The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook: The Complete Guide [Paperback]

Bob Nelson (Author), Dean R. Spitzer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2002

Author of the Business Week million-copy bestseller, 1001 Ways to Reward Employees, Bob Nelson is the motivational specialist who helps businesses stay competitive by teaching them how to inspire their employees to excel. Now joined by Dr. Dean Spitzer, senior consultant and performance improvement expert for IBM, Nelson distills the knowledge, experience, and ideas gained from working with thousands of organizations into a hands-on, practical fieldbook.

Beginning with the basics of motivation, including the decline of traditional incentives and the trend toward empowered employees, the book lays the groundwork for developing and managing a rewards or recognition program in any work situation: how to recognize an individual or a group; how to develop a low-cost recognition program; how to sell it to upper management, prevent and fix common problems, and assess its effectiveness. There are planning worksheets, templates for different purposes?improving morale, improving attendance, increasing retention?plus perforated reference cards for immediate guidance, and 101 new low-cost/no-cost recognition ideas. Running through the margins are Nelson's answers to the questions most frequently asked since the publication of 1001 Ways to Reward Employees.

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From the Back Cover

Tap the Full Potential of Your Employees with this Hands-On Guide for Implementing Rewards and Recognition

Millions of business readers have turned to Bob Nelson for motivational strategies that work. No wonder: again and again, both research and practice show that rewards and recognition are among the most effective ways to increase morale, performance, and employee retention in good times and bad. Now, having worked with thousands of organizations, Bob Nelson and coauthor Dean Spitzer provide the ultimate resource for creating and sustaining a recognition culture.

About the Author

Bob Nelson, Ph.D., is president of Nelson Motivation, Inc., a founding board member of the National Association for Employee Recognition (NAER), and a bestselling author whose books on management and motivation have sold over 3 million copies and been translated into over 25 languages. Dr. Nelson lives and works in San Diego, California.

Dean Spitzer, Ph.D., is senior consultant with IBM Global Services and the author of SuperMotivation: A Blueprint for Energizing Your Organization from Top to Bottom.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; 1 edition (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761121390
• ISBN-13: 978-0761121398
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a treasure!, December 2, 2003

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Roger E. Herman (Greensboro, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook: The Complete Guide (Paperback)

Motivation of employees through rewards and recognition is critically important for organizational success. This topic is vital for supervisors, managers, executives, human resource professionals, business owners...the list goes on. Your power in this essential part of business is based on how much you know about what works, what doesn't work, and why. The more examples you can glean about what others are doing, the stronger you will be.

Nelson and Spitzer are internationally known experts in rewards and recognition. They both know their topic extremely well, and that high level of expertise comes out in this book. Readers familiar with the field will think they already have the answers if they have previous books written by these authors. Guess again!

This book is packed with information, insights, tips, ideas, case studies-you name it. Have you ever packed a suitcase so full that it was almost impossible to close it? That's the experience you'll have with this field book. You'll wonder how these gurus ever got this much stuff packed in between those two covers. Just a few pages of reading and you'll already be on information overload!

There are so many features in this publication, I'll probably not be able to name them all. (Do you hear enthusiasm in my review?) Case studies. End of chapter summaries. Good table of contents. Vignettes describing positive-and negative-experiences. Over 40 no-cost ideas. Worksheets. Resources. Training designs. Reminder cards. Comprehensive index. On and on and on. There are at least four separate books in these pages, all jammed into one tremendous resource.

Bob Nelson's "1001 Ways to Reward Employees" has sold over a million copies. This book is even more of a value...especially at the surprisingly modest price. There is no question that this volume will have an impact on readers and the organizations they serve. Even just modest application of the knowledge found in this tool chest will return many more times the investment of the purchase and the time to read all that the authors share.

Highly recommended.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, February 9, 2007

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J. Stutzman "Financial Analyst" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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Many great ideas. Using them in my current mgmt situation turned the department around. I work for the cheapest company in the world that treats their people like they don't deserve to work there. Financially they won't back my efforts at all, but hey, it's my career so I don't mind spending a little. The book is inspiring and well written. They have 2 other books related to this, but I didn't buy them b/c glancing through them they appear to not offer what this book does. Good hardcare information.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Realistic Rewards, October 1, 2009

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Gretchen in Green "Ing" (Gray, Maine) - See all my reviews

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Good ideas for those that need inspiration. A handy reference for low budget ideas that really do work. If you've ever underestimated the power of a handwritten note or cup of coffee as a reward, you need to read this book!