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. It identifies individuals’ preference in the languages of appreciation. Understanding an individual’s primary and secondary languages of appreciation can assist managers and supervisors in communicating effectively to their team members.
Appreciation versus performance reviews Really enjoyed the book. I came from a large retailer where our focus was on performance reviews and everyone turned it on at the mid-year point and at the end of the year. What was missing was appreciation and encouragement and that’s where this book spoke to me. It’s amazing what can happen to people when you offer them a little appreciation especially in their own language.I’m familiar with the original book but didn’t really see the connection to the corporate world until I read this…
Practical Guide to Appreciating Others This book is a quick read that explains how different people like to receive appreciation in different ways. For you hard-nosed numbers-crunchers out there, the authors do a good job making a business case for showing appreciation at work. The book is a good balance between head and heart. You need to show appreciation only when you really mean it, but you also need to intentionally focus your behavior toward others in a way that will make them feel appreciated. [And the type of appreciation…
GREAT GUIDANCE FOR OFFICE HARMONY I was so impressed with the book The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace. It was an easy read and had some amazing information. I was already a fan of Dr. Chapman’s 5 Love Languages books which has empowered my marriage and my relationships with my children so as an office administrator I thought that I would give the Appreciation in the Workplace book a try. I was a surprised to find that my language of appreciation at work is different than my love languages with my spouse and…