12: The Elements of Great Managing

12: The Elements of Great Managing

12: The Elements of Great Managing

12: The Elements of Great Managing

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Overview

Based on the largest worldwide study of employee engagement and more than a decade of research, Gallup explains the 12 elements essential to motivating employees and features the inspiring stories of 12 managers who succeeded in these dimensions.

More than a decade ago, Gallup combed through its database of more than 1 million employee and manager interviews to identify the elements most important in sustaining workplace excellence. These elements were revealed in the international bestseller First, Break All the Rules.

12: The Elements of Great Managing is that book’s long-awaited sequel. It follows great managers as they harness employee engagement to turn around a failing call center, save a struggling hotel, improve patient care in a hospital, maintain production through power outages, and successfully face a host of other challenges in settings around the world.

Gallup’s study now includes 10 million employee and manager interviews spanning 114 countries and conducted in 41 languages. In 12, Gallup weaves its latest insights with recent discoveries in the fields of neuroscience, game theory, psychology, sociology and economics.

Written for managers and employees of companies large and small, 12 explains what every company needs to know about creating and sustaining employee engagement.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781595620477
Publisher: Gallup Press
Publication date: 12/02/2014
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 280
File size: 842 KB

About the Author

Gallup is a global analytics and advice firm that helps leaders and organizations solve their most pressing problems.

James K. Harter, Ph.D., is chief scientist for Gallup’s international workplace management practice and coauthor of “Manage Your Human Sigma,” published in the Harvard Business Review. Dr. Harter has authored or coauthored more than 1,000 research studies for profit and nonprofit organizations. Some of this research has been popularized in the business bestsellers First, Break All the Rules, and How Full Is Your Bucket? and in academic articles, book chapters, and publications such as USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

What People are Saying About This

Ed Diener

"This wonderfully documented book provides a clear case for the elements that enhance employee engagement in organizations. Implementing the recommendations in 12 will most certainly increase the productivity of your employees."--(Ed Diener, Ph.D., Alumni Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois)

John Moore

"12 is one of the most worthwhile books I've ever read on managing people."--(John Moore, author of Tribal Knowledge: Business Wisdom Brewed From the Grounds of Starbucks Corporate Culture)

Richard Florida

"This book picks up where the late, great Peter Drucker left off. Rodd Wagner and Jim Harter have nailed it, providing the concepts, evidence, and practical advice that will guide the much-needed revolution in the theory and practice of managing. The chapter on the psychology of pay is a must-read for every single manager out there. If you read only one business book this year, 12 should be it."--(Richard Florida, Ph.D., Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University and author of The Rise of the Creative Class)

Frank Schmidt

"12 spells out in a highly readable style what good managers do to create employee engagement and the business benefits it brings. A truly practical and valuable book for the business world."--(Frank Schmidt, Ph.D., Professor of Human Resources, Department of Management and Organizations, University of Iowa)

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