Everyone Wants to Work Here: Attract the Best Talent, Energize Your Team, and Be the Leader in Your Market

by Maura Thomas

Be the leader your team wants to follow

You want to be the kind of leader that leaves a legacy of positive impact. You want to lead an exceptional team so you can power your organization's success and unleash the hidden potential in every team member – including yourself! So how do you realize these goals?

In this expansive guide, expert Maura Thomas explores how to combat insidious problems that are costing your organization millions. You can change the status quo with her step-by-step guidance to energize your team, and provide greater focus, transparency, and accountability in the organization. Leaders and aspiring leaders like you will discover how to not only extinguish—but prevent—the dozens of "fires" that pop up all day. You can transform a stressful culture into an empowering one, or a great culture into one where top talent is lining up to be a part of your team. Imagine having consistently productive and satisfying work days, and contributing even more to the organization—but in a way that's inspiring and motivating instead of overwhelming and depleting.

The techniques in this book will not only help you, your team and your organization, they'll boost your ability to contribute in a positive way to families, your community, and the world.

206 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 18, 2023

Reviews

[Dimitri · Rating 5 out of 5]

📕 Why (Not) to read this book (Target Audience)

The book highlights the importance off your brains as a tool for a knowledge worker. Helping us to avoid to be busy but not productive, to change a culture off urgency that puts us in reactive mode, and not pro-active, by applaying workflow management skills: Reduce Pushed information.

👀 How this book changed my daily live (Takeaways)

Increase in knowledge work = thinking is the raw material

The Brain is the most important tool for thinking: Physical & emotional state are what matters for optimal use.
1. Physical state
a. Physical activity to raise oxygen
b. Cat Nap / Quite break
2. Emotional state
a. Daily progress and achievements
b. Promote meaningful work

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn

⁉ Spoiler Alerts (Highlights)

Exhaustion is an option = most people do not disconnect

I am busy but not productive, a Culture off urgency puts us in reactive mode, not pro-active, we need workflow management skills:

- Reduce Pushed information (Sync communication)
○ Flex time results in always on
○ Always connected via mobile devices
○ Multitasking happens to often
○ Remote work = Living where you work

- Increase Information upon request (Async communication)
○ We need controlled attention
○ Avoid constant distraction (meetings, mails, chat)
○ Reduce private chat / mails
○ Increase channels and posts

- Take vacation seriously (Disconnect)
○ Delete mails during holidays

The most important job off a leader is thinking, having an elevated view of the company.
- Spending time on the business not in the business.
Examine how work is done.

[Marcey Rader · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a productivity coach and speaker, I hope to get 1-2 things from a book in my industry. Throughout the book, I kept thinking this was the book I wish I had written! Excellent in capturing leadership challenges in the post-pandemic era of hybrid and remote work. I don't often read or follow many other people in my space because I don't want to copy them, and sometimes that's accidental. While reading this book, there were so many things we both say and analogies we use, just slightly different; I'm afraid people will no longer think I'm original! It affirms and validates what I'm training and coaching my clients on and how I do it.
I recommend this easy read to any manager or leader and their employees. Bravo, Maura Thomas, on an exceptional book!

[Ken Kuznia · Rating 5 out of 5]

In my 23 years of executive recruiting, I’ve learned firsthand why proven producers are so willing to leave their current employer. Companies have traditionally defaulted to salary increases and promotions but recent years have exposed these quick fixes as quite ineffective. Top talent left anyway. Maura Thomas’ new book, "Everyone Wants to Work Here" profoundly provides the answers leaders seek. Her book serves as guide to help companies create healthy cultures where employees thrive, are more productive, and actually *want* to work where they are. – Ken Kuznia, Owner, Point Blank Recruiting, Inc.

[Kristina]

Did not finish. Seemed aimed primarily at knowledge workers.