Great Workplace

Dan Schawbel guides the next generation of leaders to create a workplace where teammates feel genuinely connected, engaged, and empowered to grow strong interpersonal skills rather than relying on technology. Based on Schawbel's exclusive research studies - featuring the perspectives of more than 2,000 managers and employees across different age groups and from the US, UK, China, India, Brazil, and other countries - Back to Human reveals why electronic and virtual communication, though useful, actually contributes to a stronger sense of isolation at work than ever before.

In an age when every business needs to achieve more with fewer resources, Jason Jennings offers a groundbreaking look at how to boost productivity and your bottom line—and no, that doesn't include layoffs. Jennings's research team investigated thousands of companies and identified the world's most productive ones. In Less Is More, Jennings shares tested and successful programs from the leading giants in industry, presents successful programs for enhancing productivity, and explains how businesses of all sizes can emulate these programs to improve their own profitability.

Conventional workplace cultures had been based on boss-led authority and control, often resulting in workers that don’t know, or worse, don’t care or don’t take responsibility for the work they are doing. Breaking the business norms, the "Own It" workplace culture cultivates a courageous workforce and presents tools for driving breakthrough results in today’s ever-changing and demanding marketplace.

This book takes its title from the 1980 comedy film The Gods Must Be Crazy, in which an empty Coca-Cola bottle is dropped from a plane onto a community of African bushmen. The bottle is thought to be a gift from the Gods, but after it incites bitter fighting amongst the villagers, the tribal leader decides to return it to the Gods, embarking upon a journey to the end of the world. Through my own metaphorical coke bottle, I visualize the dawn of a daunting new Empire.

Most organizations have well-written, well-intentioned culture and values statements. The problem: A staggering majority of them are bullsh!t. But there is a way to reimagine your values, your culture, and your brand in a way that inspires tremendous loyalty, builds community, and delivers profits. Whether you're running your own company, coaching a team or just have a passion for success because of people, not on the backs of them, the Belonging Factor is the audiobook you need to inspire people, improve process, and deliver profits.