Books and Materials :  under $50.

1001 Ways to Reward Employees
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Over 1.5 million copies in print! Over 2,300 recognition and rewards ideas from hundreds of successful companies. This best-selling book is an invaluable source of ideas for every manager. (Softback, 275 pages)

1001 Rewards and Recognition Fieldbook
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Bob Nelson and Dr. Dean Spitzer, senior consultant and performance improvement expert for IBM, Nelson distills the knowledge, experience, and ideas gained from working with thousands of organizations into a hands-on practical fieldbook.

Beginning with the basics of motivation, including the decline of traditional incentives and the trend toward empowered employees, the book lays the groundwork for developing and managing a rewards or recognition program in any work situation :

• how to recognize an individual or a group
• how to develop a low-cost recognition program
• how to sell it to upper management, prevent and fix common problems, and assess its effectiveness.

There are planning worksheets, templates for different purposes such as improving morale, improving attendance, increasing retention-plus perforated reference cards for immediate guidance, and 101 new low-cost / no-cost recognition ideas.

Running through the margins are Nelson's answers to the questions most frequently asked since the publication of 1001 Ways to Reward Employees. (Softback, 388 pages)

1001 Ways To Take Initiative At Work
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1001 Ways to Take Initiative at Work is about managing up -- about employees taking ownership of their jobs, whether it's an assistant working for a manager or a VP working for the CEO. This is the first management book for employees.

Weaving together case studies, examples, quotes, research highlights, and the author's own "Tool Box" of management techniques and exercises, this practical handbook will show every reader how to develop self-leadership, set goals, create learning opportunities, take risks, build a team, sell ideas, and work both within and outside the larger organization. (Softback, 229 pages)

1001 Ways to Energize Employees
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A best-selling collection of practical and low-cost ideas and practices for unleashing employee potential. The examples, techniques, and strategies in this book are organized by individual, team, and organization. Recommended (Softback, 213 pages)