Book review of “Work Smart Now” by Richard Polak. Polak is a thirty-five-year HR veteran, congressional advisor, and a world leader in creating compassionate strategies to increase employee productivity.
Polak discusses real life examples and explanations throughout chapters such as:
- Compassionate Productivity Versus Traditional Performance Incentives
- What Defines a Great Workplace?
- Culture in a Box
- The Five Buckets of Productivity
- About Remote Work
- Do Not Fight Change
- Working from Home Boosts Job Satisfaction and Employee Retention
- Productivity and Engagement Tips
- Absenteeism
- Presenteeism
- Clear Communication About Leave Options
- Find the Right Balance
A couple of takeaways I found of interest
- Compassionate productivity means a company recognizes employees are humans with their own struggles, triumphs, goals, and motivations that results in better work.
- If you can maximize productivity, your company will increase revenues.
- Stop wasting time and stressing to improve your quality of life.
DBA colleagues, stop working harder and WORK SMART NOW!! I give the book “Work Smart Now” by Richard Polak, a thumbs up. Right?
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