Engaged Leadership: Building a Culture to Overcome Employee Disengagement - Hardcover

Swindall, Clint

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470933119 ISBN 13: 9780470933114

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2011

Synopsis

Praise for Engaged Leadership, Second Edition

"Engaged Leadership is the best of both worlds: an engaging business story coupled with a primer on the practical skills all leaders need. In the book, Swindall provides many useful tools for successfully meeting twelve major leadership challenges. I recommend it."
&;Mark Sanborn, author of The Fred Factor and You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader

"This creatively inspiring book not only encourages the leaders of tomorrow, but also inspires the leaders of today to step up and meet the challenges of a changing world. Business leaders will find true substance at the core of each page."
&;Nido Qubein, President, High Point University; and Chairman, Great Harvest Bread Co.

"Give this book to anyone aspiring to be an effective leader and you've put them ahead of the curve. Clint Swindall has done a masterful job of bringing leadership to life in a book that's engaging and effective. Create a leadership culture in your company by getting this book now!"
&;Joe Calloway, author of Work Like You're Showing Off! and Becoming a Category of One

"This book is so engaging, you'll forget you're learning. If you only have time for one book this year, make it Engaged Leadership&;you won't be disappointed."
&;Bradford D. Beldon, President and CEO, Beldon Roofing Company

"This book contains simple yet very effective management techniques that can improve every leader's ability to inspire and get the most out of their employees. Swindall shows us what employees want from leaders and how leaders can motivate employees using practical yet effective stories."
&;John Wight, President and CEO, BF&M Insurance Group

"This is a slam dunk by Swindall! What a powerful read for any team member of an organization. A fun, enjoyable, insightful, and impactful lesson on how to apply the key concepts of engaged leadership to move your team forward."
&;Joe Clark, Vice President of Ticket Sales and Services, Spurs Sports & Entertainment

About this title

About the Authors

Clint Swindall is a nationally recognized expert on leadership as the president and CEO of Verbalocity Inc., a personal development company with a focus on leadership enhancement. He is an in-demand speaker, trainer, and consultant, delivering his engaged leadership message to thousands every year.

CLINT SWINDALL is a nationally recognized expert on leadership as the president and CEO of Verbalocity Inc., a personal development company with a focus on leadership enhancement. He is an in-demand speaker, trainer, and consultant, delivering his engaged leadership message to thousands every year. Swindall is the author of Living for the Weekday: What Every Employee and Boss Needs to Know about Enjoying Work and Life (also by Wiley). You can reach him at Verbalocity's website atwww.verbalocity.com.

From the Back Cover

When Engaged Leadership was first published in 2007, a majority of employees in the United States had already mentally checked out on the job—and that was before the ax came down in 2008 and 2009. Without a doubt, employee disengagement still exists, and if you want your business to survive, you need a plan to overcome it.

High unemployment and a limping recovery have provided even more reasons for building a culture of engagement. Those left in the workforce—now doing the work of two or more people and living in fear of a pink slip—may be more productive, but you can't call them engaged. As the economy turns around, your industrious workers will have options they haven't had in years—and if they're unhappy, they'll jump ship.

Engaged Leadership offers both a fable and a step-by-step blueprint to ensure a culture of engagement that will draw employees out of their rut and keep your best and brightest. Learn how to:

• Recruit support from the top 29 percent—those employees who are engaged—to influence others to get on board with the new culture

• Prepare your organization for change and provide open and honest communication with employees about the company's performance and their own

• Motivate employees by celebrating small successes, encouraging work-life balance, and creating a fair work environment

• Lead across generational divides

• Identify and recruit appropriate talent, according to their needs and yours

With job satisfaction in the United States at its lowest level in two decades, disengagement has reached epidemic proportions. The key to your company's recovery—and that of the entire economy—lies in everyone's willingness to join a new culture of engagement.

From the Inside Flap

When Engaged Leadership was first published in 2007, a majority of employees in the United States had already mentally checked out on the job—and that was before the ax came down in 2008 and 2009. Without a doubt, employee disengagement still exists, and if you want your business to survive, you need a plan to overcome it.

High unemployment and a limping recovery have provided even more reasons for building a culture of engagement. Those left in the workforce—now doing the work of two or more people and living in fear of a pink slip—may be more productive, but you can't call them engaged. As the economy turns around, your industrious workers will have options they haven't had in years—and if they're unhappy, they'll jump ship.

Engaged Leadership offers both a fable and a step-by-step blueprint to ensure a culture of engagement that will draw employees out of their rut and keep your best and brightest. Learn how to:

• Recruit support from the top 29 percent—those employees who are engaged—to influence others to get on board with the new culture

• Prepare your organization for change and provide open and honest communication with employees about the company's performance and their own

• Motivate employees by celebrating small successes, encouraging work-life balance, and creating a fair work environment

• Lead across generational divides

• Identify and recruit appropriate talent, according to their needs and yours

With job satisfaction in the United States at its lowest level in two decades, disengagement has reached epidemic proportions. The key to your company's recovery—and that of the entire economy—lies in everyone's willingness to join a new culture of engagement.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470933119
• ISBN 13: 9780470933114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 218