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How to foster happier employees for a healthier bottom line Managers could learn a lot from a message echoed by generations of dairy farmers: "Contented cows give better milk." This book is not, repeat, not a management tome. In this fully revised and expanded edition to a book which absolutely, positively makes the case that treating people right is one of the best things any business can do for its bottom line, Contented Cows Still Give Better Milk offers sound, practical advice for those who know that their reputation as an employer is as important as bandwidth. Offers updated case studies and new examples from on-site research in a number of real organizations, as well as inspiring examp...
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Inspiring examples of companies that know how to do it right ... and a few that don't.The cold, hard facts about the return on investment from treating people with dignity, respect and consideration.Just what is it that permits one organization to achieve unprecedented levels of success over a substantial period of time while a nearly identical competitor is going down the tube?How for example, could Southwest Airlines achieve 23 consecutive years of record revenues and profits while TWA, Continental, Pan AM, Eastern, Braniff and others all around them were hemorrhaging red ink?How could GE, at a plant near Columbia, Tennessee, produce refrigerator compressors at a cost substantially less than that of its foreign competitors, despite an unfavorable cost differential of $15 an hour?It's no accident that the organizations consistently identified as winners also happen to be some of the best places on earth to work. This occurs not as an afterthought, but as a vital, premeditated element of business strategy.
100 Things You Should Know to Be a Successful Project Leader. My Life in Failure is a summation of over two decades of work on project failure. The Standish Group has been collecting case information on real-life IT environments and software development projects since 1985. Standish's cumulative research encompasses 20 years of data on why projects succeed or fail, representing more that 50,000 completed IT projects. Note: Updated 17 charts with 2015/2016 data.
How to foster happier employees for a healthier bottom line Managers could learn a lot from a message echoed by generations of dairy farmers: "Contented cows give better milk." This book is not, repeat, not a management tome. In this fully revised and expanded edition to a book which absolutely, positively makes the case that treating people right is one of the best things any business can do for its bottom line, Contented Cows Still Give Better Milk offers sound, practical advice for those who know that their reputation as an employer is as important as bandwidth. Offers updated case studies and new examples from on-site research in a number of real organizations, as well as inspiring examp...
Discover this step-by-step plan to match your strengths and interests with a career that will fulfill you for a lifetime. Shifting into Higher Gear creates a pathway to minimize the stress and confusion of seeking the right job. The book presents a comprehensive three-stage program for discovering your calling, turning that calling into a career, and sustaining your passion once you?re in the job of your dreams. Grounded in Biblical wisdom, yet highly practical, the book is packed with field-tested advice, worksheets, self-assessments, and creative questions for action and reflection. This is must-read will become a trusted "owner?s manual" for a lifetime of meaningful work.
According to research carried out by Ernst & Young, 35% of all investment decisions are based on nonfinancial attributes. A substantial body of literature deals with the management and measurement of nonfinancial assets. This book, by contrast, focuses on best practice in disclosure: How do companies present their vital resources in annual, quarterly, and corporate citizenship/sustainability reports and also in other publications and on their web sites? Do they provide a coherent, consistent, and convincing view of resources like management quality, brands, and intellectual capital? And how should they proceed to make stakeholders grasp what makes them a valuable investment, a preferred supp...
Discover the secrets to influencing the performance of the people you lead Managers don't get paid for what they do but rather for the performance of their people; therefore, a manager's most important job is coaching behaviors in order to improve performance. In People Follow You managers will learn five easily understood and implemented levers critical to influencing the performance of the people they lead. Ultimately, people follow people that they like, trust, and believe in. Understand how to build stronger relationships with direct and indirect reports that lead to loyalty, higher productivity, and long-term development. Relevant to middle and high level managers, People Follow You pro...