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This book teaches you that giving someone a jar of candy with their name on it is not what true motivation is all about. It's about making sure employees know what they're doing. It's all about making sure employees know what they're doing, why they're doing it, and then giving them enough control to produce great results. It's about giving employees appropriate challenges.


"Motivating & Rewarding Employees is a handbook on motivational wisdom, psychology, and methods. The author's enthusiasm is contagious, and within the range of issues discussed, almost any supervisor will find new ideas and the inspiration to give them a try.
The author, an expert in the field of motivation and management, said his goal in writing the book, "was to make it clear for supervisors and managers that there is another, better alternative to the one they've learned and used for many years."
Recognizing that employee attitude is a critical contributor to bottom line performance, this book can help you learn to use communications, control, trust, and feedback to tap into natural motivation and boost performance."
Kristin Larson Liercke,

Training & Development Magazine, June 1999


This site is dedicated to helping you help your employees improve their attitudes and performances in ways that directly benefit your organization. Learn more about how to motivate people and boost individual and organizational performance:

  • Highlights From The Book
    Excerpts from Streetwise Motivating & Rewarding Employees: New and Better Ways to Inspire Your People.

  • Thought Provokers
    A dozen printable boxes that will challenge your views of management.

  • The Motivation Course
    An action-oriented self-study course showing you how to improve attitudes and boost performance in four clear steps.

  • News & Views
    Articles, press releases, commentaries and other news of relevance.

  • Contact The Author
    E-Mail your questions & comments directly to Alex Hiam, the author of Streetwise Motivating and other popular titles. Here's the place to share your motivation-related problems and stories.



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