Here you'll find some of the most thoroughly researched, well-written books on a variety of workplace topics.
Featured Review: A Manager's Guide to Coaching: Simple and Effective Ways to Get the BEST Out of Your Employees by Brian Emerson and Anne Loehr
Winning Workplaces review:
We've all heard the expression, "People don't quit companies; they quit people." In other words, managers have the power to turn the employees they supervise into all stars. Conversely, they also have the ability to add them to the attrition total for the year based, in large part, on their attitude. Of course, as a leader you want to try to avoid the latter scenario.
This is where effective coaching comes in, which can help improve both productivity and profitability. (All those voluntary leaves can cost your organization up to 1.5 times their salary in recruiting and retraining costs.) The authors of this guidebook, the co-founders of the Safaris for the Soul worldwide leadership development retreats, put their literally world-class coaching best practices to the page, and get at the real nuts and bolts of what makes for truly great coaching, and how that differs from merely average coaching.
They also explain how crucial a manager's attitude is to getting it right, and how that can strengthen the business. "Focusing on it is more than 'a nice thing to do,'" the authors write. "[It] is perhaps the most vital component in the entire equation, and focusing on it is a manager's business imperative."