The New Rules of Engagement(c) Life-Work Balance and Employee Commitment

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ISBN: N/A
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2006
Pages: 131

Authors: Sandra K. Johnson, Gerrit Huizenga, Badari Pulavarty

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Table of Contents
BackCover
The New Rules of Engagement-Life-Work Balance and Employee Commitment
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Trust-The Thing That Went Away
A combination of circumstances
Being a flexible friend
Dramatically shifting expectations
Counting the cost of separation
Not much belief left in the system
Exacting punitive revenge
A severe shortage of people managers
Why companies can t engage their employees
The disinterested employee
Key Issues
Chapter 2: So How Much Trouble Are We In?
Bent bosses, fat cats and wage slaves
Let the stone throwing commence
Key Issues
Chapter 3: What Employees Really Think
Extreme motivation
What does all this tell us?
Being CEO for the day
What to do about this?
Key Issues
Chapter 4: It s Their Lifestyle Not Your Workstyle That Counts
Flexibility in work, time and lifestyle
Worklife balance, NO
It s all about convenience
Time gentlemen, please
Just give me the time and keep the money
It s an age thing too
Twinkies (under 20s, also known as cyber-kids)
Point n clickers (20-25)
Generation X (25-35)
Middle-aged and manic (35-45)
Growing old frantically (45-55)
Grey tops (55 and over )
Keep abreast of employee lifestyle expectations
It s the geography, stupid
Banking on a smooth transition
Barbecues by the lake
It s a family lifestyle thing too
Easing the commute
Too flexible? Yes, so stop it
Wellness is goodness
Making the reward structure flexible
Key Issues
Chapter 5: Great Employees . . . Where?
The wonders of the worldwide web
Looking for a real fit
Don t oversell
I know what you did last summer
Ability to change jobs
Don t make mobility a condition
Take on the risk
Dealing with the diversity question
What makes an employee engaged?
The employee engagement wish-list
Leading those lifestyleworkstyle revolutionaries
We are dramatically different
Motivation
Developing leaders
New jobs for a new corporate age
Key Issues
Chapter 6: Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
No one seems sure whose responsibility internal communications is
No one seems sure of the skills required to manage internal communications
The rotating communication co-ordinator
No one is quite sure what is supposed to be achieved
The 12 Cs of communication
The nine stages of a message
A landscape strewn with fallen idols
Key Issues
Chapter 7: Creating Commitment: The HR Challenge
Aligning HR strategy with business strategy
New rules - new job titles?
Key Issues
Chapter 8: What s Going To Happen Next?
Get some managers who can manage
Hiring teams of talent
The talent agent finally arrives
Share your talent with others
Working with outsourced employees
Diversity rules
More of the action
The age of the unknown competitor
The talent officer in your business
Head-to-head with the CEO
Count the cost and scare them too
One: making the case for change
Two: endorsement of your needs for change
Key Issues
Conclusion
Watch out for employer of choice battles
The I m-best-at-being-me syndrome
Walk the talk or we walk out
Let s be ethical too
Just not sexy enough
A new renaissance?
Start thinking of maximising minorities
Reputation
What I really, really want
Index
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Index_V
Index_W
Index_Z
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Sidebars