Judith Bardwick on Defeating Apathy in the Workplace

Published: Jan 24, 2019

In his new book Sell Your Business Your Way: Getting Out, Getting Rich, and Getting On With Your Life (AMACOM Books), Rick Rickertsen walks readers through the entire process of selling, from valuation and preparing the business for sale to finding a buyer and assembling and closing the deal. He also addresses some often overlooked concerns, including managing the emotional issues that can undermine business and financial decisions. Rickertsen is the Managing Partner of Pine Creek Partners, a $50 million private equity fund with the goal of backing entrepreneurial executives in management buyout transactions. In this week’s You’ve Been Spotted segment, Kevin Lee interviews participants from AMA’s course “Fundamentals of Financial Analysis”. Listen to these participants share practices, tips and guidelines they’ve learned from the course. For additional training on this topic, consider these AMA seminars: AMA’s Course on Mergers and Acquisitions Valuation of Companies: The Practical Aspects Principles of Professional Selling Strategic Sales Negotiations For related reading from AMACOM Books: Sell Your Business Your Way By Rick Rickertsen, Robert Gunther , 7th editionConsultative Selling By Mack Hanan The Real Estate Agent’s Business Planner By Bridget McCrea We love to hear your feedback! Send us an e-mail at [email protected] or call us at 1-800-697-3406. One of our listeners will recieve either a $200 dollar discount on an AMA seminar or a free book from AMACOM, a division of the American Management Association. After years of downsizing, outsourcing and corporate greed gone wild, today's workers believe that their company no longer values them. These vulnerable and resentful feelings affect as many as two-thirds of U.S. workers, who are either actively...After years of downsizing, outsourcing and corporate greed gone wild, today's workers believe that their company no longer values them. These vulnerable and resentful feelings affect as many as two-thirds of U.S. workers, who are either actively looking for new jobs or going through the motions at their current jobs. Fueled by bad management practices, this "psychological recession" can take a toll on your organization's bottom line. So what can we do about this problem? Drawing on what works for exceptional and profitable companies, Dr. Judith Bardwick has developed original ideas and specific strategies to regain the trust, commitment and engagement of your employees at every level. She has compiled her insights into a new book, One Foot Out the Door (AMACOM). In this book she reveals how you can increase commitment, get more from your people, magnify your bottom line, and replace the broken spirit at the heart of your company with engagement, the passionate sense of, "I'm in! Let's go!" Bardwick is a highly regarded writer, speaker and management consultant whose clients have included IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Johnson & Johnson. Prior to forming her consulting business in 1983, she was a professor and associate dean at the University of Michigan. She also served as a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Bardwick has authored over 100 articles and books on a wide range of subjects, including optimizing individual and management effectiveness and performance, analyzing cultural views and values for positive change, developing leadership qualities, and facilitating the conditions necessary for psychological success at both the personal and corporate levels. A few of her published books include: One Foot Out the Door, Seeking the Calm in the Storm, and Danger in the Comfort Zone.AMA_Edgewise_0731.mp3