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We dropped a lot of knowledge on our blog readers in 2017, highlighting books that covered topics ranging from employee communications and business leadership, to career development and technology. In case you missed them, here is a recap of the top five most-read posts of 2017.
1. The Employee Experience Advantage: How to Win the War for Talent by Giving Employees the Workspaces They Want, the Tools They Need, and a Culture They Can Celebrate (Wiley, 2017), by Jacob Morgan, analyzes more than 250 global organizations to determine how they create environments that make people genuinely want to show up to work. He advises organizations to focus on three things that affect all employee experiences at every organization around the world:
* Culture. It's the "vibe" you get when you walk in the door, and it's the mood and the tone that the workplace sets. It's the leadership style, the sense of purpose your employees feel, the organizational structure and the people that make up your organization. Typically, corporate culture is what energizes or drains us, motivates or discourages us, and empowers or suffocates us.
* Technology. Technology is the central nervous system of an organization,...