Contented Cows MOOve Faster: How Good Leaders Get People to Put More OOMPH! Into Their Work
By Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden
Publication Date: June, 2007
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What’s it about? Discretionary Effort and Employee Engagement.
Who’s it for? Leaders, at all levels, charged with getting maximum productivity and engagement from a willing, enthusiastic workforce.
How’s it written? At once funny, irreverent, and deadly serious. Real leaders, in real companies, getting real people to go the extra mile in hot pursuit of organizational objectives – like serving customers, and earning a profit. Full of stories, examples, and prescriptive advice for leaders who need to turn their teams into a vibrant, competitive weapon. More>>>
Paperback – US $19.95 – Online price: $18.00
Contented Cows Give Better Milk: The Plain Truth About Employee Relations and Your Bottom Line
By Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden
Publication Date 1998
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What’s it about? The clear connection between an organization’s people practices and profit performance.
Who’s it for? Leaders, managers, and executives looking for practical (read: not expensive) ways to improve business results by creating a focused, fired-up, and capably led workforce.
How’s it written? Also irreverent, edgy, and with heavy dose of good-natured fun. Using facts, not faith, the book presents the business case for creating a great workplace. Then, through stories of dozens of organizations and leaders who’ve created successful, and profitable, workplaces. Like all of our work, it’s highly prescriptive, and gives readers lots of practical “to-do’s” to replicate the success of some of the world’s legendary organizations. More>>>
Paperback – US $18.00 Audiobook on CD – $24.00
Slightly damaged paperbacks available for $8.00
Finding Great People – An Interview Guide
Downloadable E-Book
By Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden
Publication Date: 2006
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A great tool for asking just the right questions for each job. “Finding Great People: The Interview Guide” contains interview questions for 25 behaviorally anchored job dimensions, such as Rapport Building, Team Orientation, Resilience, Creativity, Attention, Tolerance for Repetitive Tasks, etc. Select the dimensions that are important for the job, then, use the questions for each significant dimension in guiding the interview with each candidate. More>>>
This is an electronic book, available for immediate download.
Downloadable e-book – US $5.00
