Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index.
Contents:
The Great Work Unpack: Understanding and Fixing Broken Work -- The Anxiety Monster and the Boss Baby Customer: Slaying Work's Monsters -- Breaking the Copy Machine: Switching off the Past, Switching on the Future -- Decisions About People, for People: How to Make Human-Centric Decisions that drive the next generation of greater organizational outcomes -- Tech Dreams, Tech Nightmares: Couples Counseling for Humans and Technology -- The Intentional Workforce: Combatting the Great Resignation by Managing Working Populations More Thoughtfully -- Hippos Under the Lagoon: The Powerful Effects of Immigration, Migration, and Incarceration on Your Workforce -- Defeating Greedy Work and Animal Farm Syndrome: Two Critical Levers for an Awesome Working Culture -- A Good Day at Work, Every Day: Towards a Realistic, Human Future of Work.
Summary:
"In Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace, Mercer's North American Transformation Leader Melissa Swift delivers an eye-opening roadmap to better work that generates wins for companies and employees alike. In the book, you'll explore different ways to improve the growth-impeding, borderline inhumane people management practices we've created and endured over time. You'll also find: 50 strategies to create a powerhouse workplace at organizational level 50 strategies to create a powerhouse workplace at team level A simple framework to help you make people-centered decisions An incisive and practical take on managing and working with people that--for once--doesn't rely on hackneyed idealism or management-by-algorithm, Work Here Now is the hands-on performance improvement tool that executives, managers, HR professionals, and other business leaders have been searching for"-- Provided by publisher.
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