"Internationally acclaimed diversity and inclusion expert Jennifer Brown shows how we can all shift our perspectives to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace. She breaks down the "us-versus-them" divide that plagues so many diversity initiatives. When people are able to bring their full selves to work and feel welcomed, valued, and respected for their differences, they perform at higher levels and contribute more to their organizations than...

"In this book, three experts show companies how to build their own leaders by understanding the critical passages a leader must navigate, by providing the appropriate development for navigating those passages, and by building the right system for ensuring a full pipeline of leaders now and in the future." "Together Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, and James Noel have substantial firsthand experience in leadership succession and development around the...

Project management professionals are fortunate to have access to a rich and growing body of tools and metrics to aid in their success. However, that is just what they are: tools and metrics. The industry is no less prone than any other discipline to the problems inherent in managing people. In fact, strong arguments can be made that project management offers far more. This important book focuses on one of the nine knowledge areas of A Guide to the...

Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages®, Dramatically improve workplace relationships simply by learning your coworkers' language of appreciation. This book will give you the tools to improve staff morale, create a more positive workplace, and increase employee engagement. How? By teaching you to effectively communicate authentic appreciation and encouragement to employees, co-workers, and leaders. Most relational problems...

A leading-edge organization has discovered that fun can--and does--translate into bottom line success. By harnessing the power of fun, companies find they can better retain employees and customers, motivate teams, improve productivity, increase innovation, and create a sense of community. Leslie Yerkes details precisely how eleven successful companies--including Southwest Airlines, Pike Place Fish, Isle of Capri Casinos, EmployEase, and Prudential--have...

Human Resource Management, 2e, presents multifaceted, up-to-date and all-inclusive information which will be useful to students and professionals pursuing human resource management (HRM). The book discusses the subject in lucid language using real-life examples from Indian organizations which helps the reader become conversant with the latest trends as well as the basics of the theory of HRM. It also includes numerous innovative features like skill-development...

Human Resource Management: Linking Strategy to Practice 3e is designed to help students understand traditional human resource concepts within a decision-making framework. This strategic framework helps students not only develop a set of human resource tools, but also determine which tools are appropriate to use for different situations. Written in a clear and friendly style, the text emphasizes how organizations excel when they have consistent human...

The time-honored tradition of defining career development exclusively in terms of promotions, moves, and title changes is dead. Beyond, between, and besides the climb up the positional ladder, there are many other ways that employees can-and want to-grow. However, many organizations still operate under the notion that promotions are the only option for career development, leaving employees disengaged, managers frustrated, and the business disadvantaged...

This book offers a fundamentally new conceptual model for the human resource function to meet the challenges of the knowledge economy. It provides concrete suggestions for implementing this model, including numerous examples of effective practices from leading-edge firms. Synthesizes current thinking on knowledge management and intellectual capital and identifies how human resource management can make a value-added contribution. As more organizations...