Workplace Engagement

We all know it. Demanding accountability in the workplace is the quickest way to get your employees to start fidgeting nervously and looking at the door. Traditional accountability methods leave leaders frustrated with limited, ineffective tools and leave employees feeling criticized, discouraged, and even disengaged. Using a foundation of neuroscience and human dynamics, Inspiring Accountability in the Workplace brings a much-needed modern approach to inspiring employee engagement, productivity, and results.

I know better than to get tangled up with the cocky NHL star who moves in next door. He’s loud, golden-haired trouble, and the exact kind of chaos I swore off the day Max was born. But then he becomes my son’s mentor—smiling, patient, and impossible to shut out. And suddenly, the man I can’t stand is everywhere in my carefully controlled life. One stupid moment goes viral. A scandal hits. And now I’m fake-engaged to the grinning disaster who parks like he owns the street. Living beside him becomes living with him. Late nights turn soft. His walls come down. Mine do too. Somewhere ...

Finalist in the Business Book of the Year 2024 awards! The Chief People Officer role has finally taken its rightful place on the Executive Committee and human resource management is recognised as a true differentiator of success for modern organisations. However, CPOs face a challenge. In a world of increasing regulation and litigation, and with greater expectations than ever of how organisations should support their people, the HR role risks being overwhelmed. Managers are drowning under the weight of people-related tasks, while staff demand ever more from their workplace. CEOs and Boards ...

Healthy teams begin with healthy leaders. And at the heart of this dynamic is emotional maturity, the quality the greatest leaders possess. Combining cutting-edge brain science, with decades of counseling and consulting experience, Rare Leadership in the Workplace shows you how to take your leadership, and your team, to the next level. Whether you are burnt out, or just looking to improve, this audiobook can help. When you prioritize people, and lead from a secure identity, you’ll be amazed at the freedom you feel, and the results you see.

Organizations around the world spend billions of dollars every year to awaken and engage their employees. Yet global employee engagement remains fixed - at 13%. The disengagement problem usually begins with the CEO telling human resources to fix it. Unless the CEO or business owner takes charge of engagement, everyone will look over the messenger's shoulders to pick up cues from the top leader.

The ultimatum is in - Marry or lose it all…. I am up for the challenge - Let the search for a fake fiancée begin. Years of dedication have gone into building my multi-billion-dollar company. My life is a balance of hard work and indulgence, earning the reputation of a CEO playboy after enduring past heartbreaks. Now the Investors want me to settle down. In a desperate attempt to save my empire, I persuade my assistant to be my fake fiancée. Little did I anticipate the sparks that flew between us would ignite a fire I couldn't control. Then comes the twist—the ultimate game-changer: a ...

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the need for a human-centered approach to work has never been more pressing. Bestselling author, professor, and consultant Dr. Jonathan H. Westover provides a comprehensive and research-backed roadmap for practitioners to cultivate purpose-driven, people-centric organizations. Diving deep into the key themes of meaning, motivation, self-awareness, strategic HR, and adaptive leadership, this book empowers readers to: Discover new ways to help their teams find purpose and meaning at work Develop self-awareness and leadership capabilities for ...

Sometimes the best performances become real when you stop pretending. When Ivy Meskill's grandmother boards the Silver Bell for her eightieth birthday cruise, she brings more than just luggage. She arrives with a handpicked widowed architect, a history of relentless matchmaking, and a determination to see Ivy "settled." As Cruise Director, Ivy is used to managing chaos—but her grandmother is a force of nature. Ivy needs a plan. Fast. Enter Piers Long, the ship's brooding Executive Chef. He's more comfortable in his galley than in the spotlight, but he owes Ivy a favor. The deal is simple:...

Reward and recognition programs can be costly and inefficient, and they primarily reward employees who are already highly engaged and productive performers. Worse still, these programs actually decrease employee motivation because they can make individual recognition, rather than the overall success of the team, the goal. Yet many businesses turn to these measures first-unaware of a better alternative. So, when it comes to changing your organizational culture, carrots and sticks don't work!

