employee motivation

Offers advice for business leaders on how to use positivity to motivate employees.

Reveals a strategy to create a positive company culture and improve employee morale and engagement in a story that follows Nancy, the new CEO of a popular American soup company who discovers the key ingredients to help her team while eating lunch.

"Payoff investigates the true nature of motivation, our partial blindness to the way it works, and how we can bridge this gap. With studies that range from Intel to a kindergarten classroom, Ariely digs deep to find the root of motivation--how it works and how we can use this knowledge to approach important choices in our own lives. Along the way, he explores intriguing questions such as: Can giving employees bonuses harm productivity? Why is trust so crucial for successful motivation? What are our misconceptions about how to value our work? How does your sense of your mortality impact your motivation?"--Baker & Taylor.

As the CEO of the world's largest restaurant company, with a staggering 1.4 million employees, Novak has spent the last ten years developing a program for creating effective leaders at every level. In "Taking People With You", he shows exactly how to keep your teams motivated and on track: never stop learning, always celebrate achievement and never tolerate poor performance.

Bruce Tulgan explains why he believes that Generation Yers, those born between 1978 and 1990, are one of the most high-maintenance work forces in history, but also has the potential to be the most productive, with quotes from Generation Yers and those who manage them.

Leads readers through a series of discussions, stories, recommendations, and exercises that will help them gain confidence and achieve goals they never thought possible.

Discusses ten methods for approaching one's work and personal life positively, in ways that facilitate accomplishment and motivate others.

Discusses ten methods for approaching one's work and personal life positively, in ways that facilitate accomplishment and motivate others.