Conversations build a culture, and few conversations are more powerful in fostering a strong, engaging, and progressive company than those involving active appreciation. By explicitly recognizing the past accomplishments and present value of individual employees, leaders inspire an attitude in their personnel that energizes them to exceed expectations in the future. Paula Schwartz's guide to effective leadership shows you how to truly shape your business culture and motivate your team by embracing and practicing appreciation.
You may be thinking that this is common sense, and your workers, teams, and employees know you appreciate them. But how can you be sure? Even companies whose missions center on employee appreciation fail to display it successfully. Too many of today's workers feel disempowered and disengaged, but this easy-to-read guide is designed to help you reverse that. It highlights the common mistakes and assumptions leaders make and provides solutions and ideas for positively impacting your work force through the simple, but sometimes difficult, practice of active appreciation.
About the Author: Paula Schwartz is the owner and founder of HSE Performance Solutions in Houston, Texas. Her expertise is garnered through her interactions with hundreds of workers, managers, and executives mostly in the offshore and land drilling industries, and also in the finance and manufacturing sectors. She is honored to work with the people who take on the responsibility of providing the world's energy. Her writing is inspired and driven by the risks they take to do so and devoted to their success, safety, and quality of life.
Active Appreciation is written to inspire growth, innovation, and contribution to the people and businesses who strive for such.
Paula lives in Katy, Texas, and appreciates every opportunity to take her work to different parts of the world, with recent projects in Brazil, Scotland, Norway, Australia, Canada, and Angola.
