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How to foster happier employees for a healthier bottom line

Managers could learn a lot from a message echoed by generations of dairy farmers: Contented cows give better milk. This book is not, repeat, not a management tome. In this fully revised and expanded edition to a book which absolutely, positively makes the case that treating people right is one of the best things any business can do for its bottom line, Contented Cows Still Give Better Milk offers sound, practical advice for those who know that their reputation as an employer is as important as bandwidth.

  • Offers updated case studies and new examples from on-site research in a number of real organizations, as well as inspiring examples of companies that know how to do it right . . . and few that didn''t
  • Fad-free prescriptive advice informed by the authors'' combined four-plus decades of training and consulting with thousands of managers and employees, conducting employee engagement

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments ix

    Introduction xi

    Part I The Premise 1

    Chapter 1 Just the Facts 3

    Chapter 2 Cows with Attitude 21

    Part II Contented Cows Are Committed 41

    Chapter 3 The “Vision Thing”: Passengers or Crew 43

    Chapter 4 The Path to Commitment 53

    Part III Contented Cows Are Cared About 63

    Chapter 5 First You Feed the Troops 65

    Chapter 6 Tell ’Em the Truth 85

    Chapter 7 When Times Get Tough 95

    Chapter 8 Contented Cows Are Connected 115

    Chapter 9 A Case for Some Useful Benefits 129

    Part IV Contented Cows Are Enabled 147

    Chapter 10 Empower This! 149

    Chapter 11 Enabled Employees Are Incredibly Well Trained 157

    Chapter 12 Enabled Employees Are Tooled 169

    Chapter 13 Enabled Employees Are Trusted 181

    Chapter 14 When the Contented Cows Come Home (Speculations on the Near Future) 189

    Notes 195

    Index 199

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/07/2012
      ISBN13: 9781118292730, 978-1118292730
      ISBN10: 1118292731
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How to foster happier employees for a healthier bottom line

      Managers could learn a lot from a message echoed by generations of dairy farmers: Contented cows give better milk. This book is not, repeat, not a management tome. In this fully revised and expanded edition to a book which absolutely, positively makes the case that treating people right is one of the best things any business can do for its bottom line, Contented Cows Still Give Better Milk offers sound, practical advice for those who know that their reputation as an employer is as important as bandwidth.

      • Offers updated case studies and new examples from on-site research in a number of real organizations, as well as inspiring examples of companies that know how to do it right . . . and few that didn''t
      • Fad-free prescriptive advice informed by the authors'' combined four-plus decades of training and consulting with thousands of managers and employees, conducting employee engagement

        Table of Contents

        Acknowledgments ix

        Introduction xi

        Part I The Premise 1

        Chapter 1 Just the Facts 3

        Chapter 2 Cows with Attitude 21

        Part II Contented Cows Are Committed 41

        Chapter 3 The “Vision Thing”: Passengers or Crew 43

        Chapter 4 The Path to Commitment 53

        Part III Contented Cows Are Cared About 63

        Chapter 5 First You Feed the Troops 65

        Chapter 6 Tell ’Em the Truth 85

        Chapter 7 When Times Get Tough 95

        Chapter 8 Contented Cows Are Connected 115

        Chapter 9 A Case for Some Useful Benefits 129

        Part IV Contented Cows Are Enabled 147

        Chapter 10 Empower This! 149

        Chapter 11 Enabled Employees Are Incredibly Well Trained 157

        Chapter 12 Enabled Employees Are Tooled 169

        Chapter 13 Enabled Employees Are Trusted 181

        Chapter 14 When the Contented Cows Come Home (Speculations on the Near Future) 189

        Notes 195

        Index 199

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