Employee Engagement Books

The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not

Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal
Renewal (Paperback)
by Jim Loehr (Author), Tony Schwartz (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly

The authors, founders of and executives at LGE Performance Systems, an executive

training program based on athletic coaching programs, offer a program aimed at stressed
individuals who want to find more purpose in their work and ways to better handle their
overburdened relationships. Just as athletes train, play and then recover, people need to
recognize their own energy levels. “Balancing stress and recovery is critical not just in
competitive sports, but also in managing energy in all facets of our lives. Emotional depth
and resilience depend on active engagement with others and with our own feelings.” Case
studies demonstrate how some modest changes can have an immediate impact. Loehr
(Mental Toughness Training for Sports) and Schwartz (Art of the Deal, writing with
Donald Trump) also include a chart highlighting Action Steps, Targeted Muscle, Desired
Outcome and Performance Barrier and apply these tenets to individual cases. A chart
analyzing the benefits and costs to taking certain action shows the impact negative
behavior can have on both physical and mental well-being. However, the actual “training
program” whereby readers can learn how to institute certain rituals to change their
behavior is less well-defined. Managers and other employees who have attended HR
seminars may find this plan easy to use, but self-employed people and others less familiar
with “training” may be unable to recognize their behavior patterns and change them.

Employee engagement

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edition.
Encouraging employee engagement: new compliance
regulations created by the Ontario Securities
Commission and Sarbanes-Oxley should be considered
benefits, … Trends): An article from: CMA
Management [HTML] (Digital)
by Archie Thomas (Author), Ann MacDiarmid (Author)

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Book Description

This digital document is an article from CMA Management, published by Thomson Gale
on June 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1420 words. The page length shown above is
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Title: Encouraging employee engagement: new compliance regulations created by the

Ontario Securities Commission and Sarbanes-Oxley should be considered benefits, not
roadblocks.(Management Trends)
Author: Archie Thomas
Publication: CMA Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2004
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 78 Issue: 4 Page: 14(2)

Employee Engagement through Effective Performance

Management: A Practical Guide for Managers
(Paperback)
by Manuel London (Editor), Edward M. Mone (Editor)

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Review
In the past few years it has been almost impossible to avoid the topic of Employee
Engagement. Ed Mone and Manny London have finally addressed the issue from the
practical point of view of those who make it happen, the managers. Mone and London
have delivered a very practical guide written in how to style which can be readily
translated into action by those on the front lines. This book guides managers through
these difficult conversations and how performance management can be used to drive
employee engagement. Mone and London seamlessly weave research and practical
guidelines into a very comprehensive and useful book for managers, as well as academics
and HR professionals. -Walter L. Jackson, PhD, Managing Director, Human Capital
Consulting, Braver Group, Boston, MA

The framework for the performance management process is well integrated and provides
a nice applied model for practitioners to use in the field. Authored by a leading
psychologist and experienced practitioner, this book recognizes some recent streams of
research (engagement, team learning, trust) and is clearly presented as a resource book
for practitioners. – William Balzer, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State
University

The focus on employee engagement, continuous learning /development and burnout are
especially relevant given the pace at which today’s organizations operate. The book does
an excellent job of translating theory into practical guidance and provides several tools
that managers can use to apply the knowledge and recommendations suggested in each
chapter. It illustrates not only traditional tools such as 360 degree feedback, but also
frameworks and tools for effective coaching, building and promoting trust, and setting
performance and development goals. – Howard Klein, Fisher College of Business, The
Ohio State University

Engagement is new key to retaining

employees.(Careers): An article from: Winnipeg Free
Press [HTML] (Digital)
by Gale Reference Team (Author)

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Book Description

This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson
Gale on April 14, 2007. The length of the article is 743 words. The page length shown
above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and
is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can
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Citation Details

Title: Engagement is new key to retaining employees.(Careers)

Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 14, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: g3

Maintaining employee engagement when

communicating difficult issues: an IABC survey shows
that companies that take a strong position and answer
questions … An article from: Communication World
[HTML] (Digital)
by Gretchen Hoover (Author)

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Book Description

This digital document is an article from Communication World, published by Thomson

Gale on November 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1730 words. The page length
shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML
format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.
You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details

Title: Maintaining employee engagement when communicating difficult issues: an IABC

survey shows that companies that take a strong position and answer questions as
forthrightly as possible reap the benefits.(International Association of Business
Communicators)
Author: Gretchen Hoover
Publication: Communication World (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 22 Issue: 6 Page: 25(3)
Understanding the Dynamics of Employee Engagement
and Disengagement: Choosing to Engage: Becoming an
Employee of Choice (Paperback)
by Carol Nadlonek (Author)

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Book Description

What is employee engagement?Why should you as an employee or manager really

care?How does creating a culture of engagement contribute to a company’s bottom-line
results?This book explores the employee’s roles and responsibilities to fully connect and
maintain personal engagement with one’s work through job content, relationships,
individual needs, and desires. The work reviews the history of early behavioral theories
and leads to present day research on employee engagement from a business perspective.
The exploration begins with the company and manager’s role in the relationship and as an
active partner in maximizing productivity. The examination continues with the
employee’s responsibilities through assessment, self-awareness, accountability,
communication, action planning, and execution to maximize personal productivity and
motivation in the workplace. Finally, an assortment of tools lead an individual to self-
manage personal engagement and take ownership of personal needs.

About the Author

Carol A. Nadlonek, MPS: Organizational Leadership at the University of Denver.

Performance Consultant at Qwest Communications, Intl., Colorado. She specializes in
employee engagement, management and leadership development, organizational change,
and building high performance teams.

Terms of Engagement: Changing the Way We Change Organizations (Paperback)

by Richard H Axelrod (Author)

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Review

“Terms of Engagement provides a roadmap for creating meaningful, repeatable and

sustainable change. After reading Terms of Engagement and having participated in the
conference model, I am convinced that ‘real engagement’ is the key to unleashing the
most powerful resource we have, our fellow employees.” – Jim Maynor, President and
CEO, The Money Store “Over the years, I’ve learned a great deal from Dick Axelrod
about how to truly engage people in creating real organizational change. I’m so grateful
that he has taken the time to convey his experience and wisdom. The learnings in this
book are essential for us to understand in these times of relentless change.” – Margaret
Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science and coauthor of A Simpler Way
“Terms of Engagement is an exciting new contribution to the field of organizational
change. Axelrod provides leaders with a coherent set of principles for addressing business
and social issues instead of tired techniques. Balanced, compelling, smoothly blending
theory with practical examples, Terms of Engagement is a must-read.” – Hideo
Murakami, Senior, Vice President, Queen Emma Foundation.

Book Description

Terms of Engagement introduces a new method for changing organizations based on four
essential principles: Widening the Circle of Involvement, Connecting People to Each
Other and Ideas, Creating Communities for Action, and Embracing Democratic
Principles. This method enables leaders to create the energetic, flexible, responsive
organizations necessary to thrive and prosper in the contemporary business world.
Included are examples from British Airways, Hewlett-Packard, Timberland, and others.

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