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giving their employees recognition and rewards, but when it comes to actually doing so, they often come up empty or use outdated, ineffective strategies. 151 Quick Ideas to Recognize and Reward Employees will help managers stock up.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 entrée 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 each employee.
• 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.

About the Author

Ken Lloyd, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized consultant, author, and newspaper columnist based in Encino, California. With specialties in organizational behavior, management training and development, and communication, Dr. Lloyd has consulted in a wide range of industries including health care, apparel, financial services, electronics, Internet service provider, and entertainment. His workplace advice column can be found in newspapers across the United States.

He is the author of the widely acclaimed Jerks at Work: How to Deal With People Problems and Problem People (Career Press, 1999; revised edition, 2006), available in numerous languages including Chinese, Japanese, Polish, and Korean. He also authored Be the Boss Your Employees Deserve (Career Press, 2002), and he co-authored Ultimate Selling Power: How to Create and Enjoy a Multimillion Dollar Sales Career (Career Press/Penguin Books, 2002), along with the best-selling book Unlimited Selling Power: How to Master Hypnotic Selling Skills (Prentice Hall, 1990), now in its ninth printing and available in numerous languages. Dr. Lloyd is also the author of The K.I.S.S. Guide to Selling (DK Publishers, 2001), part of Dorling Kindersley’s popular Keep It Simple Series. He also wrote the business film Communication: The Name of the Game (Roundtable Films and Video), award winner at the National Educational Film Festival and the American Film Festival.

Dr. Lloyd is a frequent television and talk-radio guest, and he has appeared on “Good Morning America,” CNN, “Morning Edition” on NPR, along with several appearances on KABC, KTLA, and Fox Morning News “Ask the Expert” segments. He received his B.A. from UC Berkeley, and his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from UCLA. He teaches frequently in the MBA program at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA, and he continues to lecture at various universities and speak before numerous organizations and associations. Dr. Lloyd is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.