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  The '1001 Ways' series: Book 2

  1001 Ways to Reward Employees

  by Bob Nelson

  Why is 1001 Ways to Reward Employees , with over 1.4 million copies in print, such an extraordinary bestseller? Because a little over ten years ago Bob Nelson took the seeds of an idea and turned it into something indispensable for business. The idea? That it’s not a raise that motivates an employee, and it’s not a promotion—what really sparks a person to perform are those intangible, unexpected gestures that... (more)
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  Gung Ho!: Turn on the People in Any Organization

  by Ken Blanchard

  Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, co-authors of the New York Times business bestseller Raving Fans, are back with Gung Ho! Here is an invaluable management tool that outlines foolproof ways to increase productivity by fostering excellent morale in the workplace. It is a must-read for everyone who wants to stay on top in today's ultra-competitive business world. Raving Fans taught managers how to turn... (more)
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  Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers

  by Erika Andersen

  “If life were fair, employees would be perfect. They would do exactly what we asked them to do, exactly when we asked them to do it – except, of course, for the fantastic ideas they would cook up on their own…Back to reality. Your employees are, like you and me, flawed and hopeful human beings whose success is at least partly dependent on your skill as a manager, human beings who will thrive with skillful and... (more)
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  Create Your Own Employee Handbook: A Legal and Practical Guide (Create Your Own Employee Handbook)

  by Amy DelPo, Lisa Guerin

  Providing your employees with a handbook that spells out your company's benefits, policies and procedures makes great sense, practically and legally. Create Your Own Employee Handbook provides all the information and policies managers, HR professionals and business owners need to create their own reader-friendly guide. Each chapter covers a different topic, including: at-will employment ... (more)
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  101 Strategies for Recruiting Success: Where, When, And How to Find the Right People Every Time

  by Christopher W. Pritchard

  Hiring good people is and always will be the most critical factor in an organization’s success. 101 Strategies for Recruiting Success offers practical tips of the trade from a recruiting professional with more than two decades of experience. The book reveals 25 talent sourcing options, probing interview questions and methods, and high- impact retention strategies that begin even before the candidate is... (more)
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  Questions That Sell: The Powerful Process for Discovering What Your Customer Really Wants

  by Paul Cherry

  Simply knowing the right questions to ask can make the difference between finalizing a sale or losing it. Most salespeople have extensive knowledge of their products, but many fail to ask the questions that will help them uncover the real needs of their customers. Questions That Sell helps readers use advanced questioning techniques to sell their products based on value to the customer, not on price--and... (more)
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  Brand From the Inside: Eight Essentials to Emotionally Connect Your Employees to Your Business

  by Libby Sartain

  In Brand from the Inside, Libby Sartain and Mark Schumann, branding experts who helped to build employer brands at Southwest Airlines and Yahoo!, describe this secret weapon for a business. The book gives leaders across an organization step-by-step instruction on how to motivate employees to consistently deliver the experience the customer brand promises. By building the employer brand from inside the... (more)
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  Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business

  by Hank Stringer

  Only one thing really differentiates your business from your competitor: your people. Do you have the right talent in the right place at the right time? It's no longer enough to have a 'workforce': you need a high-impact Talent Force. The authors first identify the massive social, cultural, and economic shifts that are transforming hiring as we know it. We are a smaller, closer, and more competitive world, as... (more)
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  Change to Strange: Create a Great Organization by Building a Strange Workforce

  by Dan Cable, Daniel M. Cable

  "It's not just a war for talent out there, it's a war for the right talent. Cable sheds light on how managers can identify and attract the right people to turn strategy into reality." --Susan Ashford, Associate Dean for Leadership Programming and the Executive MBA Program, University of Michigan "Change to Strange takes the mystery out of the gap between strategy and strategy execution. Daniel underscores that... (more)
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  The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Americans

  by Laurence J. Kotlikoff

  The shocking statistic is that forty-seven million Americans have no health insurance. When uninsured Americans go to the emergency room for treatment, however, they do receive care—and a bill. Many hospitals now require uninsured patients to put their treatment on a credit card—which can saddle a low-income household with unpayably high balances that can lead to personal bankruptcy. Why don't these people just... (more)
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  Jack Reacher: Book 12

  Nothing to Lose

  by Lee Child

  Two lonely towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Between them, twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher never turns back. It's not in his nature. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets is big trouble. So in Lee Child’s electrifying new novel, Reacher—a man with no fear, no illusions, and nothing to lose—goes to war against a town that not only wants him gone, it wants him dead. It wasn’t the welcome... (more)
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  The Tao of Loyalty: Winning With Employees (Response Books)

  by Ajit Rao

  In today s business environment, people, rather than products, technology, and processes are increasingly becoming the most crucial factor in differentiating profitable organizations from those that are not. It is, therefore, important to understand employee commitment and loyalty in organizations. This book begins by defining loyalty, the types of loyalty (emotional and behavioral), and how these can be... (more)
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  Hip and Sage: The Baby Boomer's Guide to Connecting and Collaborating with Younger Generations in the Workplace

  by Lisa Haneberg

  Think Tony Bennett, William Shatner, or Tina Turner. Baby Boomers and Traditionalists they may be but there is no denying that they are as connected to their Gen-Y and Millennial fans as to their contemporaries. They have become hip and sage--reinventing and reenergizing their careers by adopting new ways of thinking, collaborating, and communicating. Written from a practicing hip-and-sage professional's point of... (more)
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  The Obvious

  All You Need to Know in Business. Period.

  by James Dale

  The secrets to success in business aren’t secrets at all. They’re obvious, so obvious that they’ve mostly been taken for granted or ignored -- until now. We’ve all read the business allegories, the "how I did it" success stories, and yes, there’s good advice to be found in their pages. But nowhere is the advice as pure, as simple, as elegant, as it is in The Obvious . Former CEO James Dale has compiled... (more)
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  Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment (how to improve quality, productivity, and employee satisfation, First Ballantine Books Edition: March 1992)

  by William C. Byham

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  The Employee Motivation Audit

  by Jane Weightman

  An 8-Step audit to help you measure and improve the way you motivate employees and win and retain their commitment. Staff loyalty and commitment are often seen as part of the company culture - as issues which cannot be directly controlled and which can be changed only very slowly. This audit shows that staff loyalty and commitment can be directly tied to company policies and actions, that problems can be... (more)
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  Employees first, customers second : turning conventional management upside down

  by Vineet Nayar

  One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire. One such idea—putting employees first and customers second—sparked a revolution at HCL Technologies, the IT services giant. In this candid and personal account, Vineet Nayar—HCLT’s celebrated CEO—recounts how he defied the conventional wisdom that companies must put customers first, then turned the hierarchical pyramid upside... (more)
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  The '1001 Ways' series: Book 1

  1001 Ways to Energize Employees

  by Bob Nelson

  Weaving together case studies, examples, techniques, research highlights, and quotes from business leaders, this practical handbook is packed with suggestions for increasing employee involvement and enthusiasm. Original.
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  Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People

  by Johanna Rothman

  Good technical people are the foundation on which successful high technology organizations are built. Establishing a good process for hiring such workers is essential. Unfortunately, the generic methods so often used for hiring skill-based staff, who can apply standardized methods to almost any situation, are of little use to those charged with the task of hiring technical people. Unlike skill-based... (more)
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  Nickel and Dimed

  On (Not) Getting by in America

  by Barbara Ehrenreich

  The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage. Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that any job equals a better life. But how can anyone survive, let alone... (more)