Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for the Advance Review Copy.

Unlike some other reviewers I was not familiar with the other books in this series so was unable to compare them to this one. This book discusses the importance of giving and receiving appreciation in the workplace. A lot of what is contained within is common sense to anyone who works in management and leadership development but despite that, we don't often see it promoted or utilised on the ground.

The book is well researched and uses effective examples and anecdotes to exemplify its message. There are some good reflective exercises to consider at the end of each chapter which would be worthwhile for managers and supervisors in particular to consider. I thought the section on remote teams was particularly interesting (although DON'T do the electronic high fives or fist bumps - that is just cringe) as this will be more of an issue for organisations going forward as many companies move to a more flexible workforce. At work currently we are working on a project regarding this at the moment so I'll share this information with my team.

Some of the information was quite repetitive and the book would still have worked if it was a half or two thirds of its current size. Some of the language and examples was a bit cheesy in my opinion (maybe it's my British perspective) and reading about all these goody two shoes who just want appreciation instead of more money seemed a bit of a cop out sometimes and could give organisations a pass on deserved salary increases.

There is also always a danger with these books that they are preaching to the converted. All too often leaders and managers are borderline narcissistic sociopaths who don't even pretend to care about this kind of stuff and this book wont mean anything to them unfortunately.

I vehemently disagreed with almost everything in Physical Touch section. One quote in particular stood out:

"It's funny that no one hesitates to touch a baby or pat a strange dog"

Both of these are terrible ideas. Don't touch babies or dogs without permission. Don't touch people without their permission. Just don't do it.

Overall the book achieved what it set out to do and the message was generally sound: people want to be appreciated. Just don't touch them, please.

As a manager, I found this book to be both highly relevant and very useful. It's a good reminder of the many ways folks register appreciation and provides good ideas for how to recognize and appreciate those on your team who might not "speak" your own appreciation language.

This book was received as an ARC from Moody Publishers and Northfield Publishing in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

Every employer must read and own a copy of this book and apply it to the workplace. This book solidifies the old proverb, if your staff is happy and treated well, they will perform to their best. People always want to feel that they love going to work so that it doesn't feel like work at all. Feeling appreciated and successful is the best feeling in the world and they will never stop talking about it with their friends and family and will enjoy what they do even more because they will have validation of their performance. This will definitely be a book that we will keep for the staff as well when times get tough.

This will definitely be considered for our Non-Fiction collection and that is why we give this book 5 stars.

An interesting and useful book that can be of help if you have to manage a team or just help to people to feel more motivated.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to Moody Publishers and Netgalley for this ARC

For leaders who are looking forward to engaging every one in their respective organizations, this book can be of great help. The 5 Languages of Appreciation at work talks about the different ways people respond to different kinds of appreciation. Some of us feels appreciated by receiving words of affirmation while others value more the time people spend with them.

The ideas in this book will help answer the frustration of well meaning supervisors who provides encouragement to theirs demotivated employees but to no avail.

I have read Gary Chapman's other books and always found them so very helpful in the approach with people. From 5 Love Languages at Work or the original 5 Love Languages, this one was equally powerful. We do not always show Appreciation to those around us and like Love Languages we tend to only speak appreciation in our ways.

This book helps frame how you talk and receive appreciation and how to identify the way people need to be spoken to in the 5 different languages of appreciation and how to speak their language to them.

The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace by Gary Chapman and Paul White (originally publishes in 2012, this is the newest edition) is based off of Gary Chapman's original book The 5 Love Languages. Applying the concepts of The 5 Love Languages to work is a bit challenging but Chapman and White make it easy to relate to the examples of how to understand how people accept appreciation and respect at work.

Each person is different, but generally people will fall into one of the five areas where they accept appreciation. One of the biggest things this book accomplishes is explaining that some people just don't accept appreciation in the common business standard ways. For example, some people do not like public acknowledgement as it is very embarrassing for them. There are many examples and later in the book, challenges to overcome. The important thing is to find out how your co-workers and employees like to be shown appreciation. It shows respect and acknowledges the differences in a way that encourages diversity.

Another concern I think most employees would have going into reading a book like this is that employers would find yet another way to "motivate" employees by handing out appreciation awards in order to get them to perform better. This is definitely addressed in The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace. Overall I think it cuts through the lame reasons that employers try to manipulate and embraces the unique qualities of employees. Showing appreciation is an excellent way to keep your staff motivated and energized! Who doesn't want that?

I am thankful to Gary Chapman, Paul White, Moody Publishers, and NetGalley for an advanced review copy for me to read. My opinions are my own and no review was required with this copy.

I wish the managers at my job had the information in this book, or at least practiced it! This would turn the workplace into such a more smoothly functioning place, in addition to a less hostile place to work with mutual respect. Highly recommended!

The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People by Gary Chapman and Paul White was an advanced read I received from NetGalley. This is an updated version of this book that is the love languages translated to the workplace. I really enjoyed this one. So often we forget that there are a variety of ways to appreciate colleagues. Even more than that, we should ASK others how they want to be recognized. We each know what fills us up, and we also know what doesn't do the trick. We need to take the time to have conversations around this in the workplace to make sure people truly feel appreciation like they should. I also liked that this translated the content to remote employees. As someone who works in this way, I found these considerations particularly helpful. I'm still reflecting on this book a few days after finishing it, and I'm planning on discussing the content with some of my coworkers soon.

Learning how to encourage people in the workplace is a needed thing in today’s marketplace. This title advises and lays out some good ideas.

I received an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review. This book is short and sweet but I really took a lot from it as a manager. I would recommend it to any manager attempting to build or re-structure or even just maintain a team