Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace

Make work suck less and improve the performance of your people with this practical, hands-on guide

The COVID-19 pandemic and an ever-changing array of new ways of working seem to have all of us asking, "Does work really have to suck this bad?" It looks like a small taste of flexibility and freedom has made many of us rethink the nature of the work we do and how we do it.

In Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace, Mercer's North American Transformation Leader Melissa Swift delivers an eye-opening roadmap to better work that generates wins for companies and employees alike. In the book, you'll explore different ways to improve the growth-impeding, borderline inhumane people management practices we've created and endured over time. You'll also find:

• 50 strategies to create a powerhouse workplace at organizational level
• 50 strategies to create a powerhouse workplace at team level
• A simple framework to help you make people-centered decisions

An incisive and practical take on managing and working with people that--for once--doesn't rely on hackneyed idealism or management-by-algorithm, Work Here Now is the hands-on performance improvement tool that executives, managers, HR professionals, and other business leaders have been searching for.

ISBN-13: 9781119895275

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Wiley

Publication Date: 01-12-2023

Pages: 256

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

Melissa Swift is the North American Transformation Leader at Mercer. Melissa helps clients bring their workforces to a different and better future. Her work leverages data analytics and a humanist view of the workplace to create extraordinary outcomes. She has been named a “Top Influencer on the Future of Work” by Onalytica.

Table of Contents

Chapter 2: The Anxiety Monster and the Boss Baby Customer: Slaying Work’s Monsters

Chapter 3: Breaking the Copy Machine: Switching off the Past, Switching on the Future

Chapter 4: Decisions About People, for People: How to Make Human-Centric Decisions

Chapter 5: Tech Dreams, Tech Nightmares: Couples Counseling for Humans and Technology

Chapter 6: The Intentional Workforce: Combatting the Great Resignation by Managing Working Populations More Thoughtfully

Chapter 7: Hippos Under the Lagoon: The Powerful Effects of Immigration, Migration, and Incarceration on Your Workforce

Chapter 8: Defeating Greedy Work and Animal Farm Syndrome: Two Critical Levers for an Awesome Working Culture

Chapter 9: A Good Day at Work, Every Day: Towards a Realistic, Human Future of Work