article thumbnail

30+ Books on Working Human

WorkHuman

Here’s a fun stat for my fellow literary nerds: Iceland publishes more books per capita than any other country in the world. Iceland is so well-read, in fact, that it has a national tradition named Jolabokaflod: “Christmas Book Flood.” Books are typically given on Christmas Eve, and people spend the whole night reading.

article thumbnail

The Official WorkHuman Reading List

WorkHuman

Calling all book nerds! Four years of building content for Globoforce’s WorkHuman conference means we’ve partnered with the brightest minds and best-selling authors – like Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Brené Brown – who are leading the change in HR and business. Read the rest of this post on the Globoforce blog.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Employee Engagement Is a Financial Strategy

HR Bartender

The rationale being that engaged employees are highly productive. And productivity fuels the business. According to Jacob Morgan’s book “Employee Experience Advantage”, it’s about creating an outstanding employee experience. We spend a lot of time talking about creating employee engagement. is a barrier to engagement.

article thumbnail

The Power of Thanks * Read All about It in Our Latest Book

RecognizeThis!

.” In 2014, I worked on many inspiring and challenging projects, but one I am particularly proud of released today – our newest book, The Power of Thanks: How Social Recognition Empowers Employees and Creates a Best Place to Work. As Eric has said about the book: “ The Power of Thanks is more than just the title of the book.

article thumbnail

Want More Employee Productivity? Figure Out Their “Flow”

HR Bartender

I was excited to see that flow is one of the topics being covered at this year’s WorkHuman conference powered by Globoforce. It’s described as peak experience and peak performance — highly productivity and innately worthwhile. And, of course, I wholeheartedly recommend Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ’s books.

article thumbnail

Science-Backed Ways to Run Better Meetings

WorkHuman

His new book, “ The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance ,” will be released early next year. Globoforce: Can you share more about your new book and why you wrote it? Steven: This book is a culmination of 15 years of research and thousands of surveys and interviews across the globe.

Meeting 70
article thumbnail

The Business Benefits of Mindful Leadership

HR Bartender

He’s also the author of the book, “ Urban Monk ”. An uninspired worker is not going to be very productive. There’s a good read in Harvard Business Review titled, “ Proof that Positive Work Cultures are More Productive ”. When employees are happy, they’re productive. And when they’re productive, they will stay.