We: How to Increase Performance and Profits through Full Engagement - Hardcover

Karsan, Rudy; Kruse, Kevin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047076743X ISBN 13: 9780470767436

Publisher: Wiley, 2011

Synopsis

Achieve a fully engaged workforceWhat if every single employee-every single one-worked in their dream job, utilized their best talents, worked with an inspirational leader and was fully engaged in their role?
For companies, this scenario leads to breakthroughs in productivity, customer service, profitability, and shareholder value. For individuals, it means better health, stronger relationships with family and friends, and greater happiness. We sketches the landscape of today's changing job environment and gives managers and individual employees alike a road map to full engagement.

• Anchored with specific metrics, based on studies of 10 million people, includes engagement, retention, customer loyalty, and profitability
• Scientific research and academic insights are translated into actionable steps
• Authors have extensive experience in cutting-edge human resources solutions

Achieve breakthrough results for yourself and your organization with the power of full engagement from We.

About this title

About the Author

Kevin Kruse is the co-author of the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today bestseller,  We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement, a popular keynote speaker, and serial entrepreneur.
His articles on leadership, engagement and business excellence have appeared in Business Week, Fast Company, Forbes, Business Insider and numerous other publications.

Kevin is the founder and President of The Kruse Group, and formerly of AXIOM, Kenexa, and ACI. When not busy at his day job he invests as an angel at Delaware Crossing, is co-owner of Team Capital Bank, and builds libraries in Asia with The Library Project.

Kevin lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with his three children.

From the Back Cover

WE live in a new world where work and life are blended as opposed to balanced, and feelings of financial security and entitlement are a thing of the past. Job satisfaction is at a record low, a crisis with far reaching impact. For businesses, a disengaged workforce means lower levels of productivity and service, and ultimately lower growth and profits. For individuals, our emotions at work spill over to the other areas of our lives and take a toll on our health and relationships.

In We, Rudy Karsan and Kevin Kruse dig deep to reveal the nature of work in the modern organization and share the secrets for achieving full engagement at work, based on findings from over 10 million worker surveys in 150 countries, and also on their own experiences leading fast growth companies. They show the inevitable linkage between the success of the individual and the success of the organization, and how both must come together to succeed.

For managers and all professionals, We details the leadership behaviors that generate emotional buy-in and commitment from team members. Karsan and Kruse highlight the three factors that drive one's level of engagement the most:

• Growth: Team members feel they are growing in their careers and learning new things.
• Recognition: Team members feel that their ideas and accomplishments are appreciated.
• Trust: Team members trust senior leadership and feel confident about the future.

We is an indispensable guide packed with solid research, case studies from innovative companies, individual stories of personal growth and achievement, and actionable steps that will both enhance your own engagement at work and transform your approach to leadership.

From the Inside Flap

WE live in a new world where work and life are blended as opposed to balanced, and feelings of financial security and entitlement are a thing of the past. Job satisfaction is at a record low, a crisis with far reaching impact. For businesses, a disengaged workforce means lower levels of productivity and service, and ultimately lower growth and profits. For individuals, our emotions at work spill over to the other areas of our lives and take a toll on our health and relationships.

In We, Rudy Karsan and Kevin Kruse dig deep to reveal the nature of work in the modern organization and share the secrets for achieving full engagement at work, based on findings from over 10 million worker surveys in 150 countries, and also on their own experiences leading fast growth companies. They show the inevitable linkage between the success of the individual and the success of the organization, and how both must come together to succeed.

For managers and all professionals, We details the leadership behaviors that generate emotional buy-in and commitment from team members. Karsan and Kruse highlight the three factors that drive one's level of engagement the most:

• Growth: Team members feel they are growing in their careers and learning new things.

• Recognition: Team members feel that their ideas and accomplishments are appreciated.

• Trust: Team members trust senior leadership and feel confident about the future.

We is an indispensable guide packed with solid research, case studies from innovative companies, individual stories of personal growth and achievement, and actionable steps that will both enhance your own engagement at work and transform your approach to leadership.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047076743X
• ISBN 13: 9780470767436
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256