Back in the day before I started working from my house, I had co-workers. And for a number of years I managed a terrific group of insurance adjusters. My job was stressful. Theirs was too, maybe even more so.

We dealt with interoffice politics, what felt like unreasonable demands from upper management, sweeping changes in short periods of time with little notice, corporate restructuring and layoffs, difficult customers, cultural obstacles. The same stuff everyone deals with at their jobs, I suppose. One of the things I used to do with my direct reports was to make them read. We read the cheese book together, we read some John Maxwell leadership and teamwork books together. We even read about the fishmongers at Pike Place Fish Market to boost morale.

If Glynn Young’s Poetry at Work had been published while I was managing, I would have read it and incorporated it into my work. I would have had my staff read it, and we’d have talked about it at staff meetings. This is a book that would have changed how I approached my work back then. I’m convinced it would have better equipped my people, too.

There are people in all kinds of workplaces who can benefit from the message of Poetry at Work. And there are plenty of staff meetings that could use meaning, creativity, a new way of looking at things. Stress reduction? That too.

I know this, so I’m sending the book to my clients this year. I’m also sending out letters with an excerpt of Poetry at Work to business contacts. I thought you might have some contacts too.

If you can think of a few people you’d be willing to let me send the letter to, I’d love to share this excellent resource. Doesn’t have to be a corporate person, though managers of any kind and HR folks are very obvious people who could really use this book. Simply send me the names and addresses, at editor@tspoetry.com and I’ll get to work. If you’d like me to mention you in the letter, just say so and I’ll drop your name.

Thanks for helping to get the word out about a book that has such great potential to change the way we work.

—LW Lindquist, Owner Dakota Midwest Adjusting and Editor at T. S. Poetry Press