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Widgets: The 12 New Rules for Managing Your Employees as if They're Real People - Hardcover | Diverse Reads

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New York Times bestselling author Rodd Wagner tackles one of the most destructive problems facing organizations today–the breakdown of the relationship between employees and the organizations they work for

"Your people are not your greatest asset. They're not yours, and they're not assets."

With this declaration, one of the leading authorities on employee performance rolls up his sleeves against the weasel words, contradictions, bad habits, and intrusions that reduce people to "human resources." To "FTEs." To "human capital." To flesh-and-blood widgets.

Armed with empirical evidence from the provocative studies he leads around the globe, Wagner guides you through the new realities of what it takes to get the highest levels of intensity from people in a more mercenary, skeptical, and wired work world. He explains how elements such as individualization, fearlessness, transparency, recognition, and coolness are reciprocated with loyalty, productivity, innovation, and—inescapably—corporate reputation.

ISBN-13: 9780071847780

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC

Publication Date: 04-14-2015

Pages: 288

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

Rodd Wagner is a New York Times bestselling author and a leading authority on employee engagement. He serves as Vice President of Employee Engagement Strategy for BI Worldwide.

Table of Contents

Introduction: "Human Resources" 1

The Foundation: The Reciprocal Employee 11

The First Rule: Get Inside Their Heads 25

The Second Rule: Make Them Fearless 39

The Third Rule: Make Money a Non-Issue 53

The Fourth Rule: Help Them Thrive 67

The Fifth Rule: Be Cool 81

The Sixth Rule: Be Boldly Transparent 95

The Seventh Rule: Don't Kill the Meaning 109

The Eighth Rule: See Their Future 123

The Ninth Rule: Magnify Their Success 137

The Tenth Rule: Unite Them 149

The Eleventh Rule: Let Them Lead 163

The Twelfth Rule: Take It to Extremes 175

"Is 'Paradise' Too Over the Top?": Handling the Truth 189

The Future of So-Called Engagement: The Profitable Pursuit of Happiness 203

Appendix: The Science Behind the New Rules-Engineering a Better Vehicle 211

Notes 235

Acknowledgments 267

Index 271