Build It: The Rebel Playbook for World-Class Employee Engagement Hardcover – Illustrated, April 9, 2018

WOW… Glenn Elliott and Debra Corey have created a winner with this book. I read it… twice!A fantastic read for anyone looking to increase employee engagement, strengthen work culture, positively impact the customer experience and accelerate the business results that leaders care about most.The Engagement Bridge they write about is more than a consulting model. It is packed with practical ideas that businesses of any size can deploy.Elliott and Corey beautifully lay out the components of the Engagement Bridge with real life examples (plays) that will accelerate business outcomes when followed. I love how they clearly show the reader that following the methods will help generate the conditions that allow people to engage with their jobs and the organization – which will ultimately create a better place to work.In a world where employee engagement has become a ubiquitous term that is all too often freely tossed around by leaders, Elliott and Corey do a nice job providing a very accurate and useful definition all managers can learn from and apply.The research shared throughout will help any reader heighten awareness and, in some cases, concern for the lack of engagement at work and how expensive it really is. Fortunately, they also provide solutions to these issues as they take the reader on a journey through each of the 10 Engagement Bridge components. After reading about each component you can expect to walk away with several ideas you can put into practice immediately in your business.Enjoy!

The first two words that come to mind after reading Build It: The Rebel Playbook for World Class Employee Engagement are motivational and inspirational. You will immediately want to begin the journey!Built It is easily going to be a "Best Read" for 2018 and this is a book that every member of your management team should own a copy, particularly if your organization needs to be revitalized. Glenn and Debra have provided a Playbook that can be adapted to any organization. They provide you with a clear understanding and insight into "plays" that will take you down the path to successful Employee Engagement including case studies from a wide variety of successful companies as well as their personal experience.One of the most important messages that you will take away from the book is that not everyone will take the same route on this journey, but no matter where you begin, you will be heading in a positive direction and beginning to shift the mindset and/or thought process of managers and employees. After all, when employees feel valued and involved, the work environment is more positive and yields a higher level of productivity.This is a book that I will most definitely recommend to colleagues as well as clients!

Really good refreshing book about engagement. Raw. Gave copies to all of my managers who struggle with engagement. It gives a good solid base and framework

Glenn and Debra's passion for employee engagement is obvious and contagious. Build It provides great insight into how to build, and operate in a winning culture. I think it's valuable to employers and employees alike, and the stories are fun, enlightening and relatable. I highly recommend.

Build It is a pleasure to read! Unlike many other business books it clearly described theory and gave real life examples of how they are applied in practice. I would recommend the book to any leader who is looking for practical ways to make their teams perform better.

Great concepts and easy application for reviewing your business plan on employee engagement. Definitely worth reading and becoming an HR rebel!

While the book is well-structured and easy to follow, and the case studies are interesting, it misses the mark on more granular, step by step actions. Not sure 'rebel' would be an accurate assessment of the behaviours they list including, 'write HR policy for the many not the few'. Not exactly rebellious.More interesting than useful.

Great book on employee engagement. Better than most. I've bought copies for coworkers and if that isn't a ringing endorsement, I don't know what is.

Die beiden Autoren Elliott und Corey schildern auf ca. 250 Seiten, wie Unternehmen das Engagement ihrer Mitarbeitenden verbessern können. Dazu haben sie über die vergangenen Jahre ein Modell entwickelt, das sie „The Engagement Bridge“ nennen. Es wird jedoch nicht wirklich klar, auf welcher Grundlage das Modell tatsächlich entstanden ist. Teils führen die beiden Autoren repräsentative Studien an, teils Ergebnisse aus zahlreichen Interviews und teils auch aufgrund eigener Erfahrungen.Das Modell, also die „Engagement Bridge“, besteht aus 10 Dimensionen, die hilfreich bei der Verbesserung des Mitarbeiterdenengagements sein sollen. Drei Dimensionen bilden dabei die Grundlagen, sogenannte Felsen (rocks), ohne die eine Brücke nicht stabil stehen würde: workspace, well-being und pay & benefits.Weitere Bausteine, die zur Stabilität beitragen, sind open & honest communication, purpose, mission & values, leadership, management, job design, learning und recognition.Zu jeder Dimension geben Elliott und Corey Hinweise, wie diese aufgebaut bzw. weiterentwickelt werden können. Das sind manchmal hilfreiche Modelle, die theoretisch in kurzer Form den Hintergrund erklären, oder auch Vorgehensweisen. Alles sehr pragmatisch und weitgehend auf das Wesentliche konzentriert.Zusätzlich führen die Autorinnen zu jeder Empfehlung auch Fallbeispiele an, die sie „plays“ (playbook) nennen. Bei den Fallbeispielen wird kurz die Hintergrundsituation dargestellt gefolgt von dem ganz konkreten Vorgehen der entsprechenden Firma. Das ist nicht nur ein wunderbarer Fundus an spannenden Unternehmensbeispielen, sondern bietet auch einen sehr guten Einblick, wie man die Empfehlungen konkret umsetzen kann.Die Empfehlungen sind in ihrem Rebellionsgrad (the rebel playbook) durchaus unterschiedlich, teils wirklich absolut progressiv, bspw. durch die Veröffentlichung nahezu aller Daten intern wie auch extern bei der Firma Buffer, bis hin zu „normalen“ Formaten wie „show and tell“ der Firma Wistia, bei dem es darum geht, in einer 30minütigen Session kreative Ideen in max. 5 Minuten Beiträgen zu teilen.Insofern wählen die Autoren hier einen anderen Ansatz - auch wenn der Titel ähnlich klingt - als den von Francesca Gino in ihrem ebenfalls erfolgreichen Buch „Rebel Talent“, die darin herausarbeitet, weshalb Rebellen so wichtig für den Erfolg von Unternehmen sind.Build it kann ich zusammenfassend absolut empfehlen für Menschen, denen das Engagement ihrer Mitarbeitenden am Herzen liegt. Ich halte das Playbook aber auch für Profis aus dem Personalbereich für interessant, denn sie finden hier genug Ideen und Umsetzungsmöglichkeiten, etwas Neues auszuprobieren.Es sollte darüberhinaus aufgrund der zahlreichen Anregungen relativ leicht fallen, ein entsprechendes Engagementprogramm aufzusetzen, das unternehmensweit zum Tragen kommen kann.

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I have been looking for a good book on culture change for a while and I came across this whilst browsing. When it arrived I had a flick through the pages like I always do but was unable to put it down because it was so good. It’s extremely easy to read and very engaging. The book is well structured and informative packed with great ways to increase engagement. I particularly appreciated the tools available on the website which is great to get started. Moreover I contacted one of the authors (Debra) and she was very approachable and thanked me for my feedback. I really think it’s great when an author lives up to your expectations and is truly passionate about sharing knowledge to improve people’s experience at work. As an HR professional, this impressed me and I am pleased that this book is now available to share with leaders and the HR community. Great job on getting an often unnecessarily over complicated subject across in a clear, articulate engaging way. Would definitely recommend!

Really Excellent book.Needy for businessman and decision makers

Please put your money somewhere else, get the new Springsteen album or a couple of good movies instead [like Boiler Room that is very interesting in terms of internal communication] but don’t buy this useless “book”