Winning with a Culture of Recoginition : Recognition Strategies at the World's Most Admired Companies

How do some of the world’s greatest company cultures succeed? The answer: They’re strategically managed using the power of employee recognition. Introducing __Winning with a Culture of Recognition__, the game-changing book about how to manage your company culture, increase employee engagement, and deliver measurable business results. Authored by Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine, __Winning with a Culture of Recognition__ takes the misused rewards and recognition programs of the past century and transforms it into the must-have business strategy for managing a culture in the 21st century. Endorsed by best-selling author Daniel Pink, __Winning with a Culture of Recognition__ will show you why strategic recognition is the fastest and most effective way to impact employee performance, motivation, and productivity. Sharing proven strategies implemented by such leading companies as Symantec, Intuit, Dow Chemical, and Amgen, Mosley and Irvine provide HR and business leaders with a powerful blueprint on how to create a positive culture of recognition and appreciation. Recently featured on NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox, __Winning with a Culture of Recognition__ will show you how recognition can be used to deliver positive bottom-line profits – and why it’s used at some of the most successful companies in the world. Employee engagement is the great, untapped resource of most organizations. Yet only 25 percent of employees are truly engaged in their work. Why are all the others so reluctant to'get in the game'? Winning with a Culture of Recognition: Recognition Strategies at the World's Most Admired Companies reveals the surprising answer: Most managers fail to formally recognize high performance and connect it with company culture. Salary and bonuses are only part of today's employment contract. To get everyone performing together, employers need to create a culture of appreciation, recognition, and reward. Authors and Globoforce thought leaders, Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine, CEO and Vice President of Client Strategy and Consulting, respectively, look deep inside the root of this problem and provide hands-on steps to help any employer create a culture fostered by strategic recognition, a management practice as different from the old'rewards programs'as Six Sigma is from last century's'quality control.'Mosley and Irvine's proven theories take a practice (recognition and rewards) that has been misused for nearly a century and evolve it into the must-have business strategy to engage employees and manage a company culture in the 21st century. Winning with a Culture of Recognition guides managers and chief executives alike through the psychology of recognition and its effect on performance. Sharing successful methods implemented by clients such as Symantec, Intuit, Dow Chemical, and Amgen, Winning with a Culture of Recognition shows how any manager can create a positive culture of appreciation. Employee engagement is the great, untapped resource of most organizations. Yet only 25 percent of employees are truly engaged in their work. Why are all the others so reluctant to get in the game? Winning with a Culture of Recognition: Recognition Strategies at the World's Most Admired Companies reveals the surprising answer: Most managers fail to formally recognize high performance and connect it with company culture. Salary and bonuses are only part of today's employment contract. To get everyone performing together, employers need to create a culture of appreciation, recognition, and reward. Authors and Globoforce thought leaders, Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine, CEO and Vice President of Client Strategy and Consulting, respectively, look deep inside the root of this problem and provide hands-on steps to help any employer create a culture fostered by strategic recognition, a management practice as different from the old rewards programs as Six Sigma is from last century's quality control. Mosley and Irvine's proven theories take a practice (recognition and rewards) that has been misused for nearly a century and evolve it into the must-have business strategy to engage employees and manage a company culture in the 21st century. Winning with a Culture of Recognition guides managers and chief executives alike through the psychology of recognition and its effect on performance. 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