Joy Works: Empowering Teams In The New Era Of Work

What If Joy Powered Your Workplace?

Why would the managing partner of an international management consulting firm write a book about joy? Because it's an overlooked and desperately needed tool for engaging an anxious, disconnected, hybrid workforce. When people feel safe and inspired at work, they can accomplish so much more--but most leaders don't realize this is possible. Author Alex Liu explains how to create more joy for your people at work, both in person and in video meetings, with a step-by-step action plan for approaching joy at work using the three key drivers that determine employee happiness--people, praise, and purpose. .

Readers will learn how joy works from a diverse collection of psychologists, academics, athletes, nonprofit and board leaders, and a Broadway producer, as well as business leaders at Cisco, T-Mobile, SAP, and UPS.
Liu also explains:

• Ikigai, a Japanese concept meaning reason for being, a framework we can all use to find joy and meaning in our work.
• The link between social justice and joy, with stories from leaders who have committed to making social progress a priority.
• How younger generations view joy at work, and the shifting balance of power in work cultures.
• Reflective leadership -- a new approach to power leaders through uncertain and challenging times.

Joy Works is an essential handbook for anyone who wants to create more joy in their work -- the leaders who want to shift corporate cultures, managers who are facing pressures to innovate, young people who are adamant that they can have a life and a career that's centered around joy and meaning, and anyone who thinks joy at work is a near-term possibility, not an oxymoron.

Let's build more joy.