42 Rules of Employee Engagement : A Straightforward and Fun Look at What It Takes to Build a Culture of Engagement in Business

42 Rules of Employee Engagement (2nd Edition) takes a practical, straightforward and fun look at what it takes to build community, commitment and a culture of engagement in the business world today. The book highlights common behaviors that lead to "disengagement" in teams and offers useful, non-nonsense ideas for doing things differently. Susan Stamm will inspire and challenge you to create a unique workspace with your team that attracts and inspires high performance, commitment and authentic work relationships. This book is loaded with practical advice and actions you can take away to begin building an engaged team. 42Rules of Employee Engagement (2nd Edition) was born out of need for dcorporations, leaders and managers to engage with employees. Depending on whose research you read, as much as three quarters of the global workforce were not engaged! How long could organizations continue down this path and thrive or survive? As overwhelming as these data seem, Susan Stamm began to recognize the solutions are simple and within our reach. Engagement begins and ends with leaders and their day to day actions. It's the little things that make the big difference: how much information the leaders shares, how they approach important conversations, how much control they need, and how well they listen. An organization can be a best place to work, yet have a team no one wants to work on. The reverse is also true and it is almost always related to the leader. A challenge is that leaders often have blind spots, especially leaders that are struggling with their teams. This book include stories that leaders can relate to and that might open the door for them to consider how their actions appear to others. The best way to use this book is as a conversation starter. Take it to lunch with colleagues and discuss a single rule and the implications for your teams. These rules are actionable; when there is a challenge, there is always a specific action or direction recommended for dealing with it. In addition to the actions offered at the end of each rule, Appendix C provides links to more than two full years of free employee engagement activities and tools. If you want better engagement at your company, you should pick up 42Rules of Employee Engagement (2nd Edition)'today. '42 Rules of Employee Engagement' takes a practical, straightforward and fun look at what it takes to build community, commitment and a culture of engagement in the business world today. The book highlights common behaviors that lead to 'disengagement' in teams and offers useful, non-nonsense ideas for doing things differently. Susan Stamm will inspire and challenge you to create a unique workspace with your team that attracts and inspires high performance, commitment and authentic work relationships. This book is loaded with practical advice and actions you can take away to begin building an engaged team. "Get '42 Rules of Employee Engagement,' read it, and soak up the wisdom of this wonderful woman Susan Stamm. Invest time to reflect on what she says or, better yet, start a book group to go through it together. You'll be a better a leader and person for doing it." Michael Lee Stallard, Primary Author 'Fired Up or Burned How to Reignite Your Team's Passion, Creativity and Productivity' "Susan Stamm is a talented and engaging writer who offers personal experiences and business examples told in engaging stories and transforms them into 42 insightful action rules to encourage robust employee engagement actions." David Zinger, Founder, The Employee Engagement Network