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Highlights
- Reach new levels of organizational productivity and achievement by redefining the phrase "workplace health" In Make Work Healthy, a team of distinguished organizational transformation professionals delivers an insightful how-to manual for improving organizational performance with a new approach to workforce management.
- About the Author: JOHN S. RYAN is the Chief Executive Officer at Healthy Place to Work.
- 304 Pages
- Business + Money Management, Organizational Behavior
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About the Book
"Work Healthy is a why-to/how-to book to deliver higher organizational performance through a new approach to workforce management. It provides organizations, leaders and managers with the knowledge, model, and methodology to radically change their current approach delivering a resilient and sustainable system of operation. The authors have discovered that the key priorities of organizations, from covid recovery, DEI, wellbeing, mental health management, belonging, purpose, sustainability can all be achieved by focusing on health in its broadest sense. However, individuals have defined health too narrowly and organizations have got their current approach badly wrong and in turn are wasting time, money, and resources. But worst of all they are missing the ultimate driver of performance. Organizations need to move away from an ad-hoc, tick-box, tactical, short-term, programmatic, awareness building, approach to employee health solely focused on reducing illness and absence to a more strategic, data driven, evidence-based, systematic, and cultural approach focused on building work capacity and sustainability. The book also uncovers the symbiotic relationship between organization health and employee's health. The data collected from over 30+ organizations (including Salesforce, Nike, British Telecom, Telefonica, Sky Television, Pasa Brazil, Vattenfall Sweden, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, etc.) with 30k+ survey responses has identified game changing correlations. The health of the organization impacts the health of individuals, and the health of the individuals impacts the health of the organization"--Book Synopsis
Reach new levels of organizational productivity and achievement by redefining the phrase "workplace health"
In Make Work Healthy, a team of distinguished organizational transformation professionals delivers an insightful how-to manual for improving organizational performance with a new approach to workforce management. The book offers organizations, leaders, and managers with the knowledge, data, frameworks, and methodologies they need to radically transform how they approach day-to-day operations into a sustainable and resilient business success model.
The authors focus on workplace health--in a broad sense--as a way of focusing organizational attention on culture, building work capacity, productivity, and sustainability. They explain the tangible business value that comes from focusing on wellbeing as well as the symbiotic relationship between organizational health and employee health. Make Work Healthy includes:
- Strategies for moving beyond typical "wellness" initiatives such as just addressing illness and absence reduction to a more holistic understanding of "healthy work"
- Ways to locate, attract, recruit, and retain talent over the long-term by aligning organizational goals with employee health
- Tactics to help managers of dispersed, hybrid, and remote teams manage feelings of pressure and isolation
An indispensable, effective, and holistic new take on organizational and employee health, Make Work Healthy will earn a place in the hands of managers, executives, board members, and other business and human resources leaders who seek impressive gains in company productivity and fulfilment.
From the Back Cover
PRAISE FOR MAKE WORK HEALTHY
"Healthy work and workplaces form parts of a healthy society. This book will encourage organizational leaders to make that happen. Ryan and Burchell have combined to produce a really impactful and inspirational piece of work."
--LEO VARADKAR, Taoiseach (Prime Minister of Ireland)
"Our physical health and psychological well-being matter most when at risk. Likewise, when organizations have toxic cultures and unhealthy work practices, they harm everyone affiliated with the organization. Drawing on research and experiences, John and Michael offer relevant ideas and practical tools to create a healthy work environment that is more needed today than ever before!"
--DAVE ULRICH, Rensis Likert Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
"If Adam Smith were to write his book right now, he would change his title from Wealth of Nations to Health of Nations. And if you were to read John Ryan and Michael Burchell's remarkable book Make Work Healthy you will understand why work isn't working and learn a practical, compelling plan for success for people, organizations and society. The evidence is there, the narrative is convincing, the style is engaging: this book is too important to be missed."
--PAOLO GALLO, author, speaker, and former Chief Human Resources Officer at World Economic Forum in Geneva
"A refreshing take on what is required to create a virtuous circle in the modern day workplace. As a great believer in the need for focus on a more holistic approach to colleague well-being, it is a pleasure to read Ryan and Burchell's fact based approach to this emerging theme in the workplace debate."
--JACOB AARUP-ANDERSEN, Group CEO, ISS A/S
About the Author
JOHN S. RYAN is the Chief Executive Officer at Healthy Place to Work. He formerly led Great Place to Work Ireland and was a broadcast journalist. He is a regular international speaker and media contributor in Wellbeing, Trust, and Organizational Performance.
MICHAEL J. BURCHELL, EdD, is an independent consultant and executive coach. He is an expert in organizational change, well-being, team effectiveness, and DEI. He is the co-author of No Excuses: How You Can Turn Any Workplace Into a Great One and The Great Workplace: How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why It Matters.