Motivating Employees For Dummies shows business leaders how to communicate effectively with employees, increase their sense of responsibility, and promote excellent teamwork. Full of creative solutions to almost every kind of day-to-day situation, this handy guide offers everything business leaders need to increase employee performance and morale. Whether you’re the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, the owner of a mom-and-pop shop, or a manager with just a handful of employees under you, Motivating Employees For Dummies shows you how to get more effort and production from employees — without threats or intimidation. For anyone who needs to understand and master simple, effective motivational techniques, this book covers all the bases:
Learn to communicate with employees
Provide a strategic vision that motivates others
Create a dynamic, inspiring workplace and corporate culture
Show employees you care
Establish a mentoring program
Design a fair and motivational compensation scheme
Encourage workplace diplomacy — not politics
Expert author Max Messmer — Chairman and CEO of the world’s largest specialized staffing firm — reveals the secret (and not so secret) tricks to motivating employees in a positive manner. From communication to compensation and everything in between, he covers all the angles, giving you the tools and techniques you need to get fair effort for fair pay from the people who work for you. Inside you’ll find how to:
See how your firm rates in employee motivation
Establish values and ethics your people can believe in
Encourage and manage employee feedback and suggestions
Foster creativity and open thinking
Choose the right medium for communicating with employees
Manage the appraisal process
Recognize and reward effort and success
Understand and promote true teamwork
Manage motivation through downsizing or mergers
Deal with negative attitudes and habitual behaviors
Today it is more important than ever that business leaders find effective, employee friendly ways to motivate their people. This handy guide offers all the tools and ideas you need to keep your employees happy and productive.
- ISBN13 9781118071151
- Publish Date 4 May 2011
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint For Dummies
- Edition 1st edition
- Format eBook
- Pages 336
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com