Manager's Guide To Motivating Employees, Second Edition

Smart managers know an important part of the job is to motivate employees. The best way to achieve this is to create a motivational environment-one in which workers themselves share the responsibility for building a dynamic workplace in which everyone consistently and enthusiastically contributes to the success of the organization.

Manager's Guide to Motivating Employees is the perfect primer for managers seeking to create a work-force that lives and breathes motivation. Learn how to:

• Encourage entrepreneurial thinking
• Link motivation to performance
• Inspire employees to accept responsibility for their motivation
• Build trusting relationships with your people
• Fight against "de-motivators"

About the Author

Anne Bruce dispenses humor, wisdom, wit, and practical insights taken from her worldwide travels and life-altering adventures, both in her books and from the speaker’s platform and international seminar stage. She has built a global reputation as a disarming and impactful human behaviorist, entertaining speaker on leadership motivation, advocate of America’s global talent, and bestselling author of more than 16 books … and counting.

Anne has had the privilege to speak, write, or train for prestigious organizations, such as: the White House, the Pentagon, Saks Fifth Avenue, Sony International, Accenture, BestBuy, Coca-Cola, GEICO, Southwest Airlines, Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School, MedAmerica Billing Services, Inc., Sprint, The Conference Board of Europe, Go Positive! University!, Ben & Jerry’s, JetBlue, Baylor University Medical Center, The Southern Company, American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), the Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Social Security Administration, American Management Association (AMA), Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), and the American Red Cross.

An acclaimed, bestselling author, whose books have been translated into more than 24 languages, Anne has books published on both personal and professional development, including the award-winning, life-coaching book Discover True North: A 4-Week Approach to Ignite Your Passion and Activate Your Potential (McGraw-Hill), Be Your Own Mentor (McGraw-Hill), Motivating Employees (McGraw-Hill), Solving Employee Performance Problems: How to Spot Problems Early, Take Appropriate Action, and Bring Out the Best in Everyone (McGraw-Hill), Building a High Morale Workplace (McGraw-Hill), How to Motivate Every Employee (McGraw-Hill), Leaders—Start to Finish: A Roadmap for Training and Developing Leaders at All Levels (ASTD Press), Perfect Phrases for Documenting Employee Performance Problems (McGraw-Hill), Perfect Phrases for Employee Development Plans (McGraw-Hill), and Speak for A Living: The Insider’s Guide to Building a Speaking Career (ASTD Press).

Anne has appeared on the CBS Evening News and as a guest on the Charlie Rose Show. She’s worked extensively in broadcast journalism and has contributed interviews to NBC, MSNBC, ABC, FOX, and CNN news programs. She’s been written about in distinguished print media, including USA Today, The San Francisco Examiner, the Times (London), The Wall Street Journal, the San Jose Mercury News, and numerous magazines, including Newsweek, and a variety of international publications.