Holbeche / Matthews Engaged

Unleashing Your Organization's Potential Through Employee Engagement
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-33820-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten, E-Book

A non-biased, grounded, and practical approach to employee engagement
For managers and business leaders who want to enhance performance, this easy-to-use guide to employee management offers real solutions for getting workers engaged and increasing productivity. It explains what employee engagement is, why it matters, what the benefits of it are, what helps and hinders it, how to measure it, how to put theory into action when trying to create it. As an added benefit, it offers plenty of advice on how managers can keep themselves engaged, even during the toughest of times.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holbeche, Linda

Matthews, Geoffrey

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword vii
Introduction 1
1 What is engagement - and why does it matter?5
2 Why is engagement so elusive? 27
3 What drives engagement? 55
4 Do you know how engaged your people are right now? 87
5 So what are your employees telling you? 115
6 Getting beyond analysis and into action 133
7 Roadblocks to creating an engaged workforce 155
8 Building a culture of engagement 177
9 Engaging managers 205
10 Engagement in tough times 231
11 Finding meaning, growth and engagement 265
Annex 1: Comparison of the employee engagement model and otherviews of engagement drivers 303
Annex 2: Engagement model and action areas 307
Bibliography 309
Index 321

Über Autor(innen)

Linda Holbeche PhD is a leading teacher and writer on HRtopics. She was ranked number three in Human Resourcesmagazine's most influential 2009 roll call of top industrythinkers. Until recently, she was the Director of Research andPolicy at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development(CIPD).
She is also a Visiting Professor of Leadership Innovation at theUniversity of Bedfordshire, a Visiting Professor in HRM andOrganisation Development at Cass Business School (London), anAdjunct Professor (Executive Education) at Imperial College, Londonand a Visiting Fellow of the UK Commission for Employment andSkills. In addition to this she is an Associate of Erasmus BusinessSchool (Rotterdam), Edinburgh Napier University and AshridgeManagement College. Linda is a Chartered Fellow of CIPD and aFellow of both the RSA and the Institute of Leadership andManagement (ILM).
Geoffrey Matthews is an experienced HR executive with anextensive background in employee engagement, organizationaldevelopment, rewards, and international HR. He is currently VicePresident HR Strategy for Merck KGaA, a leading DAX 30 Europeanchemical and pharmaceutical company. Prior to this, Geoff heldsenior HR positions in a number of major companies including Rocheand Hewlett-Packard. He is a Fellow of the UK Chartered ManagementInstitute as well as being a member of the CIPD, SHRM and World atWork.