HOW MUCH IS LOW EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT COSTING YOUR ORGANIZATION TODAY? WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT? Low employee engagement is a corporate epidemic. It lives virtually undiscovered on production floors, in office hallways, and in senior leadership offices. It drives up costs, reduces productivity, and robs companies of their hard-earned profits while hiding in plain sight. The Three-Legged Stool is a simple, how-to-guide to track and improve low employee engagement. Award-winning author and business consultant Dana Couillard uses stories, interviews, and research to reveal new insights into this often ignored problem. • Learn how to identify and manage low employee engagement • Harness the power of your employees’ psychological needs for purpose, control, competence, and connection. • Build an easy-to-use Employee Engagement Plan complete with your own unique purpose statement using the step-by-step guide. The Three-Legged Stool is a powerful new tool that will reverse the negative impacts caused by low employee engagement and the frustration that wreaks havoc on morale and profitability in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. The Three-Legged Stool is a business leader’s roadmap to enhanced employee wellness, improved productivity, and increased profitability.

The book that will change your life forever by life simplification expert Gary Collins. Are you struggling to find your direction in life? Do you believe there has to be a better way? Why is it so hard to stay healthy, financially independent, and to live your life's purpose? If you’ve read a lot of self-help books, but still feel lost on this question, you’re not alone. In this short, user-friendly guide, best-selling author Gary Collins pulls back the curtain on the subtle deceptions lurking in most self-help books. Most importantly, he reveals the no-nonsense truth about life balance, why it’s so hard for so many of us, and how to start living the life you want in the next 90 days. You’ll read this book more than once. You’ll use it for years to come. You’ll buy copies for all your friends, family and coworkers. Read the first page and find out why!

Poised to influence innovative management thinking into the 21st century, Total Productivity Management (TPmgt), written by one of the pioneers of productivity management, has been a decade in the making. This landmark publication is the most extensive book available on the subject of total productivity management. At a time when downsizing and layoffs are the norm, this innovative and highly organized book shows you how to treat human resource situations with a caring, customer-oriented, yet competitive attitude through integration of technical and human dimensions. This book makes use of a set of proven models and provides a systematic framework and structure to link total productivity to an organization's profitability. Total Productivity Management describes the tasks required of all constituents in an understandable format that they can relate to and by which regards can be realized for performance in all resource categories including direct labor, administrative staff, managers, professional personnel, materials, liquid assets, technologies, energy, and other areas.

Title: The Three-Legged stool of Retirement & Healthcare Planning Author: Hoai Nguyen Introduction: A. Overview of the Three-Legged Stool concept of Retirement B. Importance of a balanced retirement plan C. Overview of the Three-Legged Stool concept of Healthcare D. Importance of a balanced healthcare plan Chapter 1: 1st Leg is Government Retirement and Healthcare Plans A. Government Retirement Plans – Social Security 1. Retirement Benefits 2. Disability Benefits 3. Survivor Benefits 4. Medicare 5. Funding B. Government Healthcare Plans – Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, VHA, and ISH 1. Medicare 2. Medicaid 3. Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) 4. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 5. Indian Health Service (ISH) Chapter 2: 2nd Leg is Employer-Sponsored Retirement and Healthcare Plans A. Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans 1. 401(k) Plans 2. 403(b) 3. Defined Benefit Plans 4. Defined Contribution Plans 5. Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) B. Employer-Sponsored Healthcare Plans 1. Group Health Insurance 2. Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) Plans 3. Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Plans 4. Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) 5. High-Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Chapter 3: 3rd Leg is Personal Retirement (Savings and Investments) and Healthcare Plans A. Personal Retirement, Savings, and Investments Plans 1. Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) 2. Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRAs 3. Keogh Plans 4. Taxable Investment Accounts 5. Stocks 6. Government Bonds 7. Corporate Bonds 8. Mutual Funds 9. Cash Value Permanent Life Insurance 10. 529 College Savings 11. Real Estate 12. Business Ownership B. Personal Healthcare Plans 1. Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Plans 2. Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) Plans 3. High-Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) 4. Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO) Plans 5. Catastrophic Health Insurance Plans Chapter 4: The Importance of a well-balanced, adaptable, and comprehensive approach. A. Approach towards Retirement. B. Approach towards Healthcare Planning. Chapter 5: Encouragement to take proactive steps towards a secure Retirement and Healthcare A. Proactive Steps towards Retirement. B. Proactive Steps towards Healthcare Planning. Chapter 6: Empowering Individuals to make informed decisions for their Retirement and Healthcare needs A. Making informed decisions towards Retirement. B. Making informed decisions towards Healthcare Planning. Conclusion: A. Recap of the Three-Legged Stool of Retirement B. Recap of the Three-Legged Stool of Healthcare C. Final Thoughts

This paperback reader provides the student and general reader with easy access to the major issues of the Hong Kong transition crisis. Contributors include both editors, as well as Frank Ching, Berry F. Hsu, Reginald Yin-wang Kwok, Peter Kwong, Julian Y.M. Leung, Ronald Skeldon, Alvin Y. So, Yun-wing Sung, and James T.H. Tang - the majority of whom live and work in Hong Kong and experience the transition firsthand, personally and professionally.

Discover how the crisis of a global pandemic allowed educators to improve learning across the pre-K–adult pipeline. While acknowledging the scale of loss and difficulty the COVID pandemic engendered within the field of education, this book focuses on how sudden and forced changes to teaching and learning created “Pandemic Positives,” which can be captured and brought to scale. In particular: Part I addresses how Pandemic Positives came into being, with special attention to the presence of educator hope and creativity. Part II explores the Pandemic Positives that arose in three settings: when schools were closed, when learning turned online, and when schools re-opened. Part III provides strategies for replicating the Pandemic Positives so they become positive educational game changers. This book is grounded on trauma and mental wellness theory and includes the in-the-trenches experiences and voices of educators. The text features art created by the coauthors and shares both their professional and personal experiences, humanizing and enriching the book. Mending Education completes a trilogy composed of Breakaway Learners and Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the School Door by Karen Gross. “We have all bemoaned the COVID pandemic and its lasting negative effects, but Karen Gross and Edward Wang turn that pessimism on its head. Their extensive experience in education is augmented by the priceless data gathered through their research survey of teachers and educators. This is a must-have for educators everywhere.” —Chris Messina-Boyer, educational crisis manager/crisis communications consultant, 20Buttonwood PR Solutions LLC

Provides management information on coordinating a company's decision-making authority, performance evaluation, and compensation allowing a company to run more efficiently.

Apply the experience of dozens of leading authorities with the new Organizing for Fire and Rescue Services. This special fire service edition of NFPA's Fire Protection Handbook is comprised of 35 informative chapters that present the big picture in a single volume. All the topics fire service managers and fire and life safety educators need to know about are here including: Fire and fire science basics including fire data collection and databases, and use of incident data and statistics Information on fire and life safety education including how to reach high-risk groups, understanding media, and evaluation techniques Guidance on fire department administration and operations, pre-incident planning, EMS, training, apparatus and equipment, PPE, managing response to haz-mat incidents, rescue operations, fireground operations, and more! Order your copy today and put time-tested knowledge to work for you!

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