Engaging Teams (Paperback)

Nick Smallman

ISBN 10: 1398619728 / ISBN 13: 9781398619722

Published by Kogan Page Ltd, London, 2025

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Paperback. Businesses are struggling with unprecedented levels of disengagement. According to Gallup, quiet-quitting costs organizations $8.9 trillion in lost productivity. Engaging Teams provides an effective solution to this problem. Large US organizations spend about $11 million a year on wellbeing initiatives, with virtually none making any real difference. Full of extensive analysis of academic research, business data and C-suite insights, Engaging Teams demonstrates how individuals, teams, organizations and leaders can strengthen engagement and get the best from their people. Offering practical guidance and actionable advice, this book provides a step-by-step path to tackling issues like leading through change, multigenerational communication and failures in critical thinking by building healthier and more successful team environments. A blueprint for leaders and HR professionals, the book uses real-world examples from companies including NASA, Microsoft, Citigroup, Johnson & Johnson, Google, Lenovo, Ikea and Qantas to show the value of skills in agile thinking, emotional intelligence, ongoing feedback and problem-solving. Accessible, clear-sighted and far-reaching, Engaging Teams is essential reading for anyone looking to drive motivation, productivity, resilience and retention. Use this practical guide to improve employee engagement and drive motivation, productivity, staff retention and performance in the organization Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engaging Teams (Paperback)
• Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1398619728
• ISBN 13: 9781398619722
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Is disengagement undermining your organization's performance and profitability?

Engaging Teams by Nick Smallman and Dan Parry is a strategic guide for senior leaders and HR executives seeking proven tools for reversing disengagement, driving productivity and strengthening workforce resilience.

Drawing on academic research, business data and C-suite insights, this book offers a blueprint for embedding engagement into leadership, culture and operations. Featuring real-world examples from NASA, Microsoft, Citigroup, Johnson & Johnson, Google, Lenovo, Ikea and Qantas, it shows how to lead change, improve collaboration and sustain performance across diverse teams.

You'll discover how to:
- Build engagement into governance, strategy and leadership practice
- Lead through change and manage multigenerational workforces effectively
- Develop agile thinking, emotional intelligence and critical problem-solving
- Implement feedback systems that drive accountability and results

With strategic models, expert analysis and actionable frameworks, Engaging Teams equips senior decision-makers to deliver measurable gains in motivation, retention and organizational performance.

Themes include: employee engagement strategy, leadership development, governance, organizational culture, workforce resilience

About the Authors

Nick Smallman is Founder and CEO of Working Voices. He has been advising blue-chip clients on engagement, leadership and communication for more than 27 years. During that time, he has built an international reputation for thought leadership, delivering acclaimed talks for multinationals on a range of leadership and communication issues.

Nick's personal philosophy, rooted in authentic, meaningful communication, shapes the Working Voices USP. Nick lives in London and is delivering a new venture called The Sustainable Human.

Dan Parry is the Head of Communications at Working Voices. With nearly 30 years' experience in the media, he has a track record in journalism and documentaries and is a published author of three other books.

Dan started out at BBC News, becoming a senior broadcast journalist before switching to documentaries. Throughout his career, he has focused on understanding how people respond to difficult circumstances that may or may not be of their own making. He is based in Hertfordshire, UK.