On Fire at Work: How Great Companies Ignite Passion in Their People Without Burning Them Out - Hardcover

Chester, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0768408164 ISBN 13: 9780768408164

Publisher: Sound Wisdom, 2015

Synopsis

On Fire at Work flies in the face of other books on workplace culture by showing that employee engagement isn't the ultimate goal--it's merely the starting point. Renowned leadership expert Eric Chester has gone straight to the source--top-tier leaders of the world's best places to work to uncover their best practice strategies for getting employees to work harder, perform better, and stay longer.   On Fire at Work features examples and original stories from exclusive personal interviews with over 25 founders/CEOs/presidents of companies like Marriott, Siemens, BB&T Bank, Wegmans, 7-Eleven, Hormel, Canadian WestJet, Ben & Jerry's, and The Container Store, along with smaller companies like Firehouse Subs, the Nerdery, and Build-A-Bear. The guiding principle is that any organization in any industry--from Fortune 500 firms to mom-and-pop shops--can learn how to bring out the very best in their employees.
The book's content-rich research and conversational case study-based narrative make it a timely, actionable go-to reference on employee performance and productivity for C-level execs, corporate and government managers, HR professionals, and small business owners.

On Fire at Work is a practical field guide that any organization can implement to build, not an engaged workforce, but a workforce that's on fire!

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

WHAT KEY QUESTION do managers and supervisors at Marriott Hotels ask their employees each day enabling them to maintain a turnover rate that is one third of the industry standard? Why are there more than 500 "co-Presidents" at a software firm that has twice been recognized as the best place to work in Minneapolis? Why does a burgeoning healthcare consultancy firm in Philadelphia ban its people from sending business-related emails after 6 p.m. and on weekends?

The answer to these intriguing questions--along with many others--can be found in this fascinating and informative book. In the pages that follow, Eric Chester reveals the seven cultural pillars that today's leading employers focus on to attract and retain top talent:

Compensation
Alignment
Atmosphere
Growth
Acknowledgment
Communication
Autonomy

On Fire at Work is a practical field guide that leaders in any organization can implement to build more than an engaged workforce, but rather a workforce that's on fire!

On Fire at Work flies in the face of other books on workplace culture by showing that employee engagement isn't the ultimate goal--it's merely the starting point. Renowned leadership expert Eric Chester has gone straight to the source--top-tier leaders of the world's best places to work--to uncover their best-practice strategies for getting employees to work harder, perform better, and stay longer.

Featuring examples and original stories from exclusive personal interviews with over 25 founders/CEOs/presidents of companies like Marriott, Siemens Industrial, BB&T Bank, Wegmans, 7-Eleven, Canadian WestJet, Ben & Jerry's, and The Container Store, along with small to midsized companies like Firehouse Subs, EKS&H, the Nerdery, and Build-ABear, the guiding principle is that any organization in any industry--from Fortune 500 firms to mom-and-pop shops--can learn how to attract the best available talent and get every employee to bring their very best effort to the job every single day.

About the Author:

For more than 15 years, Eric Chester has been the leading voice in recruiting, training, managing, motivating, and retaining the emerging workforce. Eric Chester is the co-author and publisher of eight anthology-style books for teens and young adults in the renowned Teen Power series, with more than 350,000 books printed and sold from 1995 to 2005. He is the author of three business leadership books focused on the employability of America's 80 million post-Gen X'ers, as well as two books for teens and young adults designed to help them be productive and highly valued employees. The first speaker to address the cohort of Generation Y (Millennials) as the new workforce, Eric Chester is currently the only industry expert in the world on the topic of developing work ethic in the emerging workforce.  He is also the creator of a work ethic-based curriculum and training program being used in hundreds of schools and colleges in America. Find out more at: ericchester.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Sound Wisdom
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0768408164
• ISBN 13: 9780768408164
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256