You may have heard the terms open book management, empowerment, continuous improvement, participatory management, and self-directed work teams. Managers use all of these activities to help energize employees by making them an integral part of the team. Bob Nelson has taken the most useful elements of these concepts, and presented them in a highly accessible and usable way.

Why is 1001 ways to reward employees, with over 1.4 million copies in print, such an extraordinary bestseller? Because a little over ten years ago Bob Nelson took the seeds of an idea and turned it into something indispensable for business. The idea? That it's not a raise that motivates an employee, and it's not a promotion--what really sparks a person to perform are those intangible, unexpected gestures that signify real appreciation for a job well...

Reveals the authors' newest proprietary research on how top leaders inspire teams to greatness, including the nine behaviors exhibited by the most successful leaders and how to implement them.

Using his own experience, research, and demonstrated results from the leadership development program that he developed while helping transform Raymour & Flanigan from a small regional company to a billion-dollar furniture retail giant, the author outlines the specific steps that let you discover and unlock the latent energy in your team.

Does the mood seem a bit low in the office? Are people struggling to hit targets? So much of performance is motivation, and any leader worth their salt must be able to pick people up and get the best out of them. In this podcast, Adam and James discuss a variety of topics, including: How to treat failure Cultivating the right atmosphere Rewarding people appropriately Clear expectations Enabling growth and self-development.

"Giving great personalized customer service has always been the foremost goal in my family, but one thing we never lose sight of is that you can't possibly deliver great service if you don't treat your own associates right." So says Jack Mitchell, CEO of his family's astoundingly successful chain of clothing stores. In Hug Your People, he shares his secrets for creating happy employees, secrets as simple as they are revolutionary:-Be NICE to them...

The authors shows that breakthrough success is guided by a particular breed of high-performing team that generates its own momentum, an engaged group of colleagues in the trenches, working passionately together to pursue a shared vision. They have determined a key set of characteristics displayed by members of breakthrough teams, and have identified a set of rules great teams live by, which generate a culture of positive teamwork and lead to extraordinary...

An all-new approach to understanding the (in)formal connections of an organization From the bestselling coauthor of the business classic The Wisdom of Teams comes an all-new exploration of the modern workplace, and how leaders and managers must embrace it for success. Katzenbach and Khan examine how two distinct factions together form the bigger picture for how organizations actually work: the more defined "formal" organization of a company-the management...

Packed with proven strategies and instructive examples from stellar companies such as Nordstrom, Southwest Airlines, Toyota, and General Electric, this insightful book reveals the necessary steps to inspire and engage everyone on your team. --

Welcome to Audio Learning from Assemble You. If you want to learn to take initiative in your professional and personal life but need help knowing how to do that, this lesson is for you. We've all heard that it's valuable to 'show initiative, ' but what does that phrase actually mean? We'll explore what initiative entails, consider actionable steps, identify times not to use your initiative, and explore how fear may be blocking your potential. Showing...