{"product_id":"9781451610260","title":"The Way We're Working Isn't Working : The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Way We're Working Isn't Working\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, Catherine McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book was previously titled, \u003ci\u003eBe Excellent at Anything\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Way We're Working Isn't Working\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those rare books with the power to profoundly transform the way we work and live. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of \"more, bigger, faster\" exacts a series of silent but pernicious costs at work, undermining our energy, focus, creativity, and passion. Nearly 75 percent of employees around the world feel disengaged at work every day. \u003ci\u003eThe Way We're Working Isn't Working \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a groundbreaking approach to reenergizing our lives so we’re both more satisfied and more productive—on the job and off. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By integrating multidisciplinary findings from the science of high performance, Tony Schwartz, coauthor of the #1 bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Full Engagement, \u003c\/i\u003emakes a persuasive case that we’re neglecting the four core needs that energize great performance: sustainability (physical); security (emotional); self-expression (mental); and significance (spiritual). Rather than running like computers at high speeds for long periods, we’re at our best when we pulse rhythmically between expending and regularly renewing energy across each of our four needs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrganizations undermine sustainable high performance by forever seeking to get more out of their people. Instead they should seek systematically to meet their four core needs so they’re freed, fueled, and inspired to bring the best of themselves to work every day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on extensive work with an extra-ordinary range of organizations, among them Google, Ford, Sony, Ernst \u0026amp; Young, Shell, IBM, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Cleveland Clinic, Schwartz creates a road map for a new way of working. At the individual level, he explains how we can build specific rituals into our daily schedules to balance intense effort with regular renewal; offset emotionally draining experiences with practices that fuel resilience; move between a narrow focus on urgent demands and more strategic, creative thinking; and balance a short-term focus on immediate results with a values-driven commitment to serving the greater good. At the organizational level, he outlines new policies, practices, and cultural messages that Schwartz’s client companies have adopted. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Way We're Working Isn't Working\u003c\/i\u003e offers individuals, leaders, and organizations a highly practical, proven set of strategies to better manage the relentlessly rising demands we all face in an increasingly complex world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Now, more than ever, we need a unified science of energy--what makes us work (and what doesn't.) [Schwartz]\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebegins to unlock essential insights we're going to need to get more done and feel better while\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewe're doing it.”\u003cbr\u003e“I’ve read dozens of books about leadership and management. What makes this book unique and essential is the integrated and comprehensive way it addresses the challenge of getting the best from people. At Zappos we deeply believe that truly meeting our employees’ needs is what inspires their great performance. [\u003ci\u003eBe Excellent At Anything\u003c\/i\u003e] lays out a compelling new workplace paradigm and a detailed roadmap for organizations, leaders and individuals seeking to gain true competitive advantage, even as the rules change every day.”\u003cbr\u003e“[Tony Schwartz]\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for anyone who wants a more productive and meaningful life. It’s less a self-help book than a peer-reviewed survival manual for the modern age ...[He] provides a road map for how to take back control of our lives from our faster-better-more-techno-merry-go-round culture.”\u003cbr\u003e\"[Schwartz] takes a look at self-destructive behaviors that are common in the workplace, then gives a prescription for correcting each...entirely refreshing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"An engaging, thorough, and authoritative manual for optimal performance and for a rewarding life. Tony Schwartz has done it again. A business must read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781451610260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592282321102,"sku":"9781451610260","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_45aa797f-4a44-4454-aba5-b694f7986b44.jpg?v=1646780655","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781451610260","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}