link Between Work and Emotional Conflict
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good book but depressing simply for the fact that it ...By elaineGood book but depressing simply for the fact that it hits the nail on the head so to speak.1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. no useful information after first bitBy simple customerthe first couple of pages say it all. the rest is just the idea that otherwise healthy people can experience duress in a corporate environment that rewards pathological or underdeveloped emotional traits and success often comes to those with true emotional issues. over and over again, no useful information after first bit.22 of 22 people found the following review helpful. Implications of Adapting to Maladaptive Work EnvironmentsBy A CustomerThis book was a recommended text in my Organizational Behavior class. I'll need a new copy because I have underlined and highlighted so much of the text! Dr. LaBier has deftly identified theoretical and practical "gaps" in the fields of clinical psychology, organizational psychology, organizational development and management consulting. The Big Question ... What type of organizational context/environment are individuals being encouraged to adapt to? The personal costs of so-called healthy adjustment to one's work environment often include suffering from symptoms of value conflicts, negative coping and overadapting? These symptoms are exacerbated if you are a healthy well-adjusted individual. They are significantly diminished if you are an individual whose daily interactions are already rife with maladaptive behaviors! Have you discovered that many managers and leaders seem to make others sick? Then you've been exposed to the individual that Dr. LaBier describes in great detail. The workplace winner could be a very disturbed individual whose mental aberrations are valued as strengths in our workplaces. Unchecked, these individuals spread malaise, low morale, mistrust and other damaging workplace dynamics.One of the key paradoxes illuminated in this book... what are the implications for individuals and society when the maladaptive individual can adjust and flourish in a corporate (disturbed) environment and the healthy, adjusted person is depleted mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually by the same (disturbed) environment? What are the responsibilities of organizational experts whose primary task is to develop or "fix" individuals or teams so they may successfully "adjust" to their disturbed work environments? There are positive and negative repercussions to the pursuit of career success, Dr. LaBier encourages his readers to question the assumption that adaptiveness equates to healthy functioning.