Recognizing and Rewarding Employees
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Positive feedback and recognition are proven and valuable but too often overlooked management tools. Recognizing and Rewarding Employees gives managers the rewards most successful at motivating employees, tips for showing appreciation for work done well, ways to promote achievement through recognition, and more.
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"Recognizing and Rewarding Employees" examines change in the American workplace - change in the unspoken employment agreement between employer and employee, in worker attitudes and expectations, in the way work is performed, and in the systems that have traditionally rewarded and even punished employees. This book dares to ask - and answer - the question, "To what extent does money motivate employees?"
Today's employees are no longer captive agents. In a time of unprecedented business growth and prosperity, unemployment rates have never been lower; and attracting and retaining employees has never been more challenging. Yet, "Recognizing and Rewarding Employees" identifies ways in which managers can effectively deal with these challenges by using "low" to "no cost" tools and proven approaches to managing people.
The book confronts some of the age old "myths" about rewarding employees. It assesses both the short and long term effects of incentives. It discusses the outcomes realized by the use and absence of "recognition" in the workplace. It warns of the fallacies of some "new age" thinking around pay and recognition systems. And, it contains countless examples of "how" and "how not" to recognize and reward employees.
"Recognizing and Rewarding Employees" is written for managers - at all levels. It's filled with practical suggestions and real-life stories - written in a style that is both informative and inspiring. It includes hands-on information that will improve your ability attract, develop, and retain employees. It provides hundreds of ways to reward employees, communicate appreciation, and say "thank you." It offers creative ideas for encouraging employees to do their best, and for designing reward systems that get results. The book focuses on specific strategies that managers can use to influence their employees, department, company, etc. to achieve and exceed performance expectations. It also provides an expansive list of references for further study.
Recognizing and Rewarding Employees
Recognizing and Rewarding Employees,R. Brayton Bowen,McGraw-Hill,0071356177,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Careers - General,Employee motivation,Entrepreneurship,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Incentives in industry,Management - General,Motivation (Psychology),Performance Appraisal,Personnel And Human Resources Management,Business & Economics / Management,Reading Group Guide
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