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Ford, Lynda. Transform Your Workplace: 52 Proven Strategies To Motivate, Energize, And Kick Productivity Up To The Next Level. US: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005.

Transform Your Workplace: 52 Proven Strategies To Motivate, Energize, And Kick Productivity Up To The Next Level

Authors: Lynda Ford

Published:  2005

ISBN: 9780070601345 0071456198
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  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Retention Connection
  • Loyalty Today
  • FAST Strategy #1: Address Potentially Sticky Situations Head On
  • FAST Strategy #2: Allow Employees to Stretch
  • FAST Strategy #3:Ask for Your Employees’ Recommendations on Job-Related Problems
  • FAST Strategy #4: Assess the Workplace Environment on an Ongoing Basis
  • FAST Strategy #5: Be a Management Gladiator
  • FAST Strategy #6: Be Available
  • FAST Strategy #7: Infuse Passion and Let it Show
  • FAST Strategy #8: Be Positively Unpredictable When it Counts
  • FAST Strategy #9: Build Positive Alliances, Even with the Not-So-Positive
  • FAST Strategy #10: Celebrate the Small Stuff
  • FAST Strategy #11: Delegate, Enrich, and Empower
  • FAST Strategy #12: Encourage Community Involvement, Tap into the Energy
  • FAST Strategy #13: Es, Es (or Eat, Eat)
  • FAST Strategy #14: Find Opportunities to Collaborate with Other Departments, Units, Etc.
  • FAST Strategy #15: Find Out What Motivates Employees, and Then Use It
  • FAST Strategy #16: Give Credit
  • FAST Strategy #17: Use SIMPLE Feedback
  • FAST Strategy #18: What I Like About You
  • FAST Strategy #19: Involve Employees in Decision Making Whenever Possible
  • FAST Strategy #20 Involve Employees in the Hiring Process
  • FAST Strategy #21 Hold Yourself to the Highest Standards
  • FAST Strategy #22: Communicate for Understanding
  • FAST Strategy #23: Have a Vision, Take Action
  • FAST Strategy #24: Go to Bat
  • FAST Strategy #25: Eliminate All Types of Harassment
  • FAST Strategy #26: Help Raise Your Employees’ EQ . . . and Yours Too!
  • FAST Strategy #27: Grin, Win, and Have Some Fun
  • FAST Strategy #28: Develop Leaders, Not Followers
  • FAST Strategy #29: Use Recognition That Works
  • FAST Strategy #30: Mentor
  • FAST Strategy #31: Understand Coaching Responsibilities
  • FAST Strategy #32: Understand How to Coach for CHANGE
  • FAST Strategy #33: Establish Goals and Have Frequent Goal Meetings
  • FAST Strategy #34: Know What Your Competition Is Doing
  • FAST Strategy #35: Conduct Effective Department and Team Meetings
  • FAST Strategy #36: Understand Different Strategies for Dealing with Conflict
  • FAST Strategy #37: Help Employees Develop a “Big Picture” Focus
  • FAST Strategy #38: Get Rid of the Fickle Finger of Blame
  • FAST Strategy #39: Lead the Change in Thinking
  • FAST Strategy #40: Help Your People Adapt to Change
  • FAST Strategy #41: Look for Opportunities to Develop Employees’ Skills
  • FAST Strategy #42: Find the Jewel (When the Clouds Are Dark)
  • FAST Strategy #43: Know When to Raise the Standard Bar
  • FAST Strategy #44: Use Failure as a Vehicle for Success
  • FAST Strategy #45: Understand the Dynamics in the Organization
  • FAST Strategy #46: Give Employees Authority to Solve Problems
  • FAST Strategy #47: Heat Up the Iron and Then Strike While It’s Hot
  • FAST Strategy #48: Know Your Employees’ Other Sides
  • FAST Strategy #49: Be Creative to Bring in the Best and Brightest
  • FAST Strategy #50: Understand Your Own Weaknesses
  • FAST Strategy #51: Treat Your Employees Like Customers
  • FAST Strategy #52: Know How to Sustain Improvements
  • Appendix A: Implementing FAST 52 Strategies—The Process Model
  • Appendix B: 52 Resources for a Better Workplace
  • INDEX