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Energize Your Workplace - (J-B-Umbs) by Jane E Dutton (Paperback)

Energize Your Workplace - (J-B-Umbs) by  Jane E Dutton (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Corrosive work relationships are like black holes that swallow upenergy that people need to do their jobs. In contrast, high-qualityrelationships generate and sustain energy, equipping people to dowork and do it well. <p/> Grounded in solid research, this book uses energy as ameasurement to describe the power of positive and negativeconnections in people's experience at work. Author Jane Duttonprovides three pathways for turning negative connections intopositive ones that create and sustain employee resilience andflexibility, facilitate the speed and quality of learning, andbuild individual commitment and cooperation. <p/> Through compelling and illustrative stories, Energize YourWorkplace offers managers, executives, and human resourceprofessionals the resources they need to build high-qualityconnections in the workplace.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Corrosive work relationships are like black holes that swallow up energy that people need to do their jobs. In contrast, high-quality relationships generate and sustain energy, equipping people to do work and do it well. <p>Grounded in solid research, this book uses energy as a measurement to describe the power of positive and negative connections in people's experience at work. Author Jane Dutton provides three pathways for turning negative connections into positive ones that create and sustain employee resilience and flexibility, facilitate the speed and quality of learning, and build individual commitment and cooperation.</p> <p>Through compelling and illustrative stories, <i>Energize Your Workplace</i> offers managers, executives, and human resource professionals the resources they need to build high-quality connections in the workplace.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"... simple practical guide to communication in the work place, and the positive effects it can have..." (<i>M2 Best Books</i>, May 2004)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jane E. Dutton is the William Russell Kelly Professor ofBusiness Administration at The University of Michigan. She is theauthor of three books and numerous articles in the area ofrelational work in organizations, which have appeared in Academyof Management Review, Strategic Thinking, and AdministrativeScience Quarterly, among others. Dutton's article, Leading inTimes of Trauma, appeared in the January 2002 issue of HarvardBusiness Review.

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