22 Keys To Creating A Meaningful Workplace

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Summary: The Key to Success
Review: 22 Keys To Creating A Meaningful Workplace has changed the way our company does business. Period. These simple, common sense keys open the door to a new level of committment, service and pride for our team. We've been so pleased with the results in our workplace, we have featured the book in our company newsletter, which is distributed to over 11,000 professionals in Canada. Simplicity is the key to action and change!

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Summary: 22 Keys to Creating a Meaningful Workplace
Review: After reading Tom Terez "22 Keys to Creating a Meaningful Workplace", I was amazed at just how many of the simple things I had forgotten in my daily role as a supervisor. Tom's book puts real life experiences into play and makes you think about your role in the workplace. I had the sincere fortune to hear and meet Mr. Terez and I found him to be one of the most interesting speakers I have heard in quite sometime. I have placed "22 Keys" into our training program for not only supervisors but for ALL employees in our division. I want to sincerely thank Tom Terez for writing such a wonderful learning tool. The "22 Keys" are simple ideas we should exemplify in every day life. I know we will be using the book for many years to come.

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Summary: 22 Keys to Creating a Meaningful Workplace
Review: After reading Tom Terez "22 Keys to Creating a Meaningful Workplace", I was amazed at just how many of the simple things I had forgotten in my daily role as a supervisor. Tom's book puts real life experiences into play and makes you think about your role in the workplace. I had the sincere fortune to hear and meet Mr. Terez and I found him to be one of the most interesting speakers I have heard in quite sometime. I have placed "22 Keys" into our training program for not only supervisors but for ALL employees in our division. I want to sincerely thank Tom Terez for writing such a wonderful learning tool. The "22 Keys" are simple ideas we should exemplify in every day life. I know we will be using the book for many years to come.

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Summary: 22 Keys to Creating a Meaningful Workplace
Review: As more and more global workers become members of virtual teams -operating at a physical, organizational or time zone distance from their colleagues, it becomes all the more critical that we know how to create, and sustain, meaningful work. This book contains practical, tested, and entirely realistic examples and recommendations for doing just that. I highly commend this book to any manager who is trying to "lead at a distance" as well as those to commute to the same office as their workers.

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Summary: 22 Keys To Creating a Meaningful Workplace
Review: I have spent the past three years researching the topic of culture change within organizations. This book by Tom Terez illustrates that Tom's insight into the future of capturing the attention of employee's was gained by a talented eye, and dedicated research.

The 22 Keys are basic human relation principles that now need to be strategically integrated throughout organizational philosophy. A brilliant piece of work that I highly recommend to corporations that are seeking to be leaders of inspiration in the future.

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Summary: High Fiber Content
Review: I recommend Terez's 22 Keys for all business professionals. Terez uses practical examples to bring forth important points to the reader. (Humor included!) The book has a human touch as voices of hundreds of folks from all walks of work life reach out as they share their experiences.

You will walk away with practical examples and useful advice.

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Summary: "Meaningful Workplace"- Is That an Oxymoron?
Review: Many who experience the workplace on a daily basis might find the phrase "meaningful workplace" to be a little contradictory. In light of this cultural reality, Tom Terez has offered a research based and reality based approach to creating a workplace that engages people beyond the "labor" of the job and into the realm of the heart and mind. 22 Keys to Creating a Meaningful Workplace is not only an entertaining read, it offers great hope to both those who desire more out of their 9 to 5 and those determined to improve the work cultures they manage. Organizational Development people-- Tom Terez will help you find the heart of the organization. Baldrige people-- Here is your 5.3 (Employee Wellbeing and Satisfaction). Human Dynamics people-- Get to know this common sense approach to building relationships. This is not a good book-- it's a great book-- for anyone ready to create and/or work in a Meaningful Workplace.

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Summary: A "must read" if job satisfaction is important to you!
Review: This book provides so much useful information -- practical action ideas, real stories about real people, profiles of meaningful workplaces, a meaningful workplace scorecard, even "believe it or not" sidebars that show what really goes on in some organizations. My favorite sections were the end-of-chapter "reality checks," which you can use to evaluate your workplace in terms of the 22 "keys." These quickie assessments helped me and my colleagues take the temperature of our current situation -- and we've been using this as a starting point for focused conversation and improvement planning. If you want to increase job satisfaction -- your own and your colleagues' -- this book is required (and fun!) reading.

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Summary: Highly Recommended for Bosses and Workers
Review: This book was a delightful surprise. I expected to read yet another business book directed solely toward owners, executives, and managers. This specialized audience will gain quite a lot from this book, but so will "ordinary employees." 22 Keys is an Everyman's book, written in a tone that encourages focused initiative by all sorts of readers. Not only does this approach add value to the book, it makes it much more salable in bulk to companies interested in changing their work environment.

Corporate culture has been defined as "what it feels like to work here." Terez has captured what people are looking for in today's work environment in his exploration of what it takes to create a meaningful workplace. Before going any further, it's important to list the 22 Keys. As you read this list, pause at each one and think about how it relates to your personal situation. Purpose, Direction, Relevance, Validation, Respect, Equality, Informality, Flexibility, Ownership, Challenge, Invention, Support, Personal Development, Dialogue, Relationship Building, Service, Acknowledgement, Oneness, Self-Identity, Fit, Balance, and Worth.

Each key is presented in a chapter heavily seasoned with vignettes that hold the reader's attention. Not all the stories have happy endings, making this book even more valuable. It's not a quick-and-easy-guide-to-Nirvana, but is a realistic presentation. Questions challenge the reader's thinking and, hopefully, stimulate behavior. Actions by others are described to build a sense of confidence that the reader can also do these things and make a difference.

The book has a number of features that increase its readability and usefulness. Reality checks at the end of each chapter focus the reader's attention. Did you get the message? Quotations, liberally sprinkled throughout the book, stimulate thought. I felt the author could have done with a few less quotes, but that's a very minor issue. One of the pages I turned down (there were many) marks a quote by Albert Einstein: "Not everything that can be counted counts, but not everything that counts can be counted." When we're all looking to measure our performance, yet at the same time achieve life-work balance, the quote is meaningful. Ah! Meaningful. The objective of the book: well-achieved. The action plans will help you get started to make a difference in your organization.

This book will be around for a while. It fits comfortably with what needs to be done in the world of work-in the private sector, in government, in non-profits, in education. If it isn't on your shelf yet, now is the time to get a copy, read it, and share it. I read the hardcover edition.

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Summary: Terez Gets To The Heart of Meaning at Work
Review: Tom Terez, in his book 22 Keys to Creating a Meaningful Workplace, gets to the heart of the motivation and values issues that today's workforce struggles with on a daily basis. His solid research and real life examples define the issues and he goes beyond the broad brush cliches. He gives many of his examples in the voice of the people who provided him with his data. Every reader can see pieces of themselves and their organization in the pages of this book. This clear, concise and well written manual then goes on to provide a template to assess your own organization and helps you wrestle with the "meaning" question to obtain positive results. Tom Terez has a real talent for getting to the heart of the matter and cutting out useless jargon. He has made the subject understandable, useful and actionable. After reading this book-I can't wait to use his concepts in my organization to help all our employees build shared meaning. I will be giving this book to all of our senior management staff for Christmas!