Manager's Guide to Employee Engagement (Briefcase Books)

USE THE POWER OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT TO IGNITE PASSION, PURPOSE, AND PRODUCTIVITY IN EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR STAFF

Successful managers understand that their job is to help employees do their best work, not simply give orders. The Manager's Guide to Employee Engagement shows leaders at all levels how to build relationships that support collaboration and drive meaningful performance improvement. Learn how to:

• Foster loyalty, trust, and commitment in all your employees
• Create a culture of positive thinking
• Empower employees to act as internal entrepreneurs
• Align employee and organizational values and goals
• Become "the best boss ever"--without losing sight of business goals

Learn how to make your employees engaged and successful--and facilitate your own success at the same time.

Briefcase Books, written specifically for today's busy manager, feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through each page:

• Clear definitions of key terms and concepts
• Tactics and strategies for engaging employees
• Tips for executing the tactics in the book
• Practical advice for minimizing the possibility of error
• Warning signs for when things are about to go wrong
• Examples of successful engagement tactics
• Specific planning procedures, tactics, and hands-on techniques

Scott Carbonara is a speaker, trainer, author, and management consultant who "brings authentic leadership to life from the boardroom to the family room."

Scott is known as "The Leadership Therapist" for his diverse professional portfolio-ranging from serving as an award-winning family crisis intervention counselor-to executive director of communications and change management and eventually chief-of-staff of the nation's largest non-investor-owned health insurance company. While there, he addressed a skyrocketing 38% attrition rate and, through digging beyond the surface and implementing creative employee engagement initiatives and branding of a positive corporate culture, led the team that reduced it to an unprecedented 6.5%. Scott's dual background in both counseling and executive leadership makes him a highly-skilled, passionate communicator and problem solver who provides direction to diverse teams ranging in size from 1 to 13,000.

Scott has spoken at international conferences and for such esteemed groups as Chicago Booth School of Business, and is the author of several leadership books. Through his humorous and practical keynotes, executive coaching, personalized consulting, and story-driven books, he breathes life into leadership topics including employee engagement, change management, communication, positive culture, and esteem. Like a houseplant which grows towards the light, Scott aims to inspire people everywhere to lead by living positively, and paying it forward.