The 21st Century version of Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends And Influence People has just been published by prominent Emory University professor, researcher and author Michael J. Kuhar.
Dr. Kuhar, PhD, has written a pioneering book on collegial ethics that lays out principles and ground rules to help colleagues get along better in the workplace.
The guide on treating colleagues with fairness, justice and kindness has such life-changing potential that it has been endorsed by His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, enlightened world leader in India.
"This book by Professor Michael Kuhar focuses on many important ideas," wrote the Dalai Lama. "He describes how a broader awareness of human nature, derived from scientific enquiry, combined with the practice of fairness and compassion leads to friendlier relations with others."
The Art And Ethics Of Being A Good Colleague (ISBN 978-1479459325, 2013 Create Space, 157 pages, $13.95) is believed to be the only book to offer a comprehensive approach to interact with colleagues in more ethical and happier ways. The book is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
"We interact with coworkers all the time," says Kuhar. "Yet we have few guidelines on how to do this. My book's premise is that we need to be supportive and fair to our colleagues in both good and bad times. This approach provides a much higher quality of life for us all."
Dr. Kuhar, a research specialist well known for his work in substance abuse, worked for the National Institute on Drug Abuse and for the schools of medicine at Johns Hopkins and Yale before becoming a professor at Emory University in Atlanta.
Dr. Kuhar said he wrote the book on collegial ethics because over the years he had seen the outcomes of situations where people are supported and those where they were not and understands fully that support can make a huge, positive difference for individuals and in group outcomes.
"We interact with coworkers all the time yet have few guidelines on how to do this," Kuhar added. "This book approaches relationships with coworkers and superiors from the point of view of ethics, related skills, and what's good for us all. It is a powerful guide on treating others well and being treated fairly in return that provides a much higher quality of work life for all."
The Dalai Lama and his staff became acquainted with Dr. Kuhar after the expert on substance abuse spent three separate periods teaching at one of the Dalai Lama's monastery in India on attachment and desire – major Buddhist themes as well as in the science of addiction – in a special initiative sponsored by Emory University.
While much has been written in employee training about self-advancement, competition, and promoting self-interests very little has been published about compassion and fairness in the workplace.
About Dr. Michael J. Kuhar A researcher and professor of neuropharmacology at Emory University School of Medicine and at the Yerkes National Primate research Center, Dr. Kuhar is involved in research dealing with substance abuse. He has authored more than 900 publications of many types, has trained more than 60 students, fellows and visitors, presented more than 300 seminars, and has helped Emory University receive some $20 million in grants.
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