Employee Engagement Books

Employee Engagement Books

The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal (Paperback) by Jim Loehr (Author), Tony Schwartz (Author) 1. Book Reviews From Publishers Weekly The authors, founders of and executives at LGE Performance Systems, an executive training program based on athletic coaching programs, offer a program aimed at stressed individuals who want to find more purpose in their work and ways to better handle their overburdened relationships. Just as athletes train, play and then recover, people need to recognize their own energy levels. “Balancing stress and recovery is critical not just in competitive sports, but also in managing energy in all facets of our lives. Emotional depth and resilience depend on active engagement with others and with our own feelings.” Case studies demonstrate how some modest changes can have an immediate impact. Loehr (Mental Toughness Training for Sports) and Schwartz (Art of the Deal, writing with Donald Trump) also include a chart highlighting Action Steps, Targeted Muscle, Desired Outcome and Performance Barrier and apply these tenets to individual cases. A chart analyzing the benefits and costs to taking certain action shows the impact negative behavior can have on both physical and mental well-being. However, the actual “training program” whereby readers can learn how to institute certain rituals to change their behavior is less well-defined. Managers and other employees who have attended HR seminars may find this plan easy to use, but self-employed people and others less familiar with “training” may be unable to recognize their behavior patterns and change them. Employee engagement Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Encouraging employee engagement: new compliance regulations created by the Ontario Securities Commission and Sarbanes-Oxley should be considered benefits, … Trends): An article from: CMA Management [HTML] (Digital) by Archie Thomas (Author), Ann MacDiarmid (Author) 1.Book Reviews Book Description This digital document is an article from CMA Management, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1420 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Encouraging employee engagement: new compliance regulations created by the Ontario Securities Commission and Sarbanes-Oxley should be considered benefits, not roadblocks.(Management Trends) Author: Archie Thomas Publication: CMA Management (Magazine/Journal) Date: June 1, 2004 Publisher: Thomson Gale Volume: 78 Issue: 4 Page: 14(2)

Employee Engagement through Effective Performance Management: A Practical Guide for Managers (Paperback) by Manuel London (Editor), Edward M. Mone (Editor) 1.Book Reviews Review

In the past few years it has been almost impossible to avoid the topic of Employee Engagement. Ed Mone and Manny London have finally addressed the issue from the practical point of view of those who make it happen, the managers. Mone and London have delivered a very practical guide written in how to style which can be readily translated into action by those on the front lines. This book guides managers through these difficult conversations and how performance management can be used to drive employee engagement. Mone and London seamlessly weave research and practical guidelines into a very comprehensive and useful book for managers, as well as academics and HR professionals. -Walter L. Jackson, PhD, Managing Director, Human Capital Consulting, Braver Group, Boston, MA The framework for the performance management process is well integrated and provides a nice applied model for practitioners to use in the field. Authored by a leading psychologist and experienced practitioner, this book recognizes some recent streams of research (engagement, team learning, trust) and is clearly presented as a resource book for practitioners. – William Balzer, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University The focus on employee engagement, continuous learning /development and burnout are especially relevant given the pace at which today’s organizations operate. The book does an excellent job of translating theory into practical guidance and provides several tools that managers can use to apply the knowledge and recommendations suggested in each chapter. It illustrates not only traditional tools such as 360 degree feedback, but also frameworks and tools for effective coaching, building and promoting trust, and setting performance and development goals. – Howard Klein, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University

Engagement is new key to retaining employees.(Careers): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press [HTML] (Digital) by Gale Reference Team (Author) 1.Book Reviews Book Description This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on April 14, 2007. The length of the article is 743 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details Title: Engagement is new key to retaining employees.(Careers) Author: Gale Reference Team Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal) Date: April 14, 2007 Publisher: Thomson Gale Page: g3

Maintaining employee engagement when communicating difficult issues: an IABC survey shows that companies that take a strong position and answer questions … An article from: Communication World [HTML] (Digital) by Gretchen Hoover (Author) 1.Bokkl Reviews Book Description This digital document is an article from Communication World, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1730 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Maintaining employee engagement when communicating difficult issues: an IABC survey shows that companies that take a strong position and answer questions as forthrightly as possible reap the benefits.(International Association of Business Communicators) Author: Gretchen Hoover Publication: Communication World (Magazine/Journal) Date: November 1, 2005 Publisher: Thomson Gale Volume: 22 Issue: 6 Page: 25(3)

Understanding the Dynamics of Employee Engagement and Disengagement: Choosing to Engage: Becoming an Employee of Choice (Paperback) by Carol Nadlonek (Author) 1.Book Reviews Book Description What is employee engagement?Why should you as an employee or manager really care?How does creating a culture of engagement contribute to a company’s bottom-line results?This book explores the employee’s roles and responsibilities to fully connect and maintain personal engagement with one’s work through job content, relationships, individual needs, and desires. The work reviews the history of early behavioral theories and leads to present day research on employee engagement from a business perspective. The exploration begins with the company and manager’s role in the relationship and as an active partner in maximizing productivity. The examination continues with the employee’s responsibilities through assessment, self-awareness, accountability, communication, action planning, and execution to maximize personal productivity and motivation in the workplace. Finally, an assortment of tools lead an individual to selfmanage personal engagement and take ownership of personal needs. About the Author Carol A. Nadlonek, MPS: Organizational Leadership at the University of Denver. Performance Consultant at Qwest Communications, Intl., Colorado. She specializes in employee engagement, management and leadership development, organizational change, and building high performance teams.

Terms of Engagement: Changing the Way We Change Organizations (Paperback) by Richard H Axelrod (Author) 1.Book Reviews Review “Terms of Engagement provides a roadmap for creating meaningful, repeatable and sustainable change. After reading Terms of Engagement and having participated in the conference model, I am convinced that ‘real engagement’ is the key to unleashing the most powerful resource we have, our fellow employees.” – Jim Maynor, President and CEO, The Money Store “Over the years, I’ve learned a great deal from Dick Axelrod

about how to truly engage people in creating real organizational change. I’m so grateful that he has taken the time to convey his experience and wisdom. The learnings in this book are essential for us to understand in these times of relentless change.” – Margaret Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science and coauthor of A Simpler Way “Terms of Engagement is an exciting new contribution to the field of organizational change. Axelrod provides leaders with a coherent set of principles for addressing business and social issues instead of tired techniques. Balanced, compelling, smoothly blending theory with practical examples, Terms of Engagement is a must-read.” – Hideo Murakami, Senior, Vice President, Queen Emma Foundation. Book Description Terms of Engagement introduces a new method for changing organizations based on four essential principles: Widening the Circle of Involvement, Connecting People to Each Other and Ideas, Creating Communities for Action, and Embracing Democratic Principles. This method enables leaders to create the energetic, flexible, responsive organizations necessary to thrive and prosper in the contemporary business world. Included are examples from British Airways, Hewlett-Packard, Timberland, and others. http://www.vinetbooks.com/category/hr-management/employee-engagement-books/