The Shift, Kimberly White
The Shift, Kimberly White
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The Shift
How Seeing People as People Changes Everything

Author: Kimberly White, The Arbinger Institute

Narrator: Kimberly White

Unabridged: 5 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 06/05/2018


Synopsis

A vivid depiction and real-world example of the personal and institutional impact of the Arbinger Insititute's transformative ideas (Leadership and Self-Deception; 1.4 million copies sold) within a healthcare organization--The Plum Healthcare Group nursing homes. In general, nursing homes are scorned healthcare institutions--but it was in these transformed Plum homes that Kimberly White discovered a new way of "seeing" people and underwent her own personal transformation. Both Plum and White shifted their perspective and mindset based on their adoption of The Arbinger Institute's basic principles.

Without realizing it, we tend to treat people as objects. We see them solely in terms of their usefulness to us. This invites tension and conflict, and changing this mindset is at the heart of the Arbinger Institute's work. This book is a moving true story of an unhappy woman whose life and family were transformed when she began researching how Arbinger's ideas were being implemented in nursing homes. Kimberly White was astonished to discover that those who choose to care for the elderly and ill, earning low pay in a maligned industry, were nevertheless full of satisfaction, compassion and love because of their ability to see their patients as real and true and valuable people. White's research became a personal exploration of how to see the people in her own life as people in that same profound way. When she did, everything in her life and her world changed--and the reader's will too.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on September 25, 2018

As far as years go, 2018 has been my least favorite. I'd had a very great friendship dissolve rather unceremoniously after 25 years and I'd spent the first half of the year unable to cope as a human being (friends DO come and go...this one HURT). I had a VERY hard time doing anything but blaming the......more

Goodreads review by Fred on June 22, 2018

This was a short and interesting read on seeing people as people. At first I felt as though Pollyanna had come back an d wrote a book. It seemed unrealistic but as I listened I sensed the sincereness of the author and that she understood shifting our mindsets to seeing people as people is no easy ta......more

Goodreads review by KC on March 22, 2019

Another solid entry in the collection of books related to the Arbinger Institute’s materials and approaches to relationships and organizational culture. This one follows a researcher as she examines the social underpinnings of a nursing home. This place is special, however, because it has been desig......more

Goodreads review by Stanley on August 13, 2018

The Shift can change how you see others, how you approach your job and those around you, and impact your daily life. I said “can” because that all depends on your mindset. You can also read this book without self-reflection and still enjoy the stories of those within, and come away with a different p......more

Goodreads review by Martha on June 05, 2018

How am I a problem for others?” and “What makes this hard for you?” Two wonderful questions that the author brings to light in The Shift. I’ve had these questions in my brain but never realized how to verbalize them. The Shift has changed my perspective and softened my heart. Even if someone’s views......more