365 Ways to Motivate and Reward goes the extra mile

365 Ways to Motivate and Reward goes the extra mile in providing an understanding of the difference between the Band-Aid approaches to employee motivation and the understanding of true motivation from the employees' perspective. Podmoroff provides statistics from studies that looks at the employees reasoning behind needed recognition, acceptance and that good ole pat on the back. Inspired and motivated employees from management to the janitor foster a highly motivational workplace and this resource provides example after example of tips and techniques that help to create the motivated employee.
Helping the employee to claim ownership in his/her, organization is paramount to creating the positive workplace environment necessary for healthy, growing organizations and Podmoroff has provided 365 ways to do this.

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This book will motivate you as much as it motivates your employees!

'365 Ways to Motivate and Reward Your Employees Every Day--With Little or No Money' is a terrific book for all managers and business owners. This book teaches you how to think like an employee, rather than thinking like a big wig. Then it gives you all the suggestions you need to motivate your employees and keep them motivated for an infinite amount of time. And that last part is really the key to this book. You don't want to motivate your employees for a day or a week. You want to keep them motivated for as long as they work for you.

I enjoyed reading the parts of the book that explained the importance of motivation, but I was even more impressed by all of the great techniques. This book is written in a fun, easy manner that made me excited to get to the `good stuff.' The gift ideas are all very clever (like supplying morning coffee for a year) and so are the suggestions on how to make the office fun (like adding a "Whine Cellar"). I especially liked all of the ideas on how to give employees time off of work, because it honestly never even crossed my mind to reward productivity with down time.

Overall, I think this is a terrific book and I can't wait to implement these ideas in my workplace. If you are a business owner or manager, I strongly recommend that you read this book. Even if you only follow a few of the suggestions, I think your company is bound to improve.


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Well Worth The Effort

This book described my work environment to a "T". You can drive yourself dizzy motivating your employees with certificates, gifts, or money and they still don't perform to your expectations. 365 Ways To Motivate And Reward discusses the motivators, which drive a person to work. The book advises managers to fit recognition to their staff's motivators. Helpful surveys, provided in the book, can reveal employees' motivators and guide you to the appropriate form of recognition. It further stresses that recognition begins with daily interaction. The tips for recognition that the book provides are mind-boggling. Tips range from one-year of dog food to senior management washing employees' cars. It seemed silly to me at first, but these suggestions beat a boring certificate and they probably make a bigger impact. It is a chore getting educated on the book's theories and putting its practices into action, but it's worth the effort if it results in better productivity and smiling employees.

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