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

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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.

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.

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 

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