The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook: The Complete Guide

by Bob Nelson, Dean R. Spitzer, Aubrey C. Daniels (Foreword by)

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 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.

Genres: Business, Management

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2002

Reviews

[Sumit Singla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful compilation of some good research-backed insights into designing employee recognition programs that work. I especially liked the anecdotes throughout the book - they were easy to read and very impactful, especially if one were to position some of them to senior stakeholders for approval.

[A Q · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very useful field-book if you want to explorer different side of Rewarding and recognizing your man power, but if your thinking of deploying methods, make sure that your company has a performance management program, and KPI's are well defined and they are being acted on. It will give you the best result. like the actual check point at the end, very useful.