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What Happy Companies Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Company for the Better
"What Happy Companies Know will be one of the most important business books in our time. The science of happiness is a crucial strategy for the health and wellness of both leaders and their organizations if they are truly capable of `leading beyond the walls'-getting the best from people both within and beyond the organization."---Frances Hesselbein, founding president and current chairman, Leader to Leader Institute
"...Relevant to both the CEO concerned with motivating workers and the employee figuring out how to improve personal coping skills."---Publishers Weekly
"As a former U.S. Secretary of Labor, I've been involved in countless business and labor negotiations. I've generally witnessed situations when companies were at their worst, and can't help but think that if they were `happy companies' things might have been less stressful. What Happy Companies Know is filled with brilliant and original ideas that can improve the health of any company-big or small. The executive health and business culture principles are applicable to all areas of labor relations. This book provides the tools necessary to assist companies in the planning and organization essential for profitable and positive negotiations."---W.J. Usery, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Labor
"The authors' central concept that `happiness' is not a result, but rather the cause of success, will change basic business thinking. Instead of ROI, they focus on ROP, return on people, and encourage applying the techniques of the human potential movement to the process of doing business. This book should be on the reading list of every executive and every board member of every type of organization."---Jonathan Estrin, executive vice president, American Film Institute
"Filled with practical ways to master `the softer side' of business, this guide will help employers effectively implement change and produce more cooperative, innovative, and dedicated employees...Thanks to the authors' thorough research and accessible style, readers will understand not just how to improve their companies, but why it's necessary. Original and intelligent-a `complete blueprint' for building a happy and successful organization."---Kirkus Reports
"...Relevant to both the CEO concerned with motivating workers and the employee figuring out how to improve personal coping skills."---Publishers Weekly
"As a former U.S. Secretary of Labor, I've been involved in countless business and labor negotiations. I've generally witnessed situations when companies were at their worst, and can't help but think that if they were `happy companies' things might have been less stressful. What Happy Companies Know is filled with brilliant and original ideas that can improve the health of any company-big or small. The executive health and business culture principles are applicable to all areas of labor relations. This book provides the tools necessary to assist companies in the planning and organization essential for profitable and positive negotiations."---W.J. Usery, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Labor
"The authors' central concept that `happiness' is not a result, but rather the cause of success, will change basic business thinking. Instead of ROI, they focus on ROP, return on people, and encourage applying the techniques of the human potential movement to the process of doing business. This book should be on the reading list of every executive and every board member of every type of organization."---Jonathan Estrin, executive vice president, American Film Institute
"Filled with practical ways to master `the softer side' of business, this guide will help employers effectively implement change and produce more cooperative, innovative, and dedicated employees...Thanks to the authors' thorough research and accessible style, readers will understand not just how to improve their companies, but why it's necessary. Original and intelligent-a `complete blueprint' for building a happy and successful organization."---Kirkus Reports
298 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 2006
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September 24, 2020
Good read and very enlightening. Helped to understand what causes stress and best ways to deal with it. Good mix of science and layman.
August 4, 2014
Desde Leader Summaries recomendamos la lectura del libro Lo que saben las empresas felices, de Collins Hemingway y Dan Baker y Cathy Greenberg.
Las personas interesadas en las siguientes temáticas lo encontrarán práctico y útil: recursos humanos, mejorar el clima laboral.
En el siguiente enlace tienes el resumen del libro Lo que saben las empresas felices, Las claves del bienestar en las organizaciones: Lo que saben las empresas felices
Las personas interesadas en las siguientes temáticas lo encontrarán práctico y útil: recursos humanos, mejorar el clima laboral.
En el siguiente enlace tienes el resumen del libro Lo que saben las empresas felices, Las claves del bienestar en las organizaciones: Lo que saben las empresas felices
January 13, 2011
Yes, those are cheesy stock photos of happy people on the cover. And,
Yes, this book is better than those graphics would suggest. A thorough examination of how positive organization and personnel dynamics can lead to corporate success. Perhaps lacking in cogent real-world application strategies and glosses over the neuroscience. Key take away: Opportunity-Seeking trumps Problem-Solving.
Yes, this book is better than those graphics would suggest. A thorough examination of how positive organization and personnel dynamics can lead to corporate success. Perhaps lacking in cogent real-world application strategies and glosses over the neuroscience. Key take away: Opportunity-Seeking trumps Problem-Solving.
April 16, 2008
Discover how the innate search for happiness affects how your employees work, how your co-workers work, and how you work. This is like the self-help book for a company, but also lends plenty for the happiness of a department, team and each individual employee. Not just for CEOs.
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