Weekend Conversations: Avoiding a Bad Professional Breakup

Robert Glazer's "Rethinking Two Weeks' Notice" challenges the traditional approach to employee departures. The book proposes a new system built on trust, transparency, and respect, aiming for mutually beneficial outcomes. It explores the flaws of the two-week notice paradigm and offers a practical, step-by-step guide for implementing an open transition program. The book emphasizes open communication and psychological safety to address employee dissatisfaction proactively. Ultimately, it aims to create a more positive and productive experience for both employees and employers during transitions.

This book by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson delves into the psychological mechanisms behind self-justification, using anecdotal, historical, and scientific evidence. It explains how cognitive dissonance leads people to create fictions that absolve them of responsibility, restoring their belief in their own morality and intelligence. The authors discuss various examples, including political decisions, marital conflicts, and medical errors, to illustrate how self-justification can lead to harmful consequences. The updated edition includes new examples and an extended discussion on how to live with dissonance, learn from it, and potentially forgive oneself.