Do you need to work well with other people? Are you curious about the games people play? Are you keen to learn new approaches and skills? This book: - explains why relationships at work are sometimes so difficult - describes frameworks for developing self awareness, flexibility and confidence - contains plenty of practical suggestions for increasing relationship and team building skills - and includes specific ideas for handling stress and change Julie Hay has taken models used by psychotherapists worldwide, converted them into terms that can be easily understood by all of us, and related them specifically to what happens at work. Drawing on examples from a broad spread of organisations, she shows how we can use these theories to interpret the dynamics between people and make better choices about our responses. To help us expand our range of options, Julie takes us gently through some self-awareness activities so that we can eliminate unhelpful patterns from our past and replace them