"Packed with humour and hard truths, this book will change how you think about leadership, wellbeing and the future of work. This witty and thought-provoking book about engaging teams will undoubtedly keep you engaged. Packed with jaw-dropping insights that make you raise your eyebrows one moment and chuckle the next, it masterfully balances humour with hard-hitting truths. More than just ideas, it offers practical solutions for rethinking wellbeing and humanizing the workplace."

Anetta Nova, Strategic Advisor

"An honest, emotional context for leadership. This book brilliantly demonstrates the reality of emotional vulnerability and its impact on teams! Recognizing social wellbeing is shown to be instrumental to a leader's success. A great read for those who want to better themselves in return for a highly functioning successful team."

Dr Mateen Jiwani, Executive Healthcare Leader, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

"A good analysis of what gets in the way of wellbeing in the workplace and how we got here, and a compelling blueprint for what we can do about it."

Dr Matt Gitsham, Professor of Business and Sustainability, Hult International Business School

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
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Use this practical guide to Improve employee engagement and drive motivation, productivity, staff retention and performance in the organization
    • Chapter - 00: Introduction: knowing your people;
  • Section - ONE: Part One
    • Chapter - 01: For the love of work;
    • Chapter - 02: Wellbeing strategies that aren’t fit for purpose;
    • Chapter - 03: Managing our relationship with technology;
    • Chapter - 04: The impact of global threats;
    • Chapter - 05: A theory of social wellbeing;
  • Section - TWO: Part Two
    • Chapter - 06: Finding glue: social wellbeing in practice;
    • Chapter - 07: Agile thinking;
    • Chapter - 08: Future communication;
    • Chapter - 09: Leading through change;
    • Chapter - 10: Working sustainably;
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Shows how to improve employee engagement at all levels of the business from individuals through to teams and the wider organization

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781398619791
Publisert
2025-03-03
Utgiver
Kogan Page Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256

Biografisk notat

Nick Smallman is Founder and CEO of Working Voices, a consultancy and training provider. For the last 27 years he has been advising global blue-chip clients on engagement, leadership and communication. He is based in London, UK. Dan Parry is the Head of Communications at Working Voices. He began his career as a broadcast journalist at BBC News and has more than 30 years' experience in the media. He is based in London, UK.