Verbalocity, Inc. Announces the Book Release of Living for the Weekday
What Every Employee and Boss Needs to Know About Enjoying Work and Life by Clint Swindall
Bulverde, TX, May 22, 2010 --(PR.com)-- “The case of the Sunday blues”
The Guardian, a UK Newspaper reported about a recent survey by Mind, a UK mental health charity, that one in four of us will have spent Sunday suffering from the so-called “Sunday blues” due to the stress of returning to work. In a survey of 2,000 workers, Mind found one in 10 had sought help from their doctors and seven percent had started taking antidepressants for work-related stress problems. The findings came after official figures recently showed the biggest ever rise in prescriptions for antidepressants which hit 39.1 million last year, up from 35.9 million in 2008.
In his debut book titled Engaged Leadership, author Clint Swindall addressed the leader's role in employee engagement. Through this popular business fable, Clint introduced readers to Seth Owen, a young management recruit who helps his boss build a culture of employee engagement.
In this eye-opening follow-up to Engaged Leadership, “Living for the Weekday: What Every Employee Needs to Know about Enjoying Work and Life” (Wiley; May 2010; 9780470599402; $22.95) Clint retells the fable from the perspective of Miles Freeman, an employee of Seth's who struggles with the disengagement of everyone around him. With the help of some insightful and timely training on life balance, Miles discovers that employee engagement is the result of some specific choices he and his coworkers make in their personal lives.
For leaders and employees, Living for the Weekday gives effective ways to create sustainable, far-reaching engagement in any collaborative workplace. With five key factors as the foundation for balancing life and work—career, relationships, health, finances, and spirituality— Living for the Weekday enables you to:
* Answer hard questions about your career
* Focus on your personal growth
* Strengthen work relationships
* Surround yourself with the right people
* Benefit from adding value to your employer
* Commit to a cause greater than yourself
This innovative and entertaining book takes a fun yet practical look at job satisfaction from the employee's point of view. Filled with challenges and self-assessments, it supplies the reader with a series of tools to get the most out of their team and career. It serves an enduring reminder that job satisfaction comes down to practicing a few simple behaviors, regardless of the stressors involved. Behaviors that may seem simple on the surface however can be agonizingly difficult to master.
Living for the Weekday will help readers get rid of the Sunday blues and start to look at Monday as a step in the right direction.
About the Author:
Clint Swindall (Bulverde, TX) is a nationally recognized expert on leadership. As the founder, President, and CEO of Verbalocity, Inc., a personal development company with a focus on leadership enhancement, he travels the country, professionally speaking to, training, and consulting thousands of people per year.
His corporate client list includes: American Express, Careerbuilders.com, DaimlerChrysler, Hallmark Gold Crown, State Farm Insurance, the U.S. Army, and Wells Fargo. Clint has been recognized in the professional speaking industry as a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) and has been a showcase speaker for the International Association of Speakers Bureaus (IASB).
For more information and an executive summary, please visit www.verbalocity.com
Living for the Weekday:
What Every Employee and Boss Needs to
Know About Enjoying Work and Life
by Clint Swindall
Wiley; June 2010; 9780470599402;
$22.95; Hardcover
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The Guardian, a UK Newspaper reported about a recent survey by Mind, a UK mental health charity, that one in four of us will have spent Sunday suffering from the so-called “Sunday blues” due to the stress of returning to work. In a survey of 2,000 workers, Mind found one in 10 had sought help from their doctors and seven percent had started taking antidepressants for work-related stress problems. The findings came after official figures recently showed the biggest ever rise in prescriptions for antidepressants which hit 39.1 million last year, up from 35.9 million in 2008.
In his debut book titled Engaged Leadership, author Clint Swindall addressed the leader's role in employee engagement. Through this popular business fable, Clint introduced readers to Seth Owen, a young management recruit who helps his boss build a culture of employee engagement.
In this eye-opening follow-up to Engaged Leadership, “Living for the Weekday: What Every Employee Needs to Know about Enjoying Work and Life” (Wiley; May 2010; 9780470599402; $22.95) Clint retells the fable from the perspective of Miles Freeman, an employee of Seth's who struggles with the disengagement of everyone around him. With the help of some insightful and timely training on life balance, Miles discovers that employee engagement is the result of some specific choices he and his coworkers make in their personal lives.
For leaders and employees, Living for the Weekday gives effective ways to create sustainable, far-reaching engagement in any collaborative workplace. With five key factors as the foundation for balancing life and work—career, relationships, health, finances, and spirituality— Living for the Weekday enables you to:
* Answer hard questions about your career
* Focus on your personal growth
* Strengthen work relationships
* Surround yourself with the right people
* Benefit from adding value to your employer
* Commit to a cause greater than yourself
This innovative and entertaining book takes a fun yet practical look at job satisfaction from the employee's point of view. Filled with challenges and self-assessments, it supplies the reader with a series of tools to get the most out of their team and career. It serves an enduring reminder that job satisfaction comes down to practicing a few simple behaviors, regardless of the stressors involved. Behaviors that may seem simple on the surface however can be agonizingly difficult to master.
Living for the Weekday will help readers get rid of the Sunday blues and start to look at Monday as a step in the right direction.
About the Author:
Clint Swindall (Bulverde, TX) is a nationally recognized expert on leadership. As the founder, President, and CEO of Verbalocity, Inc., a personal development company with a focus on leadership enhancement, he travels the country, professionally speaking to, training, and consulting thousands of people per year.
His corporate client list includes: American Express, Careerbuilders.com, DaimlerChrysler, Hallmark Gold Crown, State Farm Insurance, the U.S. Army, and Wells Fargo. Clint has been recognized in the professional speaking industry as a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) and has been a showcase speaker for the International Association of Speakers Bureaus (IASB).
For more information and an executive summary, please visit www.verbalocity.com
Living for the Weekday:
What Every Employee and Boss Needs to
Know About Enjoying Work and Life
by Clint Swindall
Wiley; June 2010; 9780470599402;
$22.95; Hardcover
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