Fired Up!: A guide to transforming your team from burnout to engagement - Softcover

Mia Baytop Russell; Girvin Liggans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3110741628 ISBN 13: 9783110741629

Publisher: De Gruyter, 2022

Synopsis

This book will offer the reader specific and practical strategies to assess their work environment for factors that influence burnout and engagement, acknowledge findings (through transparent and responsive communication with their team), and act on what has been learned (stop doing what has not worked, keep doing what has worked, and start doing some new things). Fired Up! equips leaders with a roadmap to take their teams from burnout to engagement with real world examples and practical tools and resources that can be applied and implemented immediately. It serves as a starting point to help the reader understand burnout, engagement, and what is involved in undertaking an integrated and comprehensive approach to developing a plan. Inspired by the stories, anecdotes, and strategies included in the book, leaders will have a team that feels happier, more valued, and is performing better. By reading this book, people leaders will learn to assess their team/work environment, acknowledge current realities, and develop a plan of action. By undertaking these three steps, people leaders will build trust, foster innovation, reduce staff turnover, improve organizational commitment, promote overall wellbeing, demonstrate care and improve performance and productivity within their teams. By transforming their team, people leaders are better able to focus on strategic priorities, drive results, and demonstrate greater value to their organizations.

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About the Author

Dr Mia Baytop Russell serves as a vice president in Wells Fargo's Corporate Responsibility and Community Relations department and is an adjunct lecturer at John Hopkins University and the University of Maryland. She brings more than 20 years of financial education experience to Wells Fargo's Hands on Banking®, a leading program that provides free, non-commercial financial education to children, teens, adults, seniors, military and entrepreneurs throughout the company's national footprint. In her role, she is responsible for content strategy and integration. Before joining Wells Fargo, Mia was an Extension Educator at University of Maryland Extension leading the financial education program in Central Maryland. In that role, she delivered programs and conducted research on broad financial topics including youth entrepreneurship and health insurance literacy. Mia is a firm advocate of financial capability and education, especially among diverse and traditionally underserved populations. In addition to teaching financial courses and financial education workshops, designed to spur positive behavior change, Mia has presented research nationally and internationally. Mia received her doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership from University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, which examined the effects of job characteristics on burnout, employee engagement, and turnover intention among Cooperative Extension educators. Dr Girvin L. Liggans is Technical Lead, Retail Food Policy for the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) and is based in College Park, Maryland, USA. He was awarded a PhD in Organizational Leadership in 2017 from University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland. He is an experienced environmental health professional and researcher focused on advancing evidence-informed and equitable public and organizational policy-making. Girvin has proven expertise leading policy analysis and research initiatives to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of public policy, instructional programs, and organizational change. He is experienced in both natural and social science research methods and has a research portfolio that spans environmental science, environmental health, organizational behavior, and legal epidemiology. He has published articles on ecotoxicology, food safety, regulatory compliance, risk assessment, diversity and inclusion, and employee engagement and conducted research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Maryland, and the University of Natal in South Africa.

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110741628
• ISBN 13: 9783110741629
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 150