Building a High Morale WorkPlace

Now translated into 11 languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for all managers at every level

All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate heirarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations.

A workplace environment should be upbeat and inspire superior employee commitment, morale, and performance. Building a High Morale Workplace provides dozens of techniques and examples for making any workplace a community, instead of a corporation. It shows managers how to help employees foster a genuine bond with an employer, turn around a negative workplace, create and sustain a positive attitude, and more.

Workplace-Proven Tips and Tactics for Building Employee Spirit—and Accomplishment

Employees with high morale perform at significantly higher levels. So how can you, as a manager whose success depends on the performance of your employees, ensure consistently high enthusiasm, energy, and employee morale? Building a High Morale Workplace shows you how to create a fun, synergistic work environment, one designed to inspire superior employee commitment and performance, by:

• Building quality, one-to-one relationships with your employees
• Giving—and getting—valuable feedback
• Helping employees regain lost morale during difficult times

Employee morale is the wildcard in any management situation. And whether your organization is experiencing good times or bad, it is you—the manager—who is responsible for creating and maintaining superior employee morale. Let Building a High Morale Workplace, the latest value-packed guidebook in McGraw-Hill's popular Briefcase Books series, provide you with hands-on techniques and innovative strategies for keeping employee spirits high, and adding value to both your organization and your management career.

Briefcase Books, written specifically for today's busy manager, feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through each page:

• Clear definitions of key terms, concepts, and jargon
• Sensible strategies for improving workplace morale
• How-to hints for creating a high-energy environment
• Advice to keep you from inadvertently damaging morale
• Warning signs of things going wrong when dealing with employees
• Stories and insights from the managing experiences of others

Specific steps for the implementation of morale-building procedures

Anne Bruce is a nationally recognized speaker, workshop leader, and author. Her books include Motivating Employees and Leaders­­Start to Finish.

Anne Bruce is a nationally recognized speaker, workshop leader, and author. Her books include Motivating Employees and Leaders­­Start to Finish.