The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People
About this product
You appreciate your coworkers—but do they feel appreciated? OVER 800,000 COPIES SOLD! Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages® (over 20 million copies sold) With updated and new research from JC Hite and William Attaway Dramatically improve workplace relationships simply by learning your coworkers' language of appreciation. This book will give you the tools to create a more positive workplace, increase employee engagement, and reduce staff turnover. How? By teaching you to effectively communicate authentic appreciation and encouragement to employees, co-workers, and leaders. Most relational problems in organizations flow from this question: do people feel appreciated? This book will help you answer "Yes!" A bestseller—having sold over 800,000 copies and translated into 24 languages—this book has proven to be effective and valuable in diverse settings. Its principles about human behavior have helped businesses, non-profits, hospitals, schools, government agencies, and organizations with remote workers. This expanded edition includes research from J.C. Hite and Dr. William Attaway, along with QR codes at the end of each chapter that unlock short, insightful videos designed to enhance application. The QR code also provides access to Motivating By Appreciation (MBA) Inventory, an assessment that identifies a person's preferred languages of appreciation. When supervisors and colleagues understand their coworkers' primary and secondary languages, as well as the specific actions they desire, they can effectively communicate authentic appreciation, thus creating healthy work relationships and raising the level of performance across an entire team or organization. Take your team to the next level by applying The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace. Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers and Goodreads readers generally describe this book as practical, easy to apply, and useful for managers who want to improve employee morale and communication. Goodreads shows many reader reviews, while a Target review quote says the book helped the reviewer understand how to give affirmation and positive feedback in ways that fit different coworkers.
Several review and summary sources say the main value is its framework for tailoring appreciation to individual preferences, especially through words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, tangible gifts, and physical touch. Review blogs and professional journal reviews also describe it as an eye-opening leadership tool for organizations.
Some readers and reviewers imply the book is best for team leaders, HR, and workplace culture, rather than for casual reading. The overall tone of the available reviews is favorable, with the most common praise centered on practicality, clarity, and immediate workplace usefulness.
YouTube search results included real videos about the book, but they were not all direct product reviews. The most relevant visible result was a video titled as a book review, and other results discussed the workplace appreciation framework and the authors’ ideas.
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Specifications
| Publisher | Northfield Publishing |
| Publication date | January 1, 2019 |
| Edition | Second Edition, New |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 272 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0802418406 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0367896362 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #7,373 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #69 in Business Management (Books) #168 in Leadership & Motivation |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (3,360) |