This book was written to help business owners and bosses assist their teams in finding more satisfaction in the jobs they already have. The solution to increase employee retention set forth here is a powerful, field-tested process of self-discovery. In it your team will identify their unique talents, discover their purpose and better connect with the mission of your company. They'll learn a wide range of ways to rethink their jobs to make the best use of their innate skills. Highly practical, the book also functions as a personal journal, with space to work through the process and the many insightful exercises and planning tools.
In this book, your team will learn:
- How to create their ideal jobs where they already work
- How to rekindle enthusiasm and motivation for their jobs
- How to enlist support from others and improve team relations
- How to bring more added value to the company
- How to reduce job stress and find more meaning in what they do
- How to develop a better attitude toward their jobs
- How to maximize open and honest communication with their supervisors
- How they are instinctively wired, and how to use that knowledge to improve communication and effectiveness
As a business owner himself--29 years and counting as a successful State Farm Insurance and Financial Services agent--Pat Healey is intimately aware of the challenges faced by management today, especially the difficulty of keeping good employees engaged in your company. With the looming shortage in qualified people, filling job openings is only going to get tougher. The solution is to create an environment where great employees want to work. Finding Joy In Your Job is filled with wonderful tips, inspiring stories and helpful action steps that will help create exactly that kind of place.
Additional benefits to implementing these ideas:- Employees find reasons to be proud of the legacy they helped create for themselves and the business.
- Employee loyalty = greater retention = greater customer satisfaction = greater customer loyalty = greater profit.
- Increased employee engagement can result in up to 87 percent reduction in desire to leave the organization.
- Promotes an environment of willingness to go beyond job descriptions and help others.
- Creates opportunities for each employee to thrive, reducing voluntary turnover rates and increasing profits.
