Recognizing & Engaging Employees For Dummies

Marc Notes: 'Recognizing and Engaging Employees for Dummies' gives you the tools and information you need to improve morale, productivity, and personal achievement with a successful employee recognition program. Biographical Note: Dr. Bob Nelson is considered one of the world's leading experts on employee engagement, recognition, and rewards. He is president of Nelson Motivation, Inc., a management training and consulting company that helps organizations improve their administration practices, programs, and systems. Publisher Marketing: Improve engagement, productivity, and motivation with effective employee recognition "Recognizing and Engaging Employees for Dummies" gives you the tools and information you need to improve morale, productivity, and personal achievement with a successful employee recognition program. Written by a world-leading authority in employee recognition, this book walks you step-by-step through the design and implementation process and describes the incentives that work, the behaviors to reward, and the mechanisms that must be in place for the program to be effective in the long term. You'll learn how to pinpoint the places where engagement and recognition could improve the bottom line, and how to structure the reward for optimal balance between motivational, financial, and organizational effectiveness. With clear explanations and a fun, friendly style, this book is your quick and easy guide to boosting productivity, profit, and customer satisfaction. Most Americans who leave their jobs cite lack of recognition as the driving factor. When your employees feel appreciated, they stick around, work harder, achieve more, and drive your business onward and upward. This book shows you how to bring that dynamic to your workplace, with step-by-step guidance and helpful advice. Design successful recognition programs Create powerful incentives for employees Reduce turnover, improve engagement, and drive excellence Foster a happier and more productive workplace Happy employees are productive employees. They get results. They innovate. They are the force behind the advancement of industries. Effective employee recognition programs are self-sustaining motivational tools that keep the fire lit. If you're ready to spark the flame, "Recognizing and Engaging Employees for Dummies" is the ideal guide for designing, implementing, and maintaining the program your employees have been waiting for.

Contributor Bio:  Consumer Dummies Peter J. Sander, MBA, is an experienced value investor, researcher, and author of more than 15 books on investing and personal finance. Janet Haley, CFP, CMFC, is a securities industry professional. Contributor Bio:  Nelson, Bob Bob Nelson and his wife, Jo, have three adult children, Rob, Ken and Joy. Bob was a teacher for forty-three years. His first novel, "Homeroom, A Shelter from the Storm," was inspired by his experiences in the classroom. "Finding Grace" is a significant departure from that setting.