Debra Corey

“Don’t be put off by the title; it’s NOT a book that you should give to a bad boss you once worked for! It’s a fantastic companion and guidebook for anyone who wants to be a great boss. It will highlight the bad-boss tendencies that lurk inside of all of us, point out the traps that we can fall into, and guide us on the path to being a brilliant manager.” With 99.6% of people saying they’ve had a bad boss, there’s no denying that most of us are getting things wrong from time to time. We don’t set out to be a bad boss. It often creeps in quite slowly. We have a bad day, a challenging project, a difficult employee, or possibly even a bad boss ourselves. And then a sinking feeling hits you … have you become the bad boss that you had always dreaded? This book examines and addresses this problem in very real and actionable ways. It starts by exploring the 10 types of bad bosses to help you become aware of and accept your bad boss traits. Then, it offers solutions by sharing the Great Boss Building Block™ model. Packed with practical and actionable tips, tools, stories, and models, this book is a must-read for those who are brave enough to look in the mirror. It provides “learning moments” and actionable tools that will help you be a better leader. It will help you… Manage better. Learn better. And simply, Be better. For you can only be a great boss and ENRICH lives if you don’t let your own bad boss traits RUIN their lives!

Showing appreciation through recognition has been proven to be one of the most effective tools a manager has. From driving stronger business results (9 times more likely with recognition) to improving morale (70% of employees said their motivation and morale would improve if managers would simply thank them) to improving relationships with their manager (58% of employees said their relationship with their manager would improve if given more recognition), studies have found the impact and difference it can make. However, with 65% of employees saying that they don’t feel appreciated, and 75% of employees who quit their job citing a lack of recognition as the key driver, clearly something’s not working. This book is a call to action for managers who want to get it right. It will help you understand the power of appreciation, giving you the skills to See it – look for recognition moments everywhere and anywhere – Say it – take action and make it happen – and Appreciate it! – deliver the ultimate appreciation feeling! Packed with practical tips, tools and inspirational examples being used by companies around the world, this book will help you add the exclamation point to appreciation that’s fit for your people and the future!

As more companies from around the world have come to see the value and power of appreciation, they’ve put in place recognition programs. But with 65% of employees saying they don’t feel appreciated and 87% saying their recognition program is “stale, outdated, or used as disguised compensation,” clearly something’s not working. This book is a call to action and call for change for anyone who is interested in creating a culture of appreciation through their employee recognition strategies and programs, one that doesn’t focus on the fancy trophy, expensive gifts or money, but on a feeling. A feeling where every employee feels appreciated, not just a few. Where recognition occurs for all of the small things that matter and make a difference, and not just the big ones. Where recognition happens continuously, and not just every year or every five years. And where your people feel valued and appreciated through genuine, meaningful and inclusive recognition. Packed with practical tips and inspirational stories from over 50 leading companies, this book will drive change and add the exclamation point to appreciation that’s fit for your people and the future!

Only one in four employees believe in and use their company values as they go about their work. And with company values being one of the most strategic business tools a company has, helping to shape and guide the behaviors and actions of their workforce, this just isn’t good enough!In this book, best-selling author and Human Resources thought-leader Debra Corey helps companies overcome these challenges and change these statistics. Packed full of tips, tools and case studies from leading organizations including Atlassian, Deloitte, LEGO Group, Purina, WD-40 Group and Virgin Atlantic, this book is a game-changer in using values strategically and effectively. You’ll get insights into how companies can and have moved away from generic and meaningless values to ones that provide strategic direction, focus and motivation. You’ll learn how to bring your values “out to play” by embedding them into everything you do, being so much a part of how you operate that even if they’re nowhere in sight, your employees would know, believe in, and live them in their behaviors and actions.

The old way of treating people at work has failed. Only 30% of employees are engaged in their jobs, and in this fast-paced world that’s just not enough. The world’s best companies understand this, and have been quietly treating people differently for nearly two decades. Now you can learn their secrets and discover The Engagement Bridge™ model, proven to build bottom line value for companies through sustainable employee engagement. Companies with the best cultures generate stock market returns of twice the general market and enjoy half the employee turnover of their peers. Their staff innovate more, deliver better customer service and, hands-down, beat the competition. These companies outperform and disrupt their markets. They break the rules of traditional HR, they rebel against the status quo. Build it has found these rebels and the rulebreakers. From small startups to global powerhouses, this book shows that courage, commitment and a people-centric mindset, rather than money and resources, are what you need to turn an average business into a category leader. The book follows the clear and proven Engagement Bridge™ model, developed from working with thousands of leading companies worldwide on their own employee engagement journeys. The practical model highlights the areas that leaders need to examine in order to build a highly engaged company culture and provides a framework for success. Build it is packed with exclusive tips, tools brand case studies from HR rebels including Brewdog, Virgin, LinkedIn, Atlassian, Zappos, Buffer, American Express, VayerMedia and many more. Readers will learn: How employee engagement helps companies perform. The key factors that drive engagement, and how they work together. What the world’s most rebellious companies have done to break the rules of traditional HR and improve engagement. How to implement The Engagement BridgeTM model to boost productivity, innovation and better decision making. Unique in this category, Build it is written from two sharply different perspectives. Glenn Elliott is a multi-award winning Entrepreneur of the Year, CEO and growth investor. He talks candidly about the mistakes and missteps he has made whilst building Reward Gateway into a $500m category leader in employee engagement technology. Debra Corey brings 30 years experience in senior level HR roles at global companies such as Gap, Quintiles, Honeywell and Merlin Entertainments. She shares the practical tools and case studies that can kickstart your employee engagement plan, bringing her own pragmatic and engaging style to each situation.

In today’s competitive environment where we are doing everything we can to compete for talent, effective communication ensures we are showcasing our HR programmes in a way which will help us attract, retain and engage talent. Effective HR Communication is a practical guide to develop and deliver effective communication campaigns, ensuring that teams have the knowledge, skills and tools to achieve the desired objectives. Whether introducing new HR programmes or re-launching existing ones, communications help us deliver the key messages so that employees understand, appreciate and action them to meet our HR and business objectives. Effective HR Communication introduces a six-step ‘IMPACT’ model to explain and demonstrate the critical steps to be followed when developing a communications campaign. This includes steps such as understanding the communication needs and requirements of employees, developing the most robust objectives, selecting and developing the appropriate medium, planning a campaign in an effective manner, leveraging the support of business partners, developing effective communications content, and measuring the success of the campaign. Using a combination of theory, examples, tips and tools from leading experts, this book provides practical information which can easily be used to create effective and impactful communications. Case studies from leading organizations such as BT, LV=, Merlin Entertainments and Reward Gateway are included to further illustrate how communication has been done effectively.