
Work Here Now
Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace
Melissa Swift(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 7. March 2023
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-119-89527-5 (ISBN)
Description
Make work suck less and improve the performance of your people with this practical, hands-on guide
The COVID-19 pandemic and an ever-changing array of new ways of working seem to have all of us asking, "Does work really have to suck this bad?" It looks like a small taste of flexibility and freedom has made many of us rethink the nature of the work we do and how we do it.
In Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace, Mercer's North American Transformation Leader Melissa Swift delivers an eye-opening roadmap to better work that generates wins for companies and employees alike. In the book, you'll explore different ways to improve the growth-impeding, borderline inhumane people management practices we've created and endured over time. You'll also find:
50 strategies to create a powerhouse workplace at organizational level
50 strategies to create a powerhouse workplace at team level
A simple framework to help you make people-centered decisions
An incisive and practical take on managing and working with people that-for once-doesn't rely on hackneyed idealism or management-by-algorithm, Work Here Now is the hands-on performance improvement tool that executives, managers, HR professionals, and other business leaders have been searching for.
The COVID-19 pandemic and an ever-changing array of new ways of working seem to have all of us asking, "Does work really have to suck this bad?" It looks like a small taste of flexibility and freedom has made many of us rethink the nature of the work we do and how we do it.
In Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace, Mercer's North American Transformation Leader Melissa Swift delivers an eye-opening roadmap to better work that generates wins for companies and employees alike. In the book, you'll explore different ways to improve the growth-impeding, borderline inhumane people management practices we've created and endured over time. You'll also find:
50 strategies to create a powerhouse workplace at organizational level
50 strategies to create a powerhouse workplace at team level
A simple framework to help you make people-centered decisions
An incisive and practical take on managing and working with people that-for once-doesn't rely on hackneyed idealism or management-by-algorithm, Work Here Now is the hands-on performance improvement tool that executives, managers, HR professionals, and other business leaders have been searching for.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
452 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-119-89527-5 (9781119895275)
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Content
Chapter 1: The Great Work Unpack: Understanding and Fixing Broken Work
Chapter 2: The Anxiety Monster and the Boss Baby Customer: Slaying Work's Monsters
Chapter 3: Breaking the Copy Machine: Switching off the Past, Switching on the Future
Chapter 4: Decisions About People, for People: How to Make Human-Centric Decisions
Chapter 5: Tech Dreams, Tech Nightmares: Couples Counseling for Humans and Technology
Chapter 6: The Intentional Workforce: Combatting the Great Resignation by Managing Working Populations More Thoughtfully
Chapter 7: Hippos Under the Lagoon: The Powerful Effects of Immigration, Migration, and Incarceration on Your Workforce
Chapter 8: Defeating Greedy Work and Animal Farm Syndrome: Two Critical Levers for an Awesome Working Culture
Chapter 9: A Good Day at Work, Every Day: Towards a Realistic, Human Future of Work
Chapter 2: The Anxiety Monster and the Boss Baby Customer: Slaying Work's Monsters
Chapter 3: Breaking the Copy Machine: Switching off the Past, Switching on the Future
Chapter 4: Decisions About People, for People: How to Make Human-Centric Decisions
Chapter 5: Tech Dreams, Tech Nightmares: Couples Counseling for Humans and Technology
Chapter 6: The Intentional Workforce: Combatting the Great Resignation by Managing Working Populations More Thoughtfully
Chapter 7: Hippos Under the Lagoon: The Powerful Effects of Immigration, Migration, and Incarceration on Your Workforce
Chapter 8: Defeating Greedy Work and Animal Farm Syndrome: Two Critical Levers for an Awesome Working Culture
Chapter 9: A Good Day at Work, Every Day: Towards a Realistic, Human Future of Work