Energize Your Workplace
How to Create and Sustain High-Quality Connections at Work
Published on 27. October 2003
224 pages
978-0-7879-7199-1 (ISBN)
Description
Corrosive work relationships are like black holes that swallow upenergy that people need to do their jobs. In contrast, high-qualityrelationships generate and sustain energy, equipping people to dowork and do it well.
Grounded in solid research, this book uses energy as ameasurement to describe the power of positive and negativeconnections in people's experience at work. Author Jane Duttonprovides three pathways for turning negative connections intopositive ones that create and sustain employee resilience andflexibility, facilitate the speed and quality of learning, andbuild individual commitment and cooperation.
Through compelling and illustrative stories, Energize YourWorkplace offers managers, executives, and human resourceprofessionals the resources they need to build high-qualityconnections in the workplace.
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"... simple practical guide to communication in the work place, and the positive effects it can have..." (M2 Best Books, May 2004)More details
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Jane E. Dutton is the William Russell Kelly Professor ofBusiness Administration at The University of Michigan. She is theauthor of three books and numerous articles in the area ofrelational work in organizations, which have appeared in Academyof Management Review, Strategic Thinking, and AdministrativeScience Quarterly, among others. Dutton's article, "Leading inTimes of Trauma," appeared in the January 2002 issue of HarvardBusiness Review.
Content
Series Foreword.
Preface.
1. Creating Energy Through High-Quality Connections.
2. Respectful Engagement.
3. Task Enabling.
4. Trusting.
5. Dealing with Corrosive Connections.
6. Building High-Quality Connections in Your Organization.
Notes.
The Author.
Index.
