Widgets, Rodd Wagner
Widgets, Rodd Wagner
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Widgets
The 12 New Rules for Managing Your Employees as if They're Real People

Author: Rodd Wagner

Narrator: Rodd Wagner

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/14/2015


Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Rodd Wagner tackles one of the most destructive problems facing organizations today–the breakdown of the relationship between employees and the organizations they work for

"Your people are not your greatest asset. They're not yours, and they're not assets."

With this declaration, one of the leading authorities on employee performance rolls up his sleeves against the weasel words, contradictions, bad habits, and intrusions that reduce people to "human resources." To "FTEs." To "human capital." To flesh-and-blood widgets.

Armed with empirical evidence from the provocative studies he leads around the globe, Wagner guides you through the new realities of what it takes to get the highest levels of intensity from people in a more mercenary, skeptical, and wired work world. He explains how elements such as individualization, fearlessness, transparency, recognition, and coolness are reciprocated with loyalty, productivity, innovation, and--inescapably--corporate reputation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marci on October 12, 2015

And, at the widgets website there's a free assessment to measure your own level of employee engagement. Good luck.......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on May 08, 2019

This was pretty straight-forward and maybe not earth-shattering, but the info was valuable and it's a good read for anyone who got a business degree and had their heads stuffed with all the out-of-date cynical nonsense colleges teach these days. It definitely had useful points about investing in emp......more

Goodreads review by Darren on May 05, 2015

Most companies fail to get the best out of “their” employees, making mistake after mistake along the way and possibly compounding issues by pretending to care. Sometimes they even do care, in their own special way, yet their behaviour is so clumsy and formulaic that it is working against itself. This......more

Goodreads review by David on March 04, 2016

I was looking for a list of rules to think about and put into practice to help me lead my team better and help make work a better experience. What I got was 12 chapters of complaining about awful things that companies do. I already know all that - I work for a company. I've never read such a negativ......more

Goodreads review by Denise on June 11, 2015

This should not even have to be a book, bosses should treat their employees as people and not just as another cog in the wheel. I am fortunate to only manage a few people however I can see how this would be a lot more useful a book for those managing hundreds. A lot of managers needs to step back an......more