1001 Ways to Reward Employees,   ISBN:9780761136811

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Cute book to read and compare what other organizations do. Unfortunately, most are not very practical or do not seem as effective as they can be, so the majority of their ideas are useless. Still, you can find some gems in certain sections.

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Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R31TEVZI1HRXNS I'm Rip Walker and I'm a Business Process consultant who has been in sales for over 40 years. I just want everybody to keep in mind that reviews are opinions and this one is mine.

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Rip Walker
Author: Rip's Book of Common Sense Selling: Improving Sales Through Process Implementation.

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1001 Ways to Reward Employees is a 'must have' for business, from a one man office to a large corporation. It has a large assortment of meaningful ways to catch people going above and beyond, doing a little extra, or just doing a super fine job period. You've got to get one! Mine was in great shape. My principal has it and I'm pretty sure I'm not getting it back!
Georgia Benyk, School Psychologist

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This book has multiple examples of successful employee reward programs. The book is set up to be fun and easy to read. It's full of great ideas. At first, I considered giving it a four-star review because it doesn't really get into the dynamics of how to actually produce a better employee, but then I decided that that wasn't really what the author was trying to do.

This is a great "idea" book for managers who are looking to reward employees (most of the examples are super-inexpensive or free rewards programs). These are actual rewards that have been successful at other companies (see INTEL'S "golden banana" award for a really funny one).

That's the main purpose of the book, to give you IDEAS on how to reward the employees you already have. I found it enjoyable to read and most of the ideas are really great.

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Bob Nelson's book presents a long list of potential rewards for employees who perform well in the workplace. A busy, budget-poor supervisor will get a return on the book's cover price by discovering low-cost ways to let employees know they have done well.

The book's central message is that people are different and value different things. Readers can make ready use of this principle by searching through the book's chapters for a reward that matches a co-worker's interests or personality. Or they can just ask people what motivates them. Either way, they will have learned to not only reward their employees, but to treat them as individuals with different tastes as well as strengths.

This book has also been useful as a basis for a lesson on rewards in a college psychology class. Students of behavior modification need to learn that a reward system will not work if it is based on rewards that are not valued. And that it can go disastrously wrong if the "rewards" are really punishments to those who receive them.

Good management and good psychology in one book. Highly recommended, if you are interested in either. Satisfied readers may also enjoy the author's The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook.