Books published by Society for Human Resource Management

Featuries tried-and-true, ready-to-use tools, examples, and resources, this guide teaches the nuts and bolts of HR for small businesses and startups and is the perfect desk reference for any organisation who may not have the financial resources to invest in a fully-staffed HR department.

Who hasn't suffered at one time or another from exhaustion, cynicism, and a lack of effectiveness? But combine them over time and you're flirting with a disaster of catastrophic magnitude-burnout. Elegantly defined as the depletion of personal agency (the apparatus driving our ability to initiate and execute actions) burnout effectively wipes out our ability to be effective, much less engaged. And the cost of burnout is astronomical in all its forms and phases, including the profound and lasting effects it has on employees and workplace cultures. Based on extensive research and full of real-world stories and examples, workplace culture experts Rob and Terri Bogue take a deep dive into the signs, sources, and solutions of burnout and deliver an essential resource that helps anyone identify, prevent, and recover from burnout.

An Updated Classic for Reducing Turnover and Improving Engagement. For decades organizations have struggled to better engage and retain their best employees. Retention expert Richard Finnegan proposes a proven and proactive approach, the Stay Interview: an easy-to-use tool to uncover, anticipate, and resolve issues and concerns before your best employees leave. Stay Interviews do three things that employee surveys do not: they deliver information that can be used today; they give practical insights for engaging and retaining top performers; and they provide managers with a reliable process for developing individual stay plans. One of SHRM's all-time bestselling books, The Power of Stay Interviews,is now revised and updated to reflect Generations at work, including Millennials and Older Workers, brand-new Stay Interview questions, and introduces "e;Finnegan's Arrow"e;-a potent business-driven strategy for Stay Interviews.

What do you do well that you don't use at work? In Go Beyond the Job Description,HR professionals and general managers will learn how to increase individual and team contributions by using what they already know and demonstrates in step-by-step style how to increase productivity, motivation, and engagement in individuals with a proven 100-day project called Talent Engagement Optimization (TEO). TEO is using more of what people already have, but are not using, in their jobs. It looks beyond the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities and considers in depth the employee talents, opportunities, and development now and in the future, and incorporates them in practical and meaningful ways that benefits employee and organization. Features include an online assessment to learn your own Talent Engagement Zone, a Development Plan, Strategic Program Transition Plan, and Additional Resources and Tools. A methodical and insightful book with detailed guidelines for any HR manager looking to optimize employee talent and build sustainable engagement, especially those with limited time and funds.