Synopses & Reviews
Is appreciation communicated regularly at your workplace?
Do you truly feel valued by those with whom you work?
If you express appreciation in ways that aren’t meaningful to your co-workers, they may not feel valued at all. The problem is you’re speaking different languages. In The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Paul White will help you:
o Express genuine appreciation to co-workers and staff – even on a tight budget.
o Increase loyalty with the employees and volunteers in your organization.
o Reduce cynicism and create a more positive work environment.
o Improve your ability to show appreciation for difficult colleagues.
o Individualize your expressions of appreciation by speaking the right language
o Convey the language of physical touch in appropriate ways.
Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller, The 5 Love Languages®, Dr. Chapman and Dr. White give you practical steps to make any workplace environment more encouraging and productive. Before you know it, you will learn to speak and understand the unique languages of appreciation and feel truly valued in return.
Praise for The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace
I have really worked hard for many years to appreciate my co-workers scattered across the USA. However, this simple process and tool has put me light years ahead. It will greatly help your relationships and productivity as a leader.”
Kent Humphreys, Chairman, American Health Partners
This book addresses not just the need for the life-giving appreciation we all need, but takes us through the process of discovering what that looks like for ourselves and for those with whom we work. Everyone who reads this book will without doubt be better equipped to create an atmosphere of appreciation in their sphere of influence wherever that is.
Lynne Smith, Director of Leadership Development, Next LEVEL Leadership Canada
Trusting relationships are the glue that holds commerce together. They are more important than skills or knowledge. This book shows how to build trust on a personal level in the workplace and its principles apply for a wide variety of organizations.
Tom Nicholson, Executive Director, HR People & Strategy
Review
"e;I loved this book so much that I gave a copy to several co-workers. The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace helped me to understand the most appropriate ways to show affirmation and give positive feedback to co-workers and volunteers in ways that speak to them based on their primary "e;Appreciation Language."e; Great team building exercise to do with department staff, managerial teams, or executive teams."e; Reviewed by Sue D, Net Galley, May 16, 2014, Rated 5 of 5 stars.
Synopsis
The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People, by Gary Chapman and Paul White, applies the love language concept to the workplace. This book helps supervisors and managers effectively communicate appreciation and encouragement to their employees, resulting in higher levels of job satisfaction, healthier relationships between managers and employees, and decreased cases of burnout.
Ideal for both the profit and non-profit sectors, the principles presented in this book have a proven history of success in businesses, schools, medical offices, churches, and industry. Each book contains an access code for the reader to take a comprehensive online MBA Inventory (Motivating By Appreciation)—a $20 value.
The inventory is designed to provide a clearer picture of an individual’s primary language of appreciation and motivation as experienced in a work-related setting. This assists managers and supervisors in communicating effectively to their team members, and thus building a more positive and productive work environment.
Synopsis
Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages(over 11 million copies sold), this book shows how each language of appreciation can dramatically improve workplace relationships.
Supervisors and managers will learn to effectively communicate appreciation and encouragement to their employees, resulting in improved staff morale, more positive relationships between managers and employees, and increased employee engagement. Most problems in any given organization come down to this: do people feel appreciated? This book will help you answer yes.
A bestseller in its own right--having over 250,000 copies in print, and translated into 15 languages--this book has a proven history of success. Its principles are about human behavior, and they've helped organizations of all kinds, including businesses, non-profits, hospitals, schools, government agencies, and even companies with remote workers.
Each book contains a free access code for taking the online Motivating By Appreciation (MBA) Inventory. The assessment identifies each person's preferred languages of appreciation to help you apply the book. When managers and supervisors understand someone's primary and secondary languages, as well as the specific ways to speak them, they can effectively communicate authentic appreciation, thus raising the level of buy-in and performance across an entire team or organization.
Take your leadership and team to the next level by reading The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace.
About the Author
GARY CHAPMAN, PhD, is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling
The 5 Love Languages. With over 30 years of counseling experience, he has the uncanny ability to hold a mirror up to human behavior, showing readers not just where they go wrong, but also how to grow and move forward. Dr. Chapman holds BA and MA degrees in anthropology from Wheaton College and Wake Forest University, respectively, MRE and PhD degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has completed postgraduate work at the University of North Carolina and Duke University. For more information visit his website at www.5lovelanguages.com.
DR. PAUL WHITE, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who has worked with individuals, businesses and families in a variety of settings for over 20 years. He received his B.A. from Wheaton, his Masters from Arizona State, and his PhD in Counseling Psychology from Georgia State University. He consults with successful businesses and high net worth families, dealing with the relational issues intertwined with business and financial wealth. In addition to serving businesses, families and organizations across the U.S., Dr. White has also spoken and consulted in Europe, Central Asia, the Caribbean, and South America. For more information, please visit his website at www.drpaulwhite.com.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Section 1: Foundations
Chapter 1: Motivating by Appreciation: The Concept
Chapter 2: For Business Leaders: Understanding the Return on Investment from Appreciation and Encouragement
Section 2: The 5 Languages of Appreciation
Chapter 3: Appreciation Language #1: Words of Appreciation
Chapter 4: Appreciation Language #2: Quality Time
Chapter 5: Appreciation Language #3: Acts of Service
Chapter 6: Appreciation Language #4: Tangible Gifts
Chapter 7: Appreciation Language #5: Physical Touch
Section 3: Applying the Concepts to Daily Life
Chapter 8: Discover Your Primary Appreciation