The brain-friendly workplace : 5 big ideas from neuroscience that address organizational challenges /

It is an understatement to say that this is a difficult time to be a part of the American workforce, for employees and employers alike. The transformational drivers and trends existing in the current workforce create myriad challenges. The Brain-Friendly Workplace addresses the workplace challenges...

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Main Author: Garms, Erika (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Alexandra, Virginia : ASTD Press, [2014]
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Summary:It is an understatement to say that this is a difficult time to be a part of the American workforce, for employees and employers alike. The transformational drivers and trends existing in the current workforce create myriad challenges. The Brain-Friendly Workplace addresses the workplace challenges that closely rely on and affect people, such as upheaval in management, new and different employee motivators, diversity, maintaining civility in the workplace and continuous transition and change. It then applies five "big ideas" from neuroscience and how they can be used to address these issues. By learning about these fundamental brain processes and adapting your organization's culture to fit them, workplaces can be transformed.
Physical Description:v, 181 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-167) and index.
ISBN:9781562869120
1562869124