HBR Guide to Motivating People (HBR Guide Series)

HBR Guide to Motivating People (HBR Guide Series)
Author: Harvard Business Review
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2019-05-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1633696774

Help your people reach their potential. As a manager, it's your responsibility to ensure your team is motivated and performing at a high level. But recent data reveals abysmal engagement levels among workers around the globe. How do you fix the problem--before your most talented people walk out the door? By understanding what drains your employees, you can increase their job satisfaction and push them toward achieving their goals. The HBR Guide to Motivating People provides practical tips and advice to help your team find meaning in their work, build on their strengths, and produce the best results for the organization. You'll learn how to: Pinpoint the root causes of lackluster performance Tailor rewards and recognition to individuals Connect routine work activities to a higher purpose Support your employees' growth and development Prevent burnout--especially in your top performers Create a culture of engagement Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

Manager's Guide to Motivating Employees 2/E

Manager's Guide to Motivating Employees 2/E
Author: Anne Bruce
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2012-03-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0071775684

Briefcase Books: Manager’s Guide to Motivating Employees More than 700,000 Briefcase Books sold! A manager’s guide to inspiring employees to work at peak performance—to improve organizational culture and help meet the bottom-line About the Book Manager’s Guide to Motivating Employees is the perfect primer for managers looking to jumpstart the work ethic, excitement, and company synergy by engaging and motivating their employees. This new edition provides entertaining case studies and examples of how readers can create an environment in which employees feel passionate about their jobs and put the best of them in everything they do. Written specifically for today’s busy manager, Briefcase Books feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step by step through everyday workplace situations. Key Selling Features Proven tactics for creating relationships and ensuring effective communication to get the optimal performance from employees Clear definitions of key terms and concepts Practical advice for minimizing the possibility of error Examples of successful management Specific planning procedures, tactics, and hands-on techniques Market / Audience Managers of all levels About the Author Anne Bruce (Sacramento, CA) is a nationally recognized speaker, workshop leader, and author. Her books include the Briefcase Books Be Your Own Mentor and Building A High Morale Workplace and Perfect Phrases for Documenting Employee Performance Problems.

Managing Motivation

Managing Motivation
Author: Robert Pritchard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2008-05-12
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1135419310

This slim motivation guidebook was written to bridge the gap between the academic research on motivation and to present it in a form that is useful to the practicing manager. In essence, the book presents a theory of motivation and how to use it without ever mentioning the word "theory". The goal of the book is to give managers a kind of mental model to use in thinking about motivation and to show them how to use this mental model for practical management actions to diagnose and improve motivation of subordinates. The book is written in three sections: Understanding Motivation, Diagnosing Motivation and Improving Motivation. The book incorporates case studies and many examples of how to successfully manage motivation.

28 Days to a Motivated Team

28 Days to a Motivated Team
Author: Jason E Jones Ph D
Publisher: Leaderpath LLC
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2012-06-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780989471909

You can learn to significantly increase employee motivation within just a few weeks. It's no secret, great leaders are motivators and experts at team building. They know not just how to motivate individuals, they have also mastered the skill of motivating teams and groups of people leading to superior team performance. Written for busy managers and drawing on the latest research, 28 Days to a Motivated Team provides leaders with a step-by-step guide for how to increase both individual and team motivation. Over a 4-week period, managers are led on a journey of discovery, self-reflection and environment creation that will support team motivation. Managers who are able to help employees increase employee motivation also increase employee engagement leading to greater job performance. While a manager cannot directly instill motivation in a person, 28 Days to a Motivated Team will help you better understand how each employee's natural motivation and drive can be unleashed, creating greater satisfaction and vitality in work and life. Utilizing the most contemporary motivation science available, Jones shares the key factors that set the stage for the ultimate state of mind, motivation. Motivation doesn't happen by accident, it is a process of intentional behaviors on the part of the manager that creates an environment that supports the natural motivation that each person already has within them. Readers will learn: -What really motivates people in a team environment -The 4 motivation styles used over the past 5000 years -The 3 questions that determines team motivation -The 5 proven factors that support or hinder individual and team motivation -How to facilitate great team meetings -Dozens of tips for how to be a better team leader and manager -Daily tips for motivating at the individual and team level -Access to the Team Motivation Assessment and The Motivating Manager Planner Most managers and leaders believe that combining a group of motivated people will automatically produce a motivated team that will collaborate effectively and achieve team goals. "This is far from the truth" says Dr. Jason Jones. In his straight to the point book, 28 Days to a Motivated Team, Jones explains why, in a team setting, it is so important for a manager to build an environment that supports motivation at an individual level and a team level. Team building starts with understanding each person's needs and motivators and then building a plan to connect each person's work and environment. Dr. Jones asserts 3 key questions every person asks when involved in a team environment and when the person's success is dependent upon other team members. The perception of each team member, related to these questions, will determine the person's level of energy and focus for the team's goals. 28 Day to a Motivated team is not just a set of ideas or tips, it is a 4 week program that will help you kick-start your team to increase employee motivation, employee engagement, and significantly increase performance.

