{"product_id":"energize-your-workplace-isbn-9780787956226","title":"Energize Your Workplace","description":"\u003cp\u003eCorrosive 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrounded in solid research, this book uses energy as ameasurement 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough compelling and illustrative stories, \u003ci\u003eEnergize Your Workplace\u003c\/i\u003e offers managers, executives, and human resource professionals the resources they need to build high-quality connections in the workplace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Foreword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Creating Energy Through High-Quality Connections 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Respectful Engagement 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Task Enabling 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Trusting 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Dealing with Corrosive Connections 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Building High-Quality Connections in Your Organization 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 193\u003c\/p\u003e \"... simple practical guide to communication in the work place, and the positive effects it can have....\" (\u003ci\u003eM2 Best Books,\u003c\/i\u003e May 2004) \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane E. Dutton\u003c\/b\u003e is the William Russell Kelly Professor of Business Administration at The University of Michigan. She is the author of three books and numerous articles in the area of relational work in organizations, which have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAcademyof Management Review,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStrategic Thinking,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdministrative Science Quarterly,\u003c\/i\u003e among others. Dutton's article, \"Leading in Times of Trauma,\" appeared in the January 2002 issue of \u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  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.  \u003cp\u003eGrounded 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough compelling and illustrative stories, \u003ci\u003eEnergize Your Workplace\u003c\/i\u003e offers managers, executives, and human resource professionals the resources they need to build high-quality connections in the workplace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Distinguished psychologist Jane Dutton details the small acts of sensitivity to people that add up to big differences in morale and effectiveness. Managers seeking to improve their people skills need look no further than her helpful and practical book.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRosabeth Moss Kanter,\u003c\/b\u003e professor, Harvard Business School, and author \u003ci\u003eEvolve!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWorld Class\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Dutton's useful and original book brings to life in lucid writing what winning organizations look like and how they got there.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eWarren Bennis,\u003c\/b\u003e Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California, and author, \u003ci\u003eOn Becoming a Leader\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGeeks and Geezers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Jane Dutton speaks to everyone in the workplace, and especially to leaders, about practical ways to dramatically increase two vital resources: the energy and achievements of organizations and the dignity, competence, and contributions of individual members. I can' think of a single way to improve organizational effectiveness and individual's work lives that is more readily available (and more widely underutilized!) than people making more \"high-quality connections,\" which is the theme of Dutton's book.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eB. Joseph White,\u003c\/b\u003e managing director, Fred Alger Management, Inc., and former dean, University of Michigan Business School\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Jane Dutton is superbly qualified to write this book— it reflects her deep knowledge of the subject and wisdom gleaned from her own special gift for building and sustaining high-quality relationships at work. Readers will find the book an informative, practical, and inspiring contribution to making life at work more energized, engaging, and effective.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePeter J. C. Frost,\u003c\/b\u003e Edgar F. 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