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Beschreibung

Connect with talent on a personal level to improve organization-wide performance

Written by renowned talent development consultant Amy P. Kelly, Work Is Personal: How Authenticity Drives Performance and Culture dispels the notion that work is separated from employees' personal lives and instead argues that employers must meet employees on a personal level to earn their loyalty and increase their effectiveness and productivity.

This book takes a deep dive into important employee considerations in the modern world of work, including benefits, HR, and talent development, providing key insights on the best way to approach the topics that employees care about most. Real-life stories serve as examples of how each facet of work can make or break an employee's relationship to an organization. Practical guidelines are provided to help readers start applying concepts as soon as today.

This book includes discussion on:

  • Talent acquisition and onboarding, performance management, and compensation
  • Reward and recognition and employee development
  • Exit interviews and employee alumni programming


Work Is Personal
earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all forward-thinking managers and business leaders seeking to better connect with employees and improve organization-wide performance through a more personal approach to talent management.

Connect with talent on a personal level to improve organization-wide performance

Written by renowned talent development consultant Amy P. Kelly, Work Is Personal: How Authenticity Drives Performance and Culture dispels the notion that work is separated from employees' personal lives and instead argues that employers must meet employees on a personal level to earn their loyalty and increase their effectiveness and productivity.

This book takes a deep dive into important employee considerations in the modern world of work, including benefits, HR, and talent development, providing key insights on the best way to approach the topics that employees care about most. Real-life stories serve as examples of how each facet of work can make or break an employee's relationship to an organization. Practical guidelines are provided to help readers start applying concepts as soon as today.

This book includes discussion on:

  • Talent acquisition and onboarding, performance management, and compensation
  • Reward and recognition and employee development
  • Exit interviews and employee alumni programming


Work Is Personal
earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all forward-thinking managers and business leaders seeking to better connect with employees and improve organization-wide performance through a more personal approach to talent management.

Über den Autor

AMY P. KELLY speaks, coaches, and consults as Vice President of Consulting for Jon Gordon's Positive Training Company, in her role as a facilitator for the Association for Talent Development (ATD), and in her own business. She believes in people and organizations and works alongside them to help them become the individuals and organizations they were created to be. Her clients, including GE, McDonalds, Walmart, Dow, TekSynap, and Kontoor Brands, span government, enterprise technology, healthcare, financial services, nonprofit, higher education, and sports teams, among others.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Forewords ix

Preface xiii

Part I The Case for Change 1

Chapter 1 The Case for Humanity 3

Chapter 2 The ROI of REALness: A Framework for Human- Centered Success 9

Part II The Framework: B.E. R.E.A.L. 19

Chapter 3 B: Building Connection Before Application 21

Chapter 4 E: Engaging Through the Hiring Process 35

Chapter 5 R: Readying for Action 49

Chapter 6 E: Experiencing Employment 61

Chapter 7 A: Adapting to Employment Adversities 83

Chapter 8 L: Leaving Employment, Not the Relationship 101

Part III Expanding the Application 115

Chapter 9 Where B.E. R.E.A.L. Lives: Meetings as Proof of Concept 117

Chapter 10 Where B.E. R.E.A.L. Scales: Leadership in Action 127

Chapter 11 The Science of Authenticity 135

Chapter 12 The Future Is Human 147

Additional Resources 157

Notes 159

Acknowledgments 199

About the Author 201

Index 203

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Fachbereich: Management
Genre: Importe, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781394208999
ISBN-10: 1394208995
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Kelly, Amy P.
Hersteller: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 161 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Amy P. Kelly
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2026
Gewicht: 0,484 kg
Artikel-ID: 134845551