{"product_id":"9781772360172","title":"Beyond Engagement: A Brain-Based Approach That Blends the Engagement Managers Want with the Energy Employees Need","description":"After twenty years of trying to get it right, precious few organizations have cracked the code of employee engagement. Why? Because few could have anticipated the unbending nature of what Brady G. Wilson calls \"the engagement paradox\": \u003ci\u003ethe more companies focus on engagement, the more disengagement they produce.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat causes this paradox?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs shown in this clear, concise, and compelling book, it is simply this: managing engagement turns out to be just another drain on the most precious resource in business today -- energy. In today's exhaustion era, employees are simply struggling to make it to the weekend. Lacking energy, they resort to quick fixes, workarounds, and reactive firefighting, thereby hardwiring depletion into the system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a result, employees come to perceive engagement efforts as a management con game. A high percentage of the employee population believe no meaningful outcomes will occur as a result of the engagement survey. And this crisis of belief causes acute pain inside well-intentioned leaders who are doing their best to unlock employee engagement. They feel caught.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow \u003ci\u003eBeyond Engagement\u003c\/i\u003e shows how to get beyond this kind of self-defeating engagement: by managing energy rather than engagement. The book offers a chapter each to ten leadership principles based on the findings of brain science:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Manage Energy, Not Engagement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Deliver Experiences, Not Promises\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Target Emotion, Not Logic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Trust Conversations, Not Surveys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Seek Tension, Not Harmony\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Practice Partnering, Not Parenting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Pull Out the Backstory, Not the Action Plan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Think Sticks, Not Carrots\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Meet Needs, Not Scores\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Challenge Beliefs, Not Emotions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BPS Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062891593968,"sku":"9781772360172","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781772360172_p0.jpg?v=1763708609","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781772360172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}