The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People - Couverture souple

Chapman, Gary D.; White, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 080246176X ISBN 13 : 9780802461766

Editeur : Moody Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages®(over 12 million copies sold),

Dramatically improve workplace relationships simply by learning your coworkers’ language of appreciation.

This book will give you the tools to improve staff morale, create a more positive workplace, and increase employee engagement. How? By teaching you to effectively communicate authentic appreciation and encouragement to employees, co-workers, and leaders. Most relational problems in organizations flow from this question: do people feel appreciated? This book will help you answer “Yes!”

A bestseller—having sold over 300,000 copies and translated into 16 languages—this book has proven to be effective and valuable in diverse settings. Its principles about human behavior have helped businesses, non-profits, hospitals, schools, government agencies, and organizations with remote workers.

PLUS! Each book contains a free access code for taking the online Motivating By Appreciation (MBA) Inventory (does not apply to purchases of used books). The assessment identifies a person’s preferred languages of appreciation to help you apply the book. When supervisors and colleagues understand their coworkers’ primary and secondary languages, as well as the specific actions they desire, they can effectively communicate authentic appreciation, thus creating healthy work relationships and raising the level of performance across an entire team or organization.

Take your team to the next level by applying The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

GARY CHAPMAN--author, speaker, counselor--has a passion for people and for helping them form lasting relationships. He is the #1 bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages series and director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc. Gary travels the world presenting seminars, and his radio programs air on more than 400 stations. For more information visit his website at www.5lovelanguages.com.

PAUL WHITE, PhD, is a psychologist, author, and speaker who "makes work relationships work." He has consulted with a wide variety of organizations, including Microsoft, the US Air Force, the Million Dollar Round Table, and Princeton University. He and Gary Chapman coauthored The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Is appreciation communicated regularly at your workplace?

Do you truly feel valued by those with whom you work?

If you express appreciation in ways that aren’t meaningful to your co-workers, they may not feel valued at all. The problem is you’re speaking different languages. In The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Paul White will help you:

o   Express genuine appreciation to co-workers and staff – even on a tight budget.

o   Increase loyalty with the employees and volunteers in your organization.

o   Reduce cynicism and create a more positive work environment.

o   Improve your ability to show appreciation for difficult colleagues.

o   Individualize your expressions of appreciation by speaking the right language

o   Convey the language of physical touch in appropriate ways.

Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller, The 5 Love Languages®, Dr. Chapman and Dr. White give you practical steps to make any workplace environment more encouraging and productive. Before you know it, you will learn to speak and understand the unique languages of appreciation and feel truly valued in return.

Praise for The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace

I have really worked hard for many years to appreciate my co-workers scattered across the USA.  However, this simple process and tool has put me light years ahead.  It will greatly help your relationships and productivity as a leader.”

Kent Humphreys, Chairman, American Health Partners

This book addresses not just the need for the life-giving appreciation we all need, but takes us through the process of discovering what that looks like for ourselves and for those with whom we work.  Everyone who reads this book will without doubt be better equipped to create an atmosphere of appreciation in their sphere of influence wherever that is.

Lynne Smith, Director of Leadership Development, Next LEVEL Leadership Canada

Trusting relationships are the glue that holds commerce together.  They are more important than skills or knowledge.  This book shows how to build trust on a personal level in the workplace and its principles apply for a wide variety of organizations.

Tom Nicholson, Executive Director, HR People & Strategy

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Moody Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080246176X
• ISBN 13: 9780802461766
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 210
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible