"Understanding the truth about talent in all forms is a vital step in developing a long-term, sustainable, successful organization. The Truth about Talent explores the different ways for organizations to recognize talent from people at different stages of their career, as well as from people with different experiences and aspirations. With a forward-thinking approach, this resource provides qualitative and quantitative international research on talent...

"Engaged Leadership 2e addresses the challenge of employee disengagement. Great leaders realize that in order to thrive, they must overcome the epidemic of employee disengagement. Building a culture to overcome employee disengagement is even more important now than it was three years ago. When times were great, it was rather easy for leaders to overlook disengaged employees as long as the business was growing and numbers were being met. With smaller...

Using his own experience, research, and demonstrated results from the leadership development program that he developed while helping transform Raymour & Flanigan from a small regional company to a billion-dollar furniture retail giant, the author outlines the specific steps that let you discover and unlock the latent energy in your team.

Hundreds of reports and statistics prove that a motivating workplace is essential to the success of an organization. This practical guide concisely outlines the steps to creating and maintaining a fun, energized, and highly motivating work environment where employees want to work - and stay. The author believes a smart manager can get 60% of workers to work harder. If a staggering increase in your productivity sounds good, 'The Manager's Pocket Guide...

This book reveals how leading companies like Intuit, JetBlue Airways, IHG, Symantec, ConAgra Foods, and The Hershey Company empower employees through social recognition, in which the practice of mutual appreciation and trust directs and rewards higher performance. The authors explain why social recognition is so powerful and how you can apply it in your company. Case by case, they show how a carefully planned and consistently executed Culture of Recognition...

In the face of hardship, you need perseverance and determination. You need grit. But how do you build it? This book explores how you can persist in difficult situations. You'll learn how to convince yourself to do hard things, find support in trying circumstances, and know when you're pushing yourself too hard. This volume includes the work of: Angela Duckworth, Misty Copeland, Shannon Huffman Polson, and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic. How to be human at...