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People with chronic health conditions make up a large and integral part of the workforce. While few would deny that chronic health conditions can create challenges for both workers and their employing organizations, there are misperceptions about how best to support affected employees.
Typical supports that organizations have historically used (including wellness programs and return-to-work programs) are insufficient to meet the under-recognized needs of employees with chronic health conditions. This book translates research and provides practical solutions and steps for implementing a more proactive, integrated approach to help leaders and frontline managers better support their employees, and to help organizations gain a competitive advantage through attracting and retaining valued employees. |
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About Alyssa:
Dr. Alyssa K. McGonagle is an Associate Professor of Psychological and Organizational Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. McGonagle’s research focuses on worker health, safety, inclusion, and well-being. Dr. McGonagle has been awarded funding for her research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Institute of Coaching, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the SIOP Foundation, and she has published her research in various prestigious outlets, including the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Harvard Business Review. Dr. McGonagle is also an Associate Editor for the journal Occupational Health Science, is co-Chair of the nationwide Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Council, and is Program Director for the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Master’s degree program at UNC Charlotte. She often speaks to organizations on topics of employee well-being and inclusion. |
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What people are saying:
"McGonagle is a globally recognized expert on chronic health conditions and the world of work. She takes her incredible insights, packages them together in a highly compelling manner, to bring forward this book that is truly a game changer for organizational leaders at all levels. Saying this book is a must-read, is likely an understatement, it is just that good!"
-- Steven Rogelberg, Chancellor's Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; author, The Surprising Science of Meetings and Glad We Met
"This cutting-edge book will have a transformative effect for leaders of all levels in organizations. Disabilities, and chronic health conditions, specifically, have been marginalized and under-appreciated in workplace inclusion efforts to date. Alyssa provides an overwhelmingly compelling case for why this can no longer be ignored, and offers accessible and practical ways any organization can better support its employees. If you are either working with a chronic health issue or managing others at work, you must read this book."
-- Rosalind Joffe, Chronic Illness Career Coach, ciCoach.com; author, Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working Girlfriend!
"This is an excellent solution-focused resource for any supervisor managing workers with chronic health issues. The author achieves a rare balance between the needs of workers and the perspectives of organizations and describes feasible, evidence-based strategies. More than half of workers have chronic health conditions, but workplace challenges are sometimes hidden from view, overlooked by supervisors, or excluded from programs and policies until problems become severe. Anyone who has ever managed employees will appreciate this much-needed guide for providing fair and helpful organizational support and accommodation to workers within a complex regulatory environment."
-- William S. Shaw, Former Division Chief (Ret.), Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
“This book is a must read for anyone who is serious about understanding the impact of disability and other chronic health conditions on the workplace. Alyssa McGonagle is a preeminent expert in this area, and her book is a compendium of what all of us — whether organization leaders, researchers, or individual agents — need to know about maximally supporting employees with chronic health conditions.”
- Mikki Hebl, Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Professor of Psychological Sciences at Rice University; author, Working Together: Practicing the Science of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
"McGonagle is a globally recognized expert on chronic health conditions and the world of work. She takes her incredible insights, packages them together in a highly compelling manner, to bring forward this book that is truly a game changer for organizational leaders at all levels. Saying this book is a must-read, is likely an understatement, it is just that good!"
-- Steven Rogelberg, Chancellor's Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; author, The Surprising Science of Meetings and Glad We Met
"This cutting-edge book will have a transformative effect for leaders of all levels in organizations. Disabilities, and chronic health conditions, specifically, have been marginalized and under-appreciated in workplace inclusion efforts to date. Alyssa provides an overwhelmingly compelling case for why this can no longer be ignored, and offers accessible and practical ways any organization can better support its employees. If you are either working with a chronic health issue or managing others at work, you must read this book."
-- Rosalind Joffe, Chronic Illness Career Coach, ciCoach.com; author, Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working Girlfriend!
"This is an excellent solution-focused resource for any supervisor managing workers with chronic health issues. The author achieves a rare balance between the needs of workers and the perspectives of organizations and describes feasible, evidence-based strategies. More than half of workers have chronic health conditions, but workplace challenges are sometimes hidden from view, overlooked by supervisors, or excluded from programs and policies until problems become severe. Anyone who has ever managed employees will appreciate this much-needed guide for providing fair and helpful organizational support and accommodation to workers within a complex regulatory environment."
-- William S. Shaw, Former Division Chief (Ret.), Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
“This book is a must read for anyone who is serious about understanding the impact of disability and other chronic health conditions on the workplace. Alyssa McGonagle is a preeminent expert in this area, and her book is a compendium of what all of us — whether organization leaders, researchers, or individual agents — need to know about maximally supporting employees with chronic health conditions.”
- Mikki Hebl, Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Professor of Psychological Sciences at Rice University; author, Working Together: Practicing the Science of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
