Engaging Teams: How to use Social Wellbeing to Boost Performance, Retention and Culture

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Nick Smallman Dan Parry

Engaging Teams

How to use Social Wellbeing to Boost Performance, Retention and Culture

Nick Smallman, Dan Parry

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Kogan Page Ltd
03 March 2025

Personnel & human resources management

Businesses are struggling with unprecedented levels of disengagement. According to Gallup, quiet-quitting costs organizations $8.9 trillion in lost productivity. Engaging Teams provides an effective solution to this problem.

Large US organizations spend about $11 million a year on wellbeing initiatives, with virtually none making any real difference. Full of extensive analysis of academic research, business data and C-suite insights, Engaging Teams demonstrates how individuals, teams, organizations and leaders can strengthen engagement and get the best from their people.

Offering practical guidance and actionable advice, this book provides a step-by-step path to tackling issues like leading through change, multigenerational communication and failures in critical thinking by building healthier and more successful team environments.

A blueprint for leaders and HR professionals, the book uses real-world examples from companies including NASA, Microsoft, Citigroup, Johnson & Johnson, Google, Lenovo, Ikea and Qantas to show the value of skills in agile thinking, emotional intelligence, ongoing feedback and problem-solving. Accessible, clear-sighted and far-reaching, Engaging Teams is essential reading for anyone looking to drive motivation, productivity, resilience and retention.

By: Nick Smallman, Dan Parry
Imprint: Kogan Page Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 388g
ISBN: 9781398619722
ISBN 10: 1398619728
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter - 01: Why employee engagement is so important for your organization; Chapter - 02: The need for engagement from every level of the business ; Chapter - 03: Improving employee engagement in individuals; Chapter - 04: Upskilling, reskilling and the need for growth opportunities; Chapter - 05: Driving employee engagement in teams; Chapter - 06: Developing workforce behaviours for happy, healthy and productive team environments; Chapter - 07: Engagement in in-person, hybrid and remote teams; Chapter - 08: Agile thinking, problem solving and ongoing feedback; Chapter - 09: Employee engagement at organizational level; Chapter - 10: Optimising company structure and culture; Chapter - 11: Storytelling with data; Chapter - 12: Making employee engagement a business priority

Nick Smallman is Founder and CEO of Working Voices, a consultancy and training provider. For the last 27 years he has been advising global blue-chip clients on engagement, leadership and communication. He is based in London, UK. Dan Parry is the Head of Communications at Working Voices. He began his career as a broadcast journalist at BBC News and has more than 30 years' experience in the media. He is based in London, UK.

Reviews for Engaging Teams: How to use Social Wellbeing to Boost Performance, Retention and Culture

""Packed with humour and hard truths, this book will change how you think about leadership, wellbeing and the future of work. This witty and thought-provoking book about engaging teams will undoubtedly keep you engaged. Packed with jaw-dropping insights that make you raise your eyebrows one moment and chuckle the next, it masterfully balances humour with hard-hitting truths. More than just ideas, it offers practical solutions for rethinking wellbeing and humanizing the workplace."" * Anetta Nova, Strategic Advisor * ""An honest, emotional context for leadership. This book brilliantly demonstrates the reality of emotional vulnerability and its impact on teams! Recognizing social wellbeing is shown to be instrumental to a leader's success. A great read for those who want to better themselves in return for a highly functioning successful team."" * Dr Mateen Jiwani, Executive Healthcare Leader, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust * ""A good analysis of what gets in the way of wellbeing in the workplace and how we got here, and a compelling blueprint for what we can do about it."" * Dr Matt Gitsham, Professor of Business and Sustainability, Hult International Business School *