Description
Book SynopsisThe essential guide to creating an honest, ethical workplace culture in any industry
In The Managerâs Book of Decencies, Stephen Harrison showed how even the smallest gestures can produce big results and change the culture of an entire workforce. Now the author of that prescient bestseller has teamed up with Jim Lukaszewski, Americaâs Crisis Guru to write the definitive guide to transforming or restoring your workplace into a showplace of honest, ethical behavior.
Accountability, civility, compassion, empathy, honesty, humility, and principle: these are the seven characteristics embodied by every truly decent leader. The best organizations develop and maintain a civil culture, valuing ethical behavior, honesty, and integrity as much, or even more, than profitability.
The Decency Code provides you with practical pathways to creating or restoring that type of culture. These strategies address the evolving workplace: flexible, fast-mo
Table of Contents
Foreword
A Welcome Note From the Authors
CHAPTER 1 Why Now?
CHAPTER 2 Corporate Culture and
Employee Engagement
CHAPTER 3 Decencies: A Working Definition
CHAPTER 4 The Business Case for Decency
CHAPTER 5 The Elements of Decency and
How They Work Together
CHAPTER 6 Decencies are Contagious
CHAPTER 7 Employee Engagement In Action
CHAPTER 8 Decency When It’s Time to Say Goodbye
CHAPTER 9 The Incident at Harkins Industries
A Closing Perspective From the Authors
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
