Description
Book SynopsisThis game-changing âœhow-toâ shows leaders how to increase engagement by harnessing employeesâ motivation for happiness.
Our efforts to increase employee engagement are failing because employees simply arenât motivated to improve their engagement. In this illuminating book from Eric Karpinski, managers and team leaders will learn the key to effectively engaging employees: focus on happiness. But not all types of happiness drive engagement; by selecting specific strategies that activate employeesâ inherent motivation for certain types of happiness, you can simultaneously boost engagement and organizational performance. Everybody wins.
In Put Happiness to Work, Karpinski draws on his deep experience at the intersection of business and psychology to lay out a step-by-step program that includes specific activities to enhance engagement and generate happiness at work. Utilizing existing work habits and meetings, these dynamic yet simple
Table of Contents
Foreword by Shawn Achor
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1
Happiness Drives Engagement
CHAPTER 2
Integrating Happiness and Engagement
CHAPTER 3
Strategy 1: Hardwire Authentic Appreciation
CHAPTER 4
Strategy 2: Cultivate Connection
CHAPTER 5
Strategy 3: Put Stress to Work
CHAPTER 6
Strategy 4: Activate Employee Superpowers
CHAPTER 7
Strategy 5: Mine for Meaning
CHAPTER 8
Strategy 6: Embrace the Negative
CHAPTER 9
Strategy 7: Approach as a Coach
CONCLUSION
Implementing the Seven Strategies
APPENDIX 1
Habits and Exercises
APPENDIX 2
Negative Emotions List
Glossary
Notes
Index
