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Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace

Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace

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  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 9781119895275
  • Published In: December 2022
  • Format: Hardback , 256 pages
  • Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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    Make work suck less and improve the performance of your people with this practical, hands-on guide

    The COVID-19 pandemic and an ever-changing array of new ways of working seem to have all of us asking, “Does work really have to suck this bad?” It looks like a small taste of flexibility and freedom has made many of us rethink the nature of the work we do and how we do it.

    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.

  • Chapter 1: The Great Work Unpack: Understanding and Fixing Broken Work

    Chapter 2: The Anxiety Monster and the Boss Baby Customer: Slaying Work’s Monsters

    Chapter 3: Breaking the Copy Machine: Switching off the Past, Switching on the Future

    Chapter 4: Decisions About People, for People: How to Make Human-Centric Decisions

    Chapter 5: Tech Dreams, Tech Nightmares: Couples Counseling for Humans and Technology

    Chapter 6: The Intentional Workforce: Combatting the Great Resignation by Managing Working Populations More Thoughtfully

    Chapter 7: Hippos Under the Lagoon: The Powerful Effects of Immigration, Migration, and Incarceration on Your Workforce

    Chapter 8: Defeating Greedy Work and Animal Farm Syndrome: Two Critical Levers for an Awesome Working Culture

    Chapter 9: A Good Day at Work, Every Day: Towards a Realistic, Human Future of Work 

  • Melissa Swift is the North American Transformation Leader at Mercer. Melissa helps clients bring their workforces to a different and better future. Her work leverages data analytics and a humanist view of the workplace to create extraordinary outcomes. She has been named a “Top Influencer on the Future of Work” by Onalytica.

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