The healthy workplace how to improve the well-being of your employees--and boost your company's bottom line

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Stringer, Leigh, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : AMACOM, American Management Association [2016]
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Gale eBooks
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630328506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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