Experience, Inc. Why Companies That Uncover Purpose, Create Connection, and Celebrate Their People Will Triumph

by Popelka, Jill

• ISBN13: 9781119852872
• ISBN10: 1119852870
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781119852889
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-05-03
• Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER

The business leader’s guide to creating a winning employee experience

In Experience, Inc.: Why Companies that Uncover Purpose, Create Connection, and Celebrate Their People Will Triumph,veteran business leader and growth strategist Jill Popelka delivers a hands-on guide to building a flexible, adaptable, and engaged workforce that can enable your organization to evolve with emerging challenges. You’ll find the insights you need to build a company culture that prioritizes your people, resulting in an empowered and future-ready workforce. Filled with stories from the author’s extensive experience as the President of SAP SuccessFactors, the book also offers:

• Advice from global thought leaders on some of today’s most pressing issues
• Practical resources for any employee to improve their productivity and impact
• Tips on creating a culture that works for the organization and its people

Experience, Inc. is an essential tool for business leaders of all levels, from the C-suite and senior executives to people managers and human resources practitioners. It is a must-read for organizations looking for ways to build a sustainable, productive, and exciting workplace centered around the most critical driver of business success: employees.

Author Biography

JILL POPELKA has 25 years of experience as a technology executive and is a dynamic, people-first leader who has successfully driven large, global organizations through change. She is passionate about leading teams across the world to achieve more than they believe possible.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Part 1 Let’s Start Here

1. A Brief, Not Particularly Employee-Friendly History of Work

2. Employee Experience: The New Why

Part 2: Breaking Down Employee Experience

3. More Than A Job: Purpose, Meaning, Connection 

4. You Got This: Agency & Autonomy 

5. We Belong: Progress on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

6. I Value You: Belief, Recognition, Appreciation 

Part 3: Foundations for a Great Employee Experience 

7. Authentic Beats Perfect: Leadership Today

8. Collaboration at Work: Humane Technology

9. Thriving at Work: A Focus on Health

Part 4: So What? 

10. The Results Are In: Productivity & Efficiency 

11. Keep the Pace: Agility & Resilience

12. Sustainable Growth for People and Business

Epilogue

Storm Home 

Notes

About the Author

Index