Book Titles

The Enthusiastic Employee
How Companies Profit by Giving Workers What they Want

By David Sirota, Douglas Klein

Year Published: 2014
ISBN-13: 978-0133249026
Categories: Employees, Employers, Enthusiasm

238 Quotes Found

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The Enthusiastic Employee:

…we know that emotion is rarely absent in people’s relationships, including the relationships between mature businesspeople, and that misperceptions and misunderstandings frequently arise.

366

The Enthusiastic Employee:

…union representation is, by and large, no longer perceived to be as valuable as it once was.

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The Enthusiastic Employee:

…committing to employees in fundamental respects pays off big time over the long term.

391

The Enthusiastic Employee:

…most workers… want a leader steering the ship, but a leader who recognizes that the day-to-day workings of the units of the ship are best left to those most knowledgeable of the work in those units.

392

The Enthusiastic Employee:

Obtaining collaboration takes time and thus requires a longer-term perspective.

393

The Enthusiastic Employee:

When management treats workers and their organization as enemies, they are treated as enemies in return. It’s as simple as that.

394

The Enthusiastic Employee:

Studies of supplier relations reveal substantial benefits from a partnership relationship, especially in the quality of the products or services the supplier provides…

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The Enthusiastic Employee:

When [people are treated as partners], the positive effects – the willingness of people to go all out in their performance – are profound.

396

The Enthusiastic Employee:

…strong values – an inspiring purpose coupled with genuine cohesiveness as partners – generates a resilience that is immeasurably important as an organization’s conditions change.

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The Enthusiastic Employee:

…there are few if any periods since the Industrial Revolution in which the velocity of change has been as great or the changes as large and numerous and long-lasting as what we see today.

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