What really sets the best managers above the rest? It's their power to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work lives—consistently positive emotions; strong motivation; and favorable perceptions of the organization, their work, and their colleagues. The worst managers undermine inner work life, often unwittingly.

This book demonstrates how companies can replace ineffective engagement metrics with simple, regular pulse-checks on employee well-being. This radical shift allows organizations to identify problem areas quickly, hold managers accountable, and create workplaces where people genuinely thrive. Written for busy leaders, this concise guide arrives at a crucial moment as organizations grapple with unprecedented burnout rates and post-pandemic workplace dynamics.

If only I hadn’t touched my dad’s most trusted man… I wouldn’t be pregnant with his child. One reckless night. One forbidden man. And now—I’m carrying his baby. Ben was off-limits. My father’s right-hand. Ten years older. But that didn’t stop me. I gave him everything. My first time. My heart. The next morning? He called it a mistake. So, I vanished. New country. New life. And a secret I never planned to reveal. Three years later, fate throws us back together. The tension? Still explosive. But this time, I’m not the same girl he left behind.

The gloves—and more!—are coming off for workplace enemies turned fake newlyweds trying to save their jobs in this sexy rom-com, perfect for fans of Tarah DeWitt and B.K. Borison. There are three things that PR strategist Jasmine Morgan knows for sure: One, she’s damn good at her job. Two...

When it comes to running a business, the most important decisions a leader makes are not about products or locations - they're about people. For the past 33 years, Dee Ann Turner has been recruiting, training, and retaining some of the best employees in the restaurant business. Now she's ready to share her secrets on how to build, sustain, and grow an organizational culture that attracts world-class talent and consistently delights customers, no matter what your industry.

Being a great leader means getting the fundamentals right. It also means consistently doing the "little things" that make a positive difference in the lives of employees, customers, and other stakeholders. The Busy Leader's Handbook: How to Lead People and Places That Thrive is a practical, easy-to-use book filled with gentle reminders of what we should be doing every day - especially when work is at its most intense.

GREAT LEADERS ask GREAT QUESTIONS Great questions inspire your team to THINK and ACT differently. In Stop Talking Start Asking Jean Marie DiGiovanna highlights the 27 questions that will impact your bottom line by increasing employee engagement, improving communication, and creating happier, more productive teams. You can work your way through all of the questions or open straight to the chapter that will foster the needed engagement in your workplace. Jean Marie shares powerful stories, practical tips, and targeted questions you can apply immediately to create a culture of unstoppability. ...

Lack of employee engagement is the biggest challenge facing business owners and leaders today. In this fast paced, high impact book, Daren Martin delivers proven insights and solutions he uses to create ownership cultures in some of the biggest companies in the world. This quick reading, hard hitting, solution-oriented book is a staple in many top business leader’s libraries.

Aimed at HR practitioners and managers, Employee Engagement offers a complete, practical resource for understanding, measuring and building engagement. Grounded in engagement theory and an understanding of psychology combined with practical tools, techniques and diagnostics, this book will help you assess and drive engagement in your organization. Case studies include British Gas, Capital One, Asda, Ministry of Justice, Mace and RSA.

Reforming this bad boy makes her want to be very naughty… PR expert extraordinaire Fiona Maguire must deal with her most challenging task yet: clean up NASCAR champion Jax Hannigan’s act by posing as his girlfriend. She’s determined to help him because she feels responsible for his best friend’s death after setting the wrong man free for all the right reasons. Truthfully, she’s always harbored a secret crush on Jax—one she should ignore now, but can’t when passion flares between them. To secure a coveted sponsorship and prove he’s got what it takes to win to his slimy former...

Companies with the best cultures generate stock market returns of twice the general market and enjoy half the employee turnover of their peers. Their staff innovate more, deliver better customer service, and, hands-down, beat the competition. These companies outperform and disrupt their markets. Build It has found these rebels and the rule breakers. From small startups to global powerhouses, this book shows that courage, commitment and a people-centric mindset, rather than money and resources, are what you need to turn an average business into a category leader.