The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations By Encouraging People

Gary Chaspman & Paul White

Paperback

Description: OVER 450,000 COPIES SOLD!

Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages® (over 12 million copies sold),

Dramatically improve workplace relationships simply by learning your coworkers' language of appreciation.

This book will give you the tools to improve staff morale, create a more positive workplace, and increase employee engagement. How? By teaching you to effectively communicate authentic appreciation and encouragement to employees, co-workers, and leaders. Most relational problems in organizations flow from this question: do people feel appreciated? This book will help you answer "Yes!"

A bestseller—having sold over 450,000 copies and translated into 16 languages—this book has proven to be effective and valuable in diverse settings. Its principles about human behavior have helped businesses, non-profits, hospitals, schools, government agencies, and organizations with remote workers.

PLUS! Each book contains a free access code for taking the online Motivating By Appreciation (MBA) Inventory (does not apply to purchases of used books). The assessment identifies a person's preferred languages of appreciation to help you apply the book. When supervisors and colleagues understand their coworkers' primary and secondary languages, as well as the specific actions they desire, they can effectively communicate authentic appreciation, thus creating healthy work relationships and raising the level of performance across an entire team or organization.

**(Please contact mpcustomerservice@moody.edu if you purchased your book new and the access code is denied.)

Take your team to the next level by applying The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace.

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About The Author: 

Married more than 45 years to Karolyn, Dr. Gary Chapman is just the man to turn to for help on improving or healing our most important relationships. His own life experiences, plus over forty years of pastoring and marriage counseling, led him to publish his first book in the Love Language series, The 5 Love Languages®: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate. Millions of readers credit this continual #1 New York Times bestseller with saving their marriages by showing them simple and practical ways to communicate their love to their partner.

Since the success of his first book, Dr. Chapman has expanded his 5 Love Languages® series to specifically reach out to teens, singles, men, and children.

He is the author of numerous other books published by Moody Publishers/Northfield Publishing, including Anger, The Family You’ve Always Wanted, The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted, Desperate Marriages, God Speaks Your Love Language, Parenting Your Adult Child, and Hope for the Separated. He coauthored The Five Languages of Apology with Dr. Jennifer Thomas.

Chapman speaks to thousands of couples nationwide through his weekend marriage conferences. He hosts a nationally syndicated radio program, Love Language Minute, and a Saturday morning program, Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman, that air on more than 400 stations. Dr. Chapman also serves as senior associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Dr. Chapman holds BA and MA degrees in anthropology from Wheaton College and Wake Forest University, respectively, MRE and PhD degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has completed postgraduate work at the University of North Carolina and Duke University.

Dr. Chapman and his wife have two adult children and two grandchildren, and currently live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

DR. PAUL WHITE, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who has worked with individuals, businesses and families in a variety of settings for over 20 years. He is coauthor of The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, with Dr. Gary Chapman. Their Motivating by Appreciation Inventory and Appreciation at Work resources have been used by numerous corporations, schools, non-profit organizations, and government agencies.Dr. White has taught around the world, including Europe, South America, Asia, and the Caribbean. His expertise has been requested by Focus on the Family, Compassion International, Crown Ministries, Moody Bible Institute, Association of Christian Schools International, the Salvation Army, National Christian Foundation, and over 200 colleges. Dr. White graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wheaton College, earning his Masters of Counseling from Arizona State University, and received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Georgia State University.

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Pages: 256

Publication Date: January 2019