Graham Lowe

Creating Healthy Organizations

Taking Action to Improve Employee Well-Being, Revised and Expanded Edition

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Produktbeschreibung

Creating Healthy Organizations provides an evidence-based, practical guide to strengthening the links between employee well-being and performance in any organization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 164mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 679g
• ISBN-13: 9781487505158
• ISBN-10: 1487505159
• Artikelnr.: 58295971

Autorenporträt

By Graham Lowe

Inhaltsangabe

Figures 
Preface  
Acknowledgments  
Introduction 
The Healthy Organization Ideal  
Looking at Your Organization through a Health Lens  
Helping Change Agents   
Leveraging Where You Are Today
Learning from Your Peers 
Chapter Overview  
1. The Healthy Organization 
Integrating Well-Being and Performance 
Healthy Organizations in Action  
A Healthy Organization Model   
Vibrant Workplaces  
Inspired Employees  
Beyond Engagement  
The Capabilities of an Inspired Workforce  
Learning 
Collaboration   
Culture and Leadership   
Culture and Leadership in Action 
Better Workplaces  
Sustainable Success   
Stronger People-Performance Links
Healthier Employees and Communities
Making Well-Being a Priority  
2. Beyond Workplace Health Promotion 
The Wellness Paradox  
Healthy Workplace Pay-Offs and Potential 
Wellness Returns on Investment   
Healthy Lifestyle Programs
Addressing Chronic Health Conditions
Targeting High-Risk Employees  
An Organizational View of Health and Wellness
Limitations of Workplace Health Promotion
Comparing Health Promotion and Organizational Perspectives  
Leveraging Workplace Health Promotion
Organizational Solutions for Wellness  
Rethinking Absenteeism 
Present but Not Productive 
Healthy Psychosocial Work Environments 
Talking about Health and Performance 
3. How Vibrant Workplaces Inspire Employees 
How Employees Experience Healthy Organizations 
Envisioning Vibrant Workplaces   
Envisioning an Inspired Workforce  
How Vibrant Workplaces Inspire Employees  
Focusing on Work Experiences   
Defining Good Jobs 
Healthy Workplaces through Employees’ Eyes  
Why Some Workplaces Are Healthier than Others 
Why Employees’ Perceptions Matter
Closing the Inspiration Gap  
The Dynamics of a Healthy Organization   
4. Positive Cultures 
What Is Culture?   
Culture as Competitive Advantage  
Unhealthy and Healthy Cultures  
Unhealthy Cultures  
Healthy Cultures  
Culture Change  
Cultures Can Be Revitalized and Can Evolve 
The Culture-Strengthening Process
Strengthening Values   
The Importance of Values   
New Values   
Renewed Values   
From Values to Behaviours   
Revitalizing Your Organization’s Culture  
5. Inclusive Leadership 
Leading the Way to Healthier Organizations   
Leading at the Micro Level  
Who Are the Leaders? 
Widely Distributing Leadership Responsibility
Qualities of Inclusive Leaders  
Leading with People Skills  
Gaps in People Skills 
Follow-Through on People Commitments 
Setting the Tone
Focusing on Leadership Behaviours   
Living the Guiding Principles  
Leadership to Build Supportive Workplaces
Leading Change   
6. Healthy Change 
Getting on a Healthy Change Trajectory  
Focusing on the Journey  
The Role of Culture and Leadership 
Five Principles for Healthy Change  
Understanding Change Readiness 
Aligning Structure and Culture 
Linking People Initiatives to the Business Strategy  
Widen the Circle of Involvement  
Make Time for Learning and Innovation
Change as Renewal  
7. Sustainable Success 
What Makes Success Sustainable?
Social and Environmental Dimensions
Human Resource Dimensions 
Ingredients of Sustainable Success  
Renewing Relationships with Society
Corporate Social Responsibility Evolves   
The Changing Face of Social Responsibility  
Good Corporate Citizen, Outstanding Employer  
Making Sustainability Strategic  
Vibrant Workplaces Support Social Responsibility
Renewing Workforce Capabilities   
Workforce Diversity Strategies   
Inspiring Three Generations of Workers 
Long-Range Workforce Planning  
Making Progress   
8. Measuring Progress 
Using Evidence for Action  
Practical Challenges of Using Evidence  
Thinking Ahead 
The Value of Qualitative Consultations
Measurement Tools  
Measures  
Tools 
Design Options  
Return on Investment 
Using Surveys for Healthy Change  
Survey Guidelines  
Finding a Clear Direction from Survey Data  
Using Survey Results for Leadership Development 
Integrated Performance Reporting  
Examples of Effective Performance Reporting  
Triangulating Your Existing Data  
Guidelines for Measuring Improvements  
Healthy Organization Measures Are Good Public Policy 
9. Designing a Healthy Organization Strategy 
Notes  
Index