Judith Leary-Joyce
Pages: 224 Published: April 2004
ISBN: 1843980576
ISBN13: 9781843980575
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Description
Being an 'employer of choice' can make a huge difference to your organisation's performance. If you create a great working environment, not only do great people want to work for you but everyone will strive to deliver their very best.
But how do you become an employer of choice? The companies that the Sunday Times has listed as the 'best places to work' can tell you. From ASDA and Microsoft to Timpson and Bromford Housing Association, all these organisations have one thing in common. They have created an environment in which employees feel valued and respected; in which they feel so connected to the company that they willingly give the effort required to deliver great results.
Judith Leary-Joyce has spoken to leaders, managers and employees within those companies and others to discover the secrets that have made them fantastic places to work. Her book will help you assess your organisation's current claim to greatness and make the business case for creating the sort of truly great company atmosphere that will attract great people who will deliver great results. It will help your organisation become an employer of choice.
Contents
The Business Case
How to Use this Book
Mean What you Say: Make your Reality Match your Principles
Taking on Leadership - Whoever you Are
Communication: Creating Employee Engagement
Management: The Lifeblood of Great Company Culture
Recruit for Attitude, Induct for Culture
Taking Responsibility
Building a Sense of Belonging
360 Degree Service - Going the Extra Mile for Everyone
Presenting a Compelling Case for Action: Bringing People on Board
Related resources
A sample chapter of this publication is available:
Management: The Lifeblood of Great Company Culture
About the author(s)
Judith Leary-Joyce
Judith Leary-Joyce is an expert in leadership and management. She is CEO of Great Companies Consulting, which she established in 2002 after spending the previous year working on the Sunday Times'''' 100 Best Companies to Work For list. She is a board member of the Servent Leadership Centre and was a founder member and, from 1979-1990, MD of the Gestalt Centre, a psychotherapy training institute.
Customer review
'Not just pie-in-the-sky, but a real hard-nosed bottom-line business focus...If managers and leaders use just some of the tools and techniques it demonstrates they should see a significant change in their business...It is grounded in real business practice - the examples used to demonstrate the techniques are of real people doing real business...I was particularly impressed with the final chapter "Presenting a Compelling Case", which sets out some practical steps to develop some of the book's ideas...For anyone who wants to improve their workplace and be seen as a champion of people management.'
Mark Haris
People Management, 15 July 2004
'A wonderfully "user friendly" book...An energising handbook of good practice which will help managers at all levels actively contribute to the creation of a great place to work.'
Paula Harvey
Servant Leadership, July 2004
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