Angels in the Workplace: Stories and Inspirations for Creating a New World of Work - Hardcover

Giovagnoli, Melissa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078794369X ISBN 13: 9780787943691

Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1998

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Recounting the good deeds of average supervisors, employees, teachers, and volunteers who exhibit angelic virtues in the world of work, the author provides down-to-earth advice about how readers can put such traits into practice. 20,000 first printing. Tour.

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MELISSA GIOVAGNOLI is a highly respected consultant, author, and professional speaker on the subject of human potential development. She is also a thought leader in the area of building quality social networks as a key strategy for organizational and community growth. She is the coauthor of The Power of Two, and 75 Cage-Rattling Questions to Change the Way You Work, and the author of Make Your Connections Count. She has worked with dozens of Fortune 500 companies.

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For sixteen years, noted business author and consultant Melissa Giovagnoli has visited companies across the country. And every place she goes, she finds too many workers struggling with feelings of alienation and job dissatisfaction. But she's also come across dozens of ordinary people whose extraordinary actions have made the work experience more rewarding for all concerned. These people are, by every account, angels in the workplace.
On these pages, you'll find the angels' stories and you'll discover how even small acts of kindness can transform entire organizations. More important, you'll realize that you can do the same. Part inspiration and part instruction, Angels in the Workplace is your guide to bringing joy and purpose back into your daily life and into the lives of those around you.
Here is the tale of a telemarketing firm owner whose personal generosity toward her employees made for low turnover, stellar customer service, and increased business. Then there's the story of Momma Hawk, a Chicago high-school teacher who's given fresh hope to hundreds of at-risk students through the innovative learning program she established.
You'll also learn about an impoverished woman in El Salvador who turned a one-hundred-dollar loan into new prosperity for herself and her entire community. And you'll cheer the rising young corporate executive who reinvigorated his career-and saved his colleagues' jobs-by courageously challenging the downsizing plans of top management.
With these stories and more, Angels in the Workplace shows how people from all walks of life have followed seven simple principles to the betterment of their lives, their organizations, and their communities. The author hopes you might do the same and, to that end, provides a number of strategies, action steps, and exercises for bringing out the angel that resides in us all.

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For sixteen years, noted business author and consultant Melissa Giovagnoli has visited companies across the country. And every place she goes, she finds too many workers struggling with feelings of alienation and job dissatisfaction. But she's also come across dozens of ordinary people whose extraordinary actions have made the work experience more rewarding for all concerned. These people are, by every account, angels in the workplace.On these pages, you'll find the angels' stories and you'll discover how even small acts of kindness can transform entire organizations. More important, you'll realize that you can do the same. Part inspiration and part instruction, Angels in the Workplace is your guide to bringing joy and purpose back into your daily life and into the lives of those around you.Here is the tale of a telemarketing firm owner whose personal generosity toward her employees made for low turnover, stellar customer service, and increased business. Then there's the story of Momma Hawk, a Chicago high-school teacher who's given fresh hope to hundreds of at-risk students through the innovative learning program she established.You'll also learn about an impoverished woman in El Salvador who turned a one-hundred-dollar loan into new prosperity for herself and her entire community. And you'll cheer the rising young corporate executive who reinvigorated his career-and saved his colleagues' jobs-by courageously challenging the downsizing plans of top management.With these stories and more, Angels in the Workplace shows how people from all walks of life have followed seven simple principles to the betterment of their lives, their organizations, and their communities. The author hopes you might do the same and, to that And, provides a number of strategies, action steps, and exercises for bringing out the angel that resides in us all.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 078794369X
• ISBN 13: 9780787943691
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 214
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