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18 of 18 people found the following review to be helpful:
Make Their Day! Employee Recognition That Works, May 7, 2009
By Steven Ohm
You may pick up this 2009 edition of Make Their Day! to learn some things about improving your abiity to recognize others. It will certainly help you accomplish that. However, if you really take to heart the facts, examples and guidance that Cindy Ventrice provides, you will become a more respected and effective leader. Ms. Ventrice does a terrific job of showing you how to build a solid foundation of trust, respect, and caring that is essential if your attempts at recognition are to be believed and ultimately effective. It will help you establish or improve relations with others, and as Ms. Ventrice says, "Next to relationships, everything else is secondary."
Whether you want to create an organization-wide recognition program or just get better yourself, in your own department, you will find insightful information. And so many of the ideas shared have little or no cost. So even in tough economic times, you will deiscover opportunities to improve recognition without breaking your budget.
With nearly 30 years of supervisory and management experience, it was enjoyable reading about things that I do right, things that I had forgotten and need to re-establish, and to learn some new skills and/or methods. FASTER meetings was a particularly interesting concept that has great potential for helping people self-recognize.
As a manager I appreciated how Ms. Ventrice showed the importance of tying recognition to corporate values, goals, and measurement. After all, we want to encourage the right behaviors, ones that support our corporate direction, and to know if our efforts are achieving the desired results.
12 of 12 people found the following review to be helpful:
Make Their Day Makes Mine!, May 1, 2009
By Robert Thompson
The first edition of Make Their Day made plenty of mine. And the second is even more valuable.
I have been coaching executives, from the most senior to the most junior, for more than 15 years and have used Cindy's book religiously with all of them. I have counseled thousands to read it and use the information tucked inside.
In a small package, Make Their Day can make a huge impact in your life and in the lives of those around you.
If your goal is to create your legacy masterpiece and assist others in creating theirs, you need to absorb Make Their Day. Then commit to the principles and ideas inside.
Without commitment, nothing changes. Not you. Not them. Nothing.
6 of 6 people found the following review to be helpful:
Excellent, every angle covered!, December 1, 2009
By Christopher Littlefield
"I stumbled upon Make Their Day on Amazon when I went to purchase The Carrot Principle by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. I purchased Make Their Day on a whim and since have been blown away by the depth of content in this book.
6 of 6 people found the following review to be helpful:
Make Their Day! Employee Recognition That Works - 2nd Edition, September 9, 2009
By Amy B. Shannon
This book is amazing - it is filled with practical examples of employee recognition programs! I have shared many of Cindy's ideas with my clients and they have implemented them with success. Employee recognition is on the rise in these tough economic times. I highly recommend purchasing this book for quick practical application!
5 of 5 people found the following review to be helpful:
A business guide any manager needs., August 13, 2009
By Midwest Book Review
Why do most employees feel unrecognized despite companies spending money on them? What different recognition programs could help fuel morale and productivity? Any manager or business library needs MAKE THEIR DAY! EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION THAT WORKS, which appears here in a second revised, updated and expanded edition with tested ways to boost morale and profits. From building recognition programs that work to partnering with administrators and checking cultural expectation to be sure recognition is meaningful, this is a business guide any manager needs.
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