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Keep ‘em keen

A guide for managers on how to engage people of all ages and career stages

It used to be that the biggest staffing problem managers had to deal with was high turnover. Today, the real issue is engagement . . . finding a way to get staff to do more than just turn up to work physically. It’s about finding ways to engage them mentally and emotionally.

For some organisations lack of engagement is an ongoing issue, for others it is more circumstantial. Whatever the cause the result is the same: lack of engagement is a real issue with real costs attached.

The old adage of “treat ‘em mean and keep ‘em keen” no longer applies. Neither do the “golden handcuffs” or “one size fits all” management techniques.

Find out what it takes to keep your people keen at work by learning about:

• The 4 stages of engagement
• What it really costs to have less than engaged people
• Key research on what engages and disengages people at work
• How engagement can differ for each generation
• Engaging people no matter what their career stage
• What engaging managers do differently to the rest

How to feel F.R.E.S.H. at work every day!

Do you bound out of bed every morning, refreshed and ready for another day at work or do you find yourself thinking “oh no, here we go again!”. Being full of energy at work (and in the rest of your life) is easy when you follow Karen's F.R.E.S.H. approach formula. In this easy to read, step by step guide to creating a winning attitude at work you will find out how to become:

• Forward thinking
• Resilient
• Enthusiastic
• Stretching
• Holistic

Packed with practical ideas and backed up with solid research it is a great read for managers, employees and the self employed alike. If you work in any capacity it can help you get more enjoyment out of the time you spend at work.

Daisy Highlighter Pen

A bit of fun for your office . . . Karen's popular highlighter pen is sought after by delegates at conferences and workshops. If you attended a session and didn't win won, here is your second chance!

Your Employer Brand  attract-engage-retain

by Brett Minchington MBA

This is the most comprehensive book in the world published on employer branding and the first by an Australian author. Faced with the challenges of an ageing population, declining fertility rates, global skill shortages, increased migration and mobility, and the importance of knowledge capture and transfer, this book is a must read for leaders and managers responsible for the effective management of talent in the workplace. Brett Minchington’s publication includes International research findings and employer brand case studies of leading global brands including Microsoft, The Compass Group, Thomas Cook, Pfizer, Southwest Airlines, GE, Goldman Sachs and Coca Cola Amatil. The book features the innovative Employer Brand Excellence FrameworkTM which may yet be the best solution to the attraction, engagement and retention of employees in a shrinking talent pool. The publication also includes a “How to guide” to assist you to manage and evaluate your employer brand program.

Making Fun Work

by Kevin Ryan and Dennis H Moore

Two of Australia’s leading “Fun Practitioners” have written a simple, easy-to-use “How to” book on humour. Page after page is loaded with hints and techniques to add more fun to your life and more profit to your business.

Learn all about:

• 10 steps to a funnier you
• Humorous material for presentations
• Identify your and others Humour Style
• Includes a 12 month calendar for making your workplace a fun place to work.

XYZ: The new rules of generational warfare

by Michael Grose

The rules for living in families and raising children have changed dramatically in the last decade. Families are shrinking, parents are having children later in life and adolescence now stretches for twenty years and young people just don't leave home. In fact, such are the generational changes that some parents now leave home before their kids. To understand children and parents today it essential to look at the context in which we live. Michael helps readers understand how each generation thinks and functions and presents ideas to help us live with each other in imperfect harmony. He takes a look at the challenges of raising Gen X families - small families - and provides a new parenting model for raising 21st century kids.