Great Courses: How to Build a Thriving Workplace: A Leader's Guide (2018 6 DVDs)

Description: Great Courses: How to Build a Thriving Workplace: A Leader's Guide (2018 6 DVDs) Condition is Brand New sealed with the factory shrinkwrap. No faults at all. This will be packed very carefully and shipped US Media Mail with Tracking. We are happy to combine items to save you money on shipping. For example, we can send you three typical DVDs for the price of 1. Just put your selection in your shopping cart and press the Request Total button (top right) and we will get back to you with the lowest combined shipping price. Remember Media Mail starts at $4.63 for the first pound weight (or fraction), but then only 75 cents for each additional pound (or fraction). And visit our sister store on eBay (GutenburgReads) to see the more than 700 interesting items we are selling. About This Course: The Teaching Company, creators of The Great Courses series of university-level lectures, sells this 12 lecture series with a streaming video and a downloadable PDF file of the course guidebook for $169.95. They also offer the course with 6 DVDs and a 176 page printed guidebook for $219.95. However we have managed to source a scarce example of a brand new copy of this course with original, pristine DVDs (all 6 of them) and a brand new printed copy of the Course Guidebook. Of course owning the physical copy of the course materials means you can share the course with your family and friends and, when you no longer need or want the course materials you can sell them (on eBay, for example). And our price for this rare and pristine find? Just $19.95, saving you $200 for something else. I'll repeat that: You could buy the pristine DVDs with their unblemished DVD tall case, and the new 176 page guidebook from us for less than one tenth of that and save $200 for something else. Course Overview: Recent studies reveal that employee well-being is associated with higher productivity, higher retention rates, and lower health-care costs. Multiple studies show a clear link between businesses that attend to employee well-being and a profitable bottom line. In fact, the profit of companies with the strongest focus on employee experience is about four times higher than the average. And yes, you read that correctly—not customer experience, but employee experience. Because if you take care of your employees, they will take care of your customers—and your shareholders will do well, too. In 12 half-hour lectures, How to Build a Thriving Workplace: A Leader's Guide will show you how to identify and implement relatively simple and inexpensive changes to improve your employees' work environment and positively impact your bottom line. Professor Beth Cabrera, organizational psychologist and Senior Scholar at the George Mason University Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, provides a step-by-step guide to creating the best possible work environment for your employees. Even though the steps Professor Cabrera provides are accessible, effective, and often low-cost, you'll discover that creating a truly employee-focused environment in your organization isn't something you can delegate to an isolated department or ad hoc committee. In this course, you'll learn why leading by example is your only way to develop a more engaged and thriving workforce. The good news is that you, too, will benefit from a greater sense of well-being and increased productivity. While created for the workplace, there are dozens of take-aways that can help you find peace and well-being, and help you to thrive in any environment on a personal level, as well. What Doesn't Work—You'll Be Surprised For a long time, there was a general consensus concerning what the most productive workforce looks like. Employees arrive early and leave late. They are always at their stations when you need them, not chatting in the break room or on vacation. If an employee's child becomes ill during the workday, arrangements are made for someone else to care for the child, so the parent can stay at work. When leadership feels the need to praise employee effort, a plaque or the occasional potluck lunch should do the trick. But the results of recent workplace studies paint a radically different picture. In How to Build a Thriving Workplace: A Leader's Guide, you'll be surprised to learn that these old “absolutes” are simply not true and could be working against your best interest. Many of the traditional ways of running a business and managing a workforce have been reassessed, and much of what actually works is less about time and place, and more about employee engagement and happiness. For example, studies have revealed that: More hours in the office do not necessarily result in greater productivity. In fact, working too many hours without a break reduces productivity. Allowing employees to work at home does not actually lower productivity. Taking time off regularly doesn't indicate an employee is less dedicated. Employees who are able to strike a better balance between work and rest are often more efficient and productive. Multi-tasking will most often result in lowered efficiency and higher stress levels. Prioritizing and completing tasks one at a time is a much more effective method. Contrary to what people may believe about “distractions” at work, it has been shown that healthy friendships and bonds with coworkers promote a better, more productive work environment. Salary is not the sole determining factor of turnover. Many things—environment, expectations, structure, etc.