The healthy workplace : how to improve the well-being of your employees--and boost your company's bottom line / Leigh Stringer, LEED AP.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stringer, Leigh, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee health promotion.

Industrial hygiene.

Corporate culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 234 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

New York : AMACOM, American Management Association, [2016]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Healthy Workplace proves that it pays to invest in your people's well-being and reveals how to: Create a healthier, more energizing environment Reduce stress to enhance concentration Inspire movement at work Use choice architecture to encourage beneficial behaviors Support better sleep Heighten productivity without adding hours to the workday. Filled with tips for immediate improvement and guidelines for building a long-term plan, The Healthy Workplace will boost both employee well-being and the bottom line.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: Health and the "Bottom" Line; I'll Have What She's Having; The Problems We Have to Solve; Let's Rethink the Workday; Why Work Is the Right Time and Place for Change; CHAPTER 2: The Evolution of Work; Walking Man; Farming and Animal Domestication; Factories and Gin Carts; Work in the 20th Century; Working Today; CHAPTER 3: Productivity, Flow, and Creativity; Flow; Group Flow; Creativity; Personal Control and Choice; CHAPTER 4: Maximize Energy, Avoid Crashes; The Benefits of Movement; Eating for Energy; Losing Weight at Work

Strategies to Increase Movement and Exercise at WorkStrategies to Improve Nutrition at Work; CHAPTER 5: Reduce Stress, Increase Focus; Workplace Stressors; The Benefits of Mindfulness; Mindfulness and Business; Strategies to Reduce Stress at Work; CHAPTER 6: Sleep Your Way to Success; Sleep Architecture; Strategies to Improve Sleep; Shift Work; Sleeping on the Road; CHAPTER 7: Design the Workplace for Health; Our Strong Bond with Nature; Big Irritants at the Office; Human Factors and Ergonomics; New Building Standards; Strategies for Creating a Healthy Work Environment

CHAPTER 8: Create a Healthy Organizational CultureBetter Me + Better You = Better Us; Act Like a Fool; Strategies That Change Behavior; Getting to "Why"; CHAPTER 9: The Business Case for Health; The Role of Community; Strategies for Building a Business Case; The Future of Work; AFTERWORD; Acknowledgments; Suggested Reading; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author; Sample Chapter from The Optimistic Workplace; About Amacom

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814437445

0814437443

OCLC:

988558974