How to Recognize and Reward Employees: 150 Ways to Inspire Peak Performance (Worksmart) [Paperback]

Donna Deeprose (Author)

Book Description

Series: Worksmart | Publication Date: August 29, 2006

Recognising and rewarding employees is a true business imperative no manager can afford to ignore Now in a revised second edition, How to Recognise & Reward Employees gives managers all the helpful tools and information they need to get the most from their people. The book reveals the best ways to improve employee morale, productivity and quality of work, select the right reward for the achievement and inspire both high and low performers. It is an essential reference for every organisation. Key features This edition is updated and expanded, featuring all new examples and even more exciting ways to reward and recognise employees Includes exercises, case studies, self-tests, lists, and worksheets to help readers implement simple and effective rewards programs Contains information on both formal rewards systems and more informal types of recognition, as well as team rewards, options for shoe-string budgets, ways to emphasise corporate values, and more

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Now in its second edition, the handy guide may be small,but it can be powerful for managers of every type.”

-Processor

Book Description

"It's not just the money or benefits you offer that recruit, retain, and inspire talented employees. It's the total rewards package. Now in a completely revised second edition, How to Recognize & Reward Employees gives you exciting and practical ways to get the most from your people.

Updated and expanded, this edition features all new examples, as well as exercises, case studies, self-tests, lists, and worksheets to help you implement simple and effective rewards programs. Whether you work for a large or small organization, you'll find out the best ways to:

Improve employee morale, productivity, and quality of work

Inspire high and low performers, as well as teams, to do the best possible job

Select the right reward for the achievement and avoid rewards that don't work

Make recognition and rewards systems fair

This quick and helpful guide offers 150 types of rewards for a multitude of situations, showing you how to spur top performers to new heights of creativity, motivate average performers to achieve personal bests, and help solve performance problems of less than stellar employees. You'll learn methods for creating specific criteria for rewards that will help guide your people toward achievement, use your recognition and rewards system to inspire values-based behavior and loyalty to the organization, and consistently figure out what rewards will mean the most to each individual employee.

The book contains information on both formal rewards systems and more informal types of recognition, as well as team rewards, options for shoe-string budgets, ways to emphasize corporate values, and much more. Thorough and up-to-date, this is an essential resource for every organization."

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 17 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM; 2nd edition (August 29, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814473318
• ISBN-13: 978-0814473313
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,018,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Creative ideas to increase employee loyalty, October 31, 2007

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Patricia S. Dowse "Captain Erda" (Maine, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Recognize and Reward Employees: 150 Ways to Inspire Peak Performance (Worksmart) (Paperback)

I especially like the 100 ideas in the back, ways to do stuff for your employees that don't break the bank. But the whole book is really helpful, whether you have a big corporation or a small business with 2 employees.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspire Peak Performance, January 7, 2007

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Virginia Allain "(retired librarian)" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Recognize and Reward Employees: 150 Ways to Inspire Peak Performance (Worksmart) (Paperback)

I see this book showing up on a lot of reading lists for managers. When you look at its content, you can see why. All managers grapple with issues like improving employee morale, working out recognition and rewards systems, and keeping productivity up. The book shows a variety of situations and what will work and what not to do. Get a head-start as a manager with this book.