Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement, 3rd Edition. ✓ Most Recent [ Active ]

Maximize employee performance with this updated edition of the classic bestseller

In the third edition of Bringing Out the Best in People renowned thought leader and internationally recognized workplace expert Aubrey Daniels takes a look at today's rapidly changing work environment, providing a timely update to his seminal book on performance management.

With a behavioral foundation and new chapters on employee engagement and the impact of the exponential increase in technology, this latest edition features all new examples, updated approaches to effective recognition and rewards systems, tips for stimulating and fostering innovation and creativity, and productive ways to embrace and empower the multi-generational workforce, including Millennials and future generations.

Since the first edition of Bringing Out the Best in People hit the shelves more than 20 years ago, the world has gone through some massive changes: the opening of new international markets, rapid technological advancement, the birth of new industries (and the death of old), and disruptions across the business landscape. Despite all of these advancements, in a time when you can communicate with people on the other side of the globe in a few keystrokes, the majority of management and leadership theories have remained stagnant, and in a word … ineffective.

Renowned thought leader and internationally recognized workplace expert Aubrey Daniels returns with this updated third edition to affirm how not only to break away from these inadequate management practices, but to maximize employee performance and earn discretionary effort from the members of your team.

For nearly 40 years, Daniels has worked with organizations to apply scientifically based behavioral tools and principles to effectively address workplace issues – particularly as they relate to management, leadership, culture, innovation, safety, engagement, and collaboration.

This timely update tackles the changes in the contemporary work environment, while providing step-by-step instructions and proven practices that have been adopted by Daniels' global clients, from startups to Fortune 100 companies. Learn how to:

• Create effective recognition and rewards systems that are positively reinforcing to employees

• Stimulate innovation and creativity in exciting new ways

• Understand fluency as an efficient way to reduce training costs and increase training effectiveness for all employees

• Engage employees in ways that lead to improved performance and a stronger culture

• Motivate and empower the workforce

With a renewed focus on applying behavioral analysis to business practices, this edition includes all new examples, two entirely new chapters, and a wealth of information for today's managers and leaders at any level.

Author Aubrey C. Daniels, Ph.D.