New Business Book Summary Available for On Fire at Work

In On Fire at Work, veteran workplace researcher Eric Chester explains why and how a company’s culture is the determining factor in attracting, developing, and retaining high-quality employees. Companies voted as “best places to work” are achieving this designation by supporting seven cultural pillars: compensation, alignment, atmosphere, growth, acknowledgment, communication, and autonomy. On Fire at Work provides a roadmap for company executives to follow in establishing a culture that not only retains great employees, but also elicits their best performances, keeping them engaged and happy at work.

New Business Book Summary Available for The Effective Manager

Most managers are ineffective at their jobs because they have not been trained to successfully lead their people. Based on interviews with 91,000 managers, as well as personal research and case studies, Mark Horstman and his business partner Mike Auzenne have developed a step-by-step plan to train managers in achieving their two most important responsibilities: getting the most out of their teams and retaining direct reports. They present their plan in their popular online podcast, Manager Tools. In The Effective Manager, Horstman crystallizes the lessons of this podcast into an easy-to-use reference tool that compiles the Manager Tools training system into one accessible resource.