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Cynthia’s Book Review for Business Professionals
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The New Workforce
In The New Workforce, by Harriet Hankin, trends provide useful insight for guiding decision makers and employers towards understanding their employees’ expectations. Hankin’s research sources are from her personal experience and from libraries, the Internet, interviews, case studies, and business experiences.
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What Happy People Know
According to the authors’ research, happiness is a “relatively rare
quality”. In a recent study, 67% of the Americans surveyed described
themselves as living an almost joyless lifestyle. America has become a
society largely characterized by the fear of not having enough or not
being enough. Deeply rooted in the physiology of our brains is the fact
that if one is fearful, one cannot be happy.
The authors, Dan
Baker, Ph.D. and Cameron Stauth, define happiness as
a condition resulting from twelve essential Happiness Qualities.
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Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em, … Getting Good People
to Stay
It’s a fact. Employees can generally resign from your
organization at any time, especially during the first quarter of the
year. Employees resign for a variety of reasons. We also know that not all turnover is bad yet when your best talent sends
you their resignation, let’s face it. It does cause some pain.
But there are solutions to this problem
in Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans' book.
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big
Difference
Tickle Me Elmo, Italian Charm Bracelets, Starbuck’s Coffee, SUV’s—what
happened that people scramble to get them? These products have reached
their “Tipping Point”, as defined in this book by Malcolm Gladwell.
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Generations at Work
Take
a look around your organization. Do you notice anything different? The
times, they are a-changing! Four generations of people most likely make
up your current workforce. As business professionals, it is
imperative that we understand these generations. Failure to gain an
understanding can impede our ability to recruit, lead, develop, and
succeed.
This book by Rom Zemke, Claire Raines, and Bob Filipczak, offers a mix of
sociological insights and practical solutions to the challenges that
result from a multigenerational workforce.
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