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Seeking Fairness at Work

Non-Fiction

WINNER: Silver Medal Book Award, Nonfiction Authors Association

3x WINNER: Global Ebook Gold Award for Business, Leadership, and Communications

Seeking Fairness at Work examines the unwritten rules at work—rules that, when broken, keep employees from doing their best work and companies from reaching their full potential.

It’s well known that high engagement is essential to greater productivity, profit growth, customer loyalty, and employee retention.

What’s less understood is the crucial role the implied social contract plays in this process and how it relates to the five most common workplace norms that betray fairness, leaving employees feeling dispirited, disengaged, and headed for the door.

Using evidence-based science, academic research, interviews, and real-life stories business strategist Hanna Hasl-Kelchner analyzes why traditional means of improving employee engagement, retention and satisfaction inevitably fall short and what management can do to achieve more success.

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ADVANCED PRAISE FOR Seeking Fairness at Work

REALITY-BASED APPROACH . . .

Hanna Hasl-Kelchner has written the definitive guide to infusing fairness into leadership and organizational practices. She’s masterfully woven together important concepts and models into an actionable and reality -based approach to creating a workplace that works. Seeking Fairness at Work is filled with concrete ways to dramatically elevate the employee experience — and business results. If you want to immediately make a positive impact on your team, read this book.

Julie Winkle Giulioni, Author of Promotions Are SO Yesterday and Co-author of Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go

EYE-OPENING . . .

Seeking Fairness at Work offers a compelling framework to support the urgent need for emotional intelligence in business leadership. An eye-opening game changer!

Mark C. Crowley, author of Lead From the Heart: Transformational Leadership for the 21st Century

ADDS SO MUCH VALUE . . .

Seeking Fairness at Work adds so much value to the ongoing conversation about employee engagement. It explains not only the importance of fairness in the workplace, but also the advantages. A little more humanity will go a long way in creating an environment that’s enjoyable, productive, and effective at retaining employees, and Hanna has absolutely nailed how to accomplish this. I hope my kids’ employers read this book!

Scott Greenberg, Business Speaker & Writer, Author of The Wealthy Franchisee and Stop the Shift Show

BASED ON SOLID RESEARCH . . .

Treating people with fairness and respect at work is the very cornerstone of a positive employee experience. Hanna Hasl-Kelchner doesn’t just explain it in Seeking Fairness at Work, she provides a common-sense framework for doing so, one based on solid research. People managers at all levels should buy and read this book.

Barbara Mitchell & Cornelia Gamlem, Authors of The Big Book of HR

MUST READ FOR SENIOR LEADERS . .

A must read for senior leaders. Hasl-Kelchner deconstructs the social contract that drives employee engagement and excellence, identifies common pitfalls and provides a 5-step strategy for building fairness and trust at work.

It’s like she reads your mind by articulating the concerns you might have about following the steps, then without invalidating that point of view, she manages to shift your perspective. Hasl-Kelchner is a master at the human relationships that are the foundation of any workplace.

If you want your employees to bring their full commitment and best ideas to work, read Seeking Fairness at Work.

Rusty Gaillard, Team Performance and Leadership Excellence Consultant, Best-selling author of Breaking the Code

IT'S NOT FAIR!

It’s not fair! The lament every leader ought to dread. Because the minute someone feels like they’ve been short-changed, they feel entitled to take. Unfairness is one of the greatest predictors of dishonesty. Fortunately, Hanna Hasl-Kelchner has provided us roadmap for how to make sure our workplaces and teams cultivate this universal value we all hunger for. If you want a level-playing field where everyone on your team can thrive, take Hanna’s well-crafted advice to heart. You’ll be so glad you did.

Ron Carucci, Managing Partner, Navalent, bestselling & award winning author of Rising to Power and To Be Honest