Invisible Engines

<p><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>Organizational success hinges not only on plans and strategies but also on the dedicated often invisible efforts that keep organizations functioning.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>Every organization operates on invisible power-unrecognized unpaid and often unacknowledged work that sustains teams fuels culture and keeps the engine of progress turning. Yet this work-disproportionately carried out by women-remains invisible undervalued overlooked and unmeasured.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>In </span><em style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>Invisible Engines: The Unseen Labor of Women in the Workplace</em><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)> global HR executive and researcher Bruce Decaster reveals the hidden economy of effort that drives modern organizations. Through decades of leadership experience cross-cultural insights and powerful stories he illustrates how this unseen work shapes performance equity and innovation across industries and continents.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>Inside you will discover:</span></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>The Four Engines of Unseen Labor: Office Housework Emotional Labor DEI & Identity Work and Glue Work</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>The hidden dynamics that sustain invisible work and how they erode productivity morale and fairness</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>The role of positive deviants and courageous allies in rewriting the rules of inclusion</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>The surprising links between schools teachers and global workforces</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>Field-tested frameworks and reflection tools to help leaders identify quantify and reward unseen contributions</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>This book is a blueprint for transforming how organizations value work. It challenges leaders to look beyond metrics listen differently and lead with clarity and compassion.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 25 59 1)>Behind every great company are countless hidden engines; it's time to make them visible.</span></p><p></p>