...but you need to do more than “just say No”.

Healthy compromise is necessary for accomplishing any meaningful goal with other people. But when your job presses you to betray your word, your principles, or other important commitments, it becomes profoundly unhealthy and deeply stressful. And it can happen even while working for an organization or leader you otherwise respect and admire.

Elizabeth Doty offers a new approach: redefining the game. When you feel pressured to play by rules that undermine your integrity, Doty shows how you can tap into six personal foundations that will allow you to stay true to your deepest values and aspirations. Through more than fifty vivid firsthand accounts of compromise and courage in business, she provides guidance for anyone at any organizational level who wants to act with greater clarity, strength, and purpose, as well as for senior leaders striving to lead organizations that allow people to remain true to themselves.The Compromise Trap details a strategy that enables you to act as a positive force—for yourself and whatever you define as the greater good—no matter how difficult the circumstances.

Who Will Benefit

• Professionals who care about values
• Leaders building high-integrity organizations
• Women executives, social entrepreneurs, and corporate revolutionaries
• Coaches, consultants and trainers
• Partners, spouses, parents and friends supporting a loved one’s growth

Table of Contents

Foreword by Art Kleiner (editor-in-chief of strategy + business magazine)

Introduction: Seeing with Peripheral Vision

Chapter 1. The Compromise Trap

Chapter 2. A Devil’s Bargain by Degrees

Chapter 3. Ten Misconceptions about Compromise at Work

Chapter 4. How do I Redefine the Game?

Chapter 5. Reconnect to Your Strengths

Chapter 6. See the Larger Field

Chapter 7. Define a Worthy Enough Win

Chapter 8. Find Your Real Team

Chapter 9. Make Positive Plays

Chapter 10. Keep Your Own Score

Chapter 11. Thriving at Work

Chapter 12. It’s Bigger Than a Game

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