The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People - Softcover

Chapman, Gary; White, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802418406 ISBN 13: 9780802418401

Publisher: Northfield Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages®(over 12 million copies sold),

Dramatically improve workplace relationships simply by learning your coworkers’ language of appreciation.

This book will give you the tools to improve staff morale, create a more positive workplace, and increase employee engagement. How? By teaching you to effectively communicate authentic appreciation and encouragement to employees, co-workers, and leaders. Most relational problems in organizations flow from this question: do people feel appreciated? This book will help you answer “Yes!”

A bestseller—having sold over 300,000 copies and translated into 16 languages—this book has proven to be effective and valuable in diverse settings. Its principles about human behavior have helped businesses, non-profits, hospitals, schools, government agencies, and organizations with remote workers.

PLUS! Each book contains a free access code for taking the online Motivating By Appreciation (MBA) Inventory (does not apply to purchases of used books). The assessment identifies a person’s preferred languages of appreciation to help you apply the book. When supervisors and colleagues understand their coworkers’ primary and secondary languages, as well as the specific actions they desire, they can effectively communicate authentic appreciation, thus creating healthy work relationships and raising the level of performance across an entire team or organization.

Take your team to the next level by applying The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

You Appreciate Your Coworkers. But Do They Feel Appreciated?

In today's workplace it is crucial for employees to feel valued. But that’s a challenge when you and your employees communicate appreciation differently. Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Paul White help you:
¿Elevate employee engagement by making your staff feel truly valued.
¿Decrease turnover and increase loyalty with your employees and supervisors.
¿Reduce cynicism and create a more positive work environment.

Now with new chapters on:
¿remote employees and virtual teams
¿generational differences and appreciation
¿communicating appreciation between colleagues

"A must-have resource for any leader who wants to move the bar from being a good leader to a great leader."

-Karen Alber, Founding Partner The Integreship Group, Former CIO of HJ Heinz

"We consistently see the teams whose managers use the 5 languages of appreciation perform better each day along with improved team engagement scores."

-Evan Wilson, CEO Meritrust Credit Union

About the Author:

GARY CHAPMAN--author, speaker, counselor--has a passion for people and for helping them form lasting relationships. He is the #1 bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages series and director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc. Gary travels the world presenting seminars, and his radio programs air on more than 400 stations. For more information visit his website at www.5lovelanguages.com.

PAUL WHITE, PhD, is a psychologist, author, and speaker who "makes work relationships work." He has consulted with a wide variety of organizations, including Microsoft, the US Air Force, the Million Dollar Round Table, and Princeton University. He and Gary Chapman coauthored The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace.

About this edition

• Publisher: Northfield Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0802418406
• ISBN 13: 9780802418401
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256