A Great Place to Work: What Makes Some Employers So Good--And Most So Bad

"Good workplaces are worth examining if for no other reason than that they enrich the lives of the people working there. Everyone, after all, would prefer working in a pleasant environment to an unpleasant one. Since most of us spend the greater part of our waking hours at work, this is no small matter."

With this idea in mind, Robert Levering decided to depart from the usual approach – looking at what’s wrong with bad workplaces and how to fix it – and instead sought to discover what is right with truly great workplaces. To do so, Levering interviewed employees and managers at every level of "the best of the best" - the top 20 from his best-selling book, The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America.

In this groundbreaking book, Levering uses interviews and anecdotes from the best employers to:

- Show why the most essential ingredient of a great place to work is trust between employees and management

- Explain why conventional management practices make it difficult to create a good workplace environment

- Provide case studies of positive and negative transformations of workplaces

The inspiring message of this book is that any company can become a great place to work. A Great Place to Work helps employees interpret daily experiences at work and determine what it is possible to expect. But it also informs well-meaning employers with ideas and tips about how to improve the quality of a working environment.