2014 summer reading list for benefits professionals
June 25, 2014 10:21 AM
Surviving Workplace Wellness with Your Dignity, Finances and (Major) Organs Intact by Al Lewis and Vik Khanna
In this e-book, Lewis and Khanna offer their views on why corporate wellness programs are failing and how employers can protect themselves from the hazards and expenses of implementing one.
[Publisher/Image source: THCB Press]
[Publisher/Image source: THCB Press]
Before Happiness by Shawn Achor
Harvard trained researcher and keynote speaker at EBNs 2011 Benefits Forum and Expo, Shawn Achor writes in his latest book that before we can become happy or successful, we need to first develop the ability to see that positive change is possible. Only once we learn to see the world through a more positive lens can we summon all our motivation, emotion, and intelligence to achieve our personal and professional goals.
[Publisher/Image source: Crown Business]
[Publisher/Image source: Crown Business]
The Grassroots Health Care Revolution by John Torinus Jr.
Torinus is the author of The Company That Solved Health Care and chairman of Serigraph Inc., a Wisconsin-based global manufacturing company. His latest book goes beyond his own experience at Serigraph to explore how executives and companies across the country including Robert W. Baird and Co., Scotts Miracle-Gro, Safeway and many others are implementing patient-centric plans and leading the way in real reform.
[Publisher/Image source: BenBella Books]
[Publisher/Image source: BenBella Books]
Employee Surveys That Work: Improving Design, Use, and Organizational Impact by Alec Levenson
Poorly designed employee surveys frustrate participants, analysts and executives, and can end up doing more harm than good. This new book offers sensible, practical ways to make employee surveys more useful and accurate and counters a number of unhelpful but common practices.
[Publisher/Image Source: SHRM/Berrett-Koehler]
[Publisher/Image Source: SHRM/Berrett-Koehler]
Ready or Not: Your Retirement Planning Guide, 41st Edition by Elizabeth M. McFadden (MEI Publishing)
A practical guide employers can recommend to employees to help them prepare for a satisfying and comfortable retirement. While many books limit the discussion of retirement to financial and legal issues, this workbook also explores physical and psychological issues.
[Publisher/Image source: MEI Publishing]
[Publisher/Image source: MEI Publishing]
