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很少有管理理念能像積極鼓勵那樣有效。事實上，在今天的商業氣候條件下，奬勵和認同已經變得比以往任何時候都更為重要，因為： ·管理者用以影響員工並造就他們行為的方法很少。強迫命令不再那麼有效，管理者必須越來越像教練那樣來間接施加影響，而不是下命令。

·員工被要求做更多的工作，並且要更加主動地去做。為瞭不對員工管得太死，管理者需要創造積極的、能鼓舞人們進取的工作環境。

·人口學預言在後生育高峰時期，員工的數量將會減少，並且他們掌握的技能將比他們的前輩們少得多。這些人有不同的價值觀，他們期望工作有明確的目的性，並且能激勵他們奮進。

·在財政緊張的時期，奬勵和認同成瞭鼓勵員工做齣更齣色 錶現的一種有效的、低成本的方法。

研究錶明，員工認為對他們個人工作的認同，比金錢奬勵有更大的推動力。然而，很少有管理者能夠做齣係統的努力，對員工齣色完成工作錶示過感謝，更不要說做些更有創造性的事情對員工的成就錶示認同。

想到這件怪事，我得齣結論——大多數經理沒有經常對員工進行奬勵和認同的主要原因，是他們沒有時間和創造性去想齣辦法來。所以，用一本書來介紹認同和奬勵員工的方法是一件有趣而又有意義的事情。

令我高興而又吃驚的是，研究錶明管理者已經使用、並且正在使用的有數百種奬勵方法。於是，本書就變成瞭嚮更多的讀者傳播這些信息的工具。

我希望你能使用本書來進行試驗，以便瞭解被認同的威力；我更希望你的公司和員工會變得更加積極、更富有成果、更加喜歡自己所從事的工作。

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