I had never thought that I would be Reviewing a book on my Blog, but something about this subject fascinated me and made me take a deep dive into this fantastic book by – Robertson Hunter Stewart.
The Title of the book caught my attention ” The Incredible Value of Employee Power”, in this Covid situation when some of the organizations are not realizing the value of most important asset i.e “The Human Resource” , this book is like a breath of fresh air.
ABOUT THE BOOK
This is a book about the incredible source of largely untapped power which exists within organisations and companies today, namely your employees. It explains why this is the case and what to do about it. The main paradigm of the book is that employees are the most important resource for any organisation and should be treated as such; companies need more than ever to become employee centric.
Both now and in the future, key themes such as autonomy, empowerment and employee engagement will become the foundations upon which companies will build competitive advantage. Building confidence and trust will become more and more crucial to success, as in the book:
“Empowerment is also to do with confidence and trust. If you think about the concepts of confidence and trust in your life outside of work, I am sure that most of you would agree that, if there is no trust within, for example, a family unit, there is a great likelihood that this will lead to a serious problem.”
This book portrays these concepts in a beautiful way. The clarity in which all these concepts have been explained is fantastic.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robertson Hunter Stewart’s experience as an employee has now stretched over a period of 36 years (56-years-old at the time of writing) and he has spent the last 26 years in the service sector. Arriving in France in 1992 (and speaking no French), Stewart worked his way up from cleaner to General Manager of some of the biggest Luxury Hotels in Europe (three of which with over a thousand rooms). He has led teams from a few to several hundred during his career.
He also continues to teach in both French and English at Bachelors and Masters Level for prestigious Management schools in Paris, France.
As he says in his first book he says :
“As both an employee and a manager, I strongly believe that the way that we are treated within an organisation impacts to a very high degree on how we behave as employees and, following on from that, how we perform.”
In case some of you would like to connect with Robertson himself, you can use the following links.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertson-hunter-stewart-90538b1a/ (LinkedIn)
I personally connected with him after reading his book and I have never met such a down to earth person. He has a great point of view on employee strengths. I am sure this book will be very beneficial to help leaders in forming a strategy.