151 Quick Ideas To Recognize And Reward Employees

Most managers understand the importance of giving their employees recognition and rewards, but when it comes to actually doing so, they often come up empty or use outdated, ineffective strategies. 151 Quick Ideas to Recognize and Reward Employees will help managers stock up. Recognition and rewards are consistently found to be among the most powerful of all motivators for employees at any job level. In fact, when employees are asked to describe their most satisfying experiences at work, they frequently mention situations in which they received recognition and rewards for their performance. And, importantly, when managers are skilled in providing this type of feedback, their employees typically reward them with increased productivity, commitment, and overall performance. However, just like customers who always order the same old entree at a restaurant, managers tend to choose the same old kinds of recognition and rewards. Some traditional rewards still work well, of course, but there is always room for new ideas. 151 Quick Ideas to Recognize and Reward Employees offers you the full menu of recognition and reward strategies. It comes with detailed descriptions of the most popular ideas in business, plus others that are destined to become classics. Ideas such as: — Enriching jobs by giving employees more autonomy and decision-making responsibilities. — Purchasing personally signed books suited to the potential you see in eachemployee. — Awarding special coupons for free gasoline or transportation. — Hiring a masseuse to rub out stiff necks and backs. — Making your employees more invested by offering profit-sharing. — Plus many free or low-cost rewards. Included with each of the 151 strategies is an “assignment” that you can use as a roadmap to bring the idea to life.

If you have ever wished you had the equivalent of a “Nanny 911” to defuse tensions in the office, your wish has come true. 151 Quick Ideas to Deal With Difficult People is the ultimate guide on how to face challenging employees and coworkers. The extensive topics in this book deal with how to handle characters ranging from Bunglers to Backstabbers to Bullies. Few books on difficult employees, if any, offer such an extensive assortment of the characters you’re likely to encounter at work and how best to deal with them. When faced with difficult employees, too often managers and coworkers lack the skills for handling the stressful encounters, so they throw up their hands in complete exasperation. Well, all that ends with this book. You’ll learn how to: Keep problem employees from setting the tone in the office. Take steps to turn troublemakers into team players. Keep them from demoralizing or scaring away other employees. Know when to cut your losses. Avoid hiring troublemakers in the first place. Confront bullies, harassers, and ageists. Keep a backstabber from sabotaging your career. Keep an aggressive colleague from commandeering your meeting. Deal with colleagues who infringe on your time. Because the information in this book is so concise and practical, you’ll refer to it again and again. Whether you are a manager or a coworker of difficult employees, the advice will give you the tools to better supervise problem workers or the confidence to stand up to them. You will no longer live in fear of an aggressive employee ruining your day.