Motivation and Performance

Motivation and Performance
Author: Adrian Furnham
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2017-02-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0749478144

Many organizations approach the issue of employee engagement and motivation by tapping into age, gender and other stereotypes. Motivation and Performance challenges these notions, bringing together evidence that group differences are often exaggerated and that getting to the heart of what really motivates individuals is what's most important. This book is a practical guide to ensuring that organizations consider all motivators - job security as well as the need for personal growth - to improve employee satisfaction, boost organizational productivity and reduce staff turnover. Underpinned by original research, Motivation and Performance features case studies from finance, retail, the public and other sectors to show how the principles of motivating employees apply at all levels of the organization, not just at the leadership level, and how values and motivation can be changed and developed. Complete with a framework for conducting effective visits to front-line locations, it will help HR professionals ask the right questions, choose whether to implement external motivation-building programmes and make a real impact on an employee's desire to progress in the company.

The CEO Secret Guide

The CEO Secret Guide
Author: Claire Harrison
Publisher: Michael Hanrahan Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2016-05
Genre: Employee motivation
ISBN: 9780994406705

Are your people as happy and productive as you would like them to be? Is your business where you want it to be? Well at long last here is a book for CEOs that provides a 5 phase framework with straight-forward, yet powerful, step-by-step strategies that will help you build a great place to work and deliver bigger business results. In this book, award-winning best-employer CEOs share their experience and advice about how they built a great place to work and the significant benefits that they received, such as significantly reduced employee turnover. Read case studies from 15 award-winning businesses, including Starlight Children's Foundation, Birdsnest and, BRW Best Place to Work winner, UM Australia. If you are a CEO who wants to build a great place to work that will attract and retain highly productive people resulting in exceptional business outcomes, then The CEO Secret Guide is a must read for you. "We have received trusted people management advice and implemented solutions which have aided our performance and delivered on our strategic plan." - Victoria Beedle, Chief Executive Officer, Alzheimer's Australia (Qld)

One More Time

One More Time
Author: Frederick Herzberg
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2008-07-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1633691349

Imagine overseeing a workforce so motivated that employees relish more hours of work, shoulder more responsibility themselves; and favor challenging jobs over paychecks or bonuses. In One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees? Frederick Herzberg shows managers how to shift from relying on extrinsic incentives to activating the real drivers of high performance: interesting, challenging work and the opportunity to continually achieve and grow into greater responsibility. The results? An ultramotivated workforce. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough management ideas-many of which still speak to and influence us today. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers readers the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world-and will have a direct impact on you today and for years to come.

The Enemy of Engagement

The Enemy of Engagement
Author: Mark Royal
Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814417957

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Winning with the Employee from Hell

Winning with the Employee from Hell
Author: Shaun Belding
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1550226339

Annotation This guide helps managers determine which of their problem employees may need a little encouragement, a little direction, a full-fledged attitude adjustment, or to be set free. Managers learn how to work with a myriad of challenging personality types--from those who just can't seem to get the job done to negative, whiny, and uncooperative ones. Employers learn the importance of setting goals, observing and assessing performance, and responding with motivating and nonnegotiable performance standards.

Motivation

Motivation
Author: Brian Tracy
Publisher: AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814433111

Most of your employees have all the ingredients for greatness inside them already. They simply need you to motivate them. Learn how today!