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Label: SIMON & SCHUSTER @ TRADE Manufacturer: SIMON & SCHUSTER @ TRADE Publication Date: 1995 Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER @ TRADE Studio: SIMON & SCHUSTER @ TRADE Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Interesting read, not lots of depthIn Vital Friends, Tom Rath makes two main points. * One is that having friends at work is very beneficial to the employer. With a best friend at work, you are much more likely to be productive. Without a best friend at work, there's only a 1 in 12 chance you'll feel engaged! With three good friends at work you are 96% more likely to be extremely satisfied with your life. (All the numbers are from a Gallup poll.) * The second point he makes is that you can't ... Read More Rating:  - Friends--- More Than Just a "Good Idea"I've heard of good friends, close friends, old friends, casual friends, best friends, even "just" friends, but I had never heard the word "vital" to describe friends until this book. And that is exactly what Tom Rath proceeds to explain, that having friends, real, meaningful engaged relationships, is absolutely vital to our health, our well-being, and our personal and professional success. Not "a good idea" or "important" but actually "vital"- absolutely necessary. He starts the book ... Read More Rating:  - Thinking about friendsMy book club read Vital Friends last week. The men responded well to it; the women seemed lukewarm. All of us liked the book's values. Rath's survey study reveals surprising connections between productivity and policies promoting friendship at work. Rath also developed a structure for analyzing dynamic components common among friends, a structure available on-line. Our book club men found the analysis especially revealing when applied to their personal lives. Our women ... Read More Rating: - Friends At WorkLearn how valuable your friends are, and then go one step further by developing friendships with your co-workers. Rating: - Not disquieting at allI disagree with the reviewer who liked the book but found it disquieting. Rath simply shows the value of friendships at work. The part the reviewer found disquieting was where Rath shows how the friendships can be used in productivity. He is not, in any way, fostering the idea that we become friends with someone because of what they can do for us at work. He is encouraging business leaders to create an environment where natural friendships are encouraged and showing them that such an environment will ... Read More |