—can equally affect how you obtain and maintain talent. What Does Work—The How and Why If our old model for the most productive workforce is no longer valid, what's the new model? What are the parameters for a thriving, productive, and innovative workforce—and how do we really know? The old model was based on gut instinct and what seemed—at the time—to be common sense. But the new model was developed using the scientific principles of positive psychology and the results of dozens of studies conducted over the past two decades. Positive psychology is not pop psychology—popular “how to's” that have no basis in scientific study. Positive psychology was born at the end of the 20th century when some psychologists turned their scientific methods away from the study of pathologies to examine the other side of the human experience—thriving. In the two decades since, there has been an explosion of research on topics including happiness, gratitude, optimism, strengths, flow, meaning, and relationships. When the research of positive psychology is applied to the workplace, we learn what employees really need to thrive and the steps leaders can take to bring that about—based not on gut instinct, but on solid data. Thriving and Well-Being Thriving and well-being can feel like nebulous terms. While psychologists have many definitions for these multi-dimensional concepts, well-being can generally be defined as a mental state characterized by positive feelings and positive functioning. When we are thriving—when we have a great “amount of” well-being—we are at our best. At work, we are more creative, more productive, and more engaged. This course examines a variety of factors that have been proven to increase employees' well-being and productivity—and your bottom line. They include: Mindfulness: While there's a good chance you've heard of mindfulness to promote focus or achievement, you may not be aware of how mindfulness training can also help you create a thriving work environment in other ways. Mindfulness is about paying attention to what is happening in your own mind, your thoughts and feelings, and what is going on around you—intentionally and without judgment. With mindfulness training, you'll be able to not only better focus on your own work, but to pay better attention to your employees' verbal and non-verbal communication. You'll have a much more accurate picture of your workplace and your employees, and a better understanding of where changes should and can be made. Attitudes: Positive Outlook, Optimism, Hope, Generosity, and Compassion. These positive attitudes in the workplace have been proven to provide psychological, cognitive, social, and physical health benefits, including resilience. But no one's attitude is more important than yours; the emotions and attitudes of leaders are contagious at work. You'll be surprised to learn the simple but powerful techniques you can use to create a more positive attitude within yourself and among your employees. Employee Engagement, Autonomy, and the State of Flow. Engagement, autonomy, and the state of flow significantly boost productivity in the workplace. You'll learn what employees need in order to experience these states for enhanced performance, and how a few simple workplace changes can help create a supportive environment.Relationships. Humans have a biological need to feel connected to other people, to feel understood, recognized, and affirmed. Our relationships with other people are at the heart of thriving, contributing to our health and happiness at home and in the workplace. Learn what you can do to create an environment that fosters positive relationships and also improves productivity. How to Build a Thriving Workplace: A Leader's Guide will give you all the information you need to transform your workplace into an attractive and thriving environment. In the process, not only will your bottom line improve, but so will the lives of your employees—and your own life, as well. By the way: Welcome to the new ebay storefront for The Shepherd's Center of Winston-Salem. The store will be operated by experienced ebay sellers who have been selling some of our best donations for several years now through their own storefronts. Now we are using these same experienced sellers to sell to you directly. For the philanthropists out there, the vast majority of the items sold by us (Gutenberg Reads and others), are for the benefit of The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem, whose mission is to help house-bound seniors live full and independent lives in their own homes. The center provides transportation to medical appointments and grocery shopping, assistance with minor repairs around the house, and companionship through visits. The citizens of Winston-Salem generously donate books, music, movies, and more to us to help us achieve our mission. And now, you can buy useful items from us directly, and you will be helping the less fortunate in our city.

Price: 19.95 USD

Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-10-29T10:35:33.000Z

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