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      If you want to know what it takes to design and run a superior incentive program, learn how to efficiently raise morale, encourage employee recognition, and create a strong team, the Management Center gives you simple basic strategies of creating a new program and updating your old incentive program.

• The Industry
• Management
• Incentive Program Ideas
• Team-Builders
• Software and Systems

• Creative Solutions for Company Culture: The burning issues for today's world-class companies: design, recruiting, maximizing assets, and corporate culture.
• Tax Treatment of Incentive Awards: George Delta, Esq. explains the tax rules and regulations for your company.
• Incentives vs. the New Millennium: Incentives address the changing work culture of the Millennium and help motivate and energize employees.
• Ten Commandments of the New Millennium Workplace: Excerpt from Karen Southwick's new book, Silicon Gold Rush.

INCENTIVE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

• Five Ways to Save Your Company.... In a Recession: Real-world advice to harness the power of your current team. You can succeed despite a rough economy.
• Eight Steps to Help Employees Achieve Higher Performance: These eight steps, provided by James Pepitone and Anne Bruce from their book Motivating Employees, will help your employees feel more motivated on the job and build the connection between their own interests and the interests of the organization.
• Employee Retention Online Course: Begin the exciting journey of discovering just what makes your employees tick and what you can do to keep them on board.
• Motivating your Non-Sales Team in a Sales Environment: Everyone is involved in generating revenue and everyone should be rewarded and recognized.
• Top Reasons Why Most Employees Remain at a Company: Discover some of the most common reasons employees remain at a company (and what will help retain them).
• Crucial Steps for Attaining Career Goals: Be they your career goals or you are helping others reach their optimum potentials, knowing how to set goals is crucial.
• Incentive Program Management: Running a good incentives program isn't that hard but utilizing your best resources will ensure success.
• Good Management in the New Millennium: As a manager, how do you energize and create a successful team?
• How a Broad-Based Stock Option Plan Can Work for Your Company: Learn from The National Center for Employee Ownership what options you have.
• Internal Gainsharing: Mack Hanan gives you the basics on how gainsharing can motivate your employees.
• Is Cash Really King?: What is the difference between cash and non-cash rewards?
• Gender Sensitivity: What can you buy all of your team members and be gender sensitive at the same time?
  

• Incentive Program Tips from GoalManager Readers: Each business is in charge of motivating and keeping their employees "incentivized." Seven different companies let you in on their most effective incentive programs.
• Petty Cash: You can improve your office space and empower your employees at the same time with a petty cash incentive this month. It is a simple and easy process and you just have to sit back and see the success around you grow.
• One Share of Stock: You can buy one share of stock from a specific company and even give one share of your own company to your employees, clients, suppliers, etc.
• Summer Flextime: One of the best ways to keep your team motivated during the summer months is flextime. Just getting off early on Fridays could make all the difference in an employee's commitment to the company.
• Gift Cards from American Express Incentive Services: Now you can give cash as a reward and make it memorable.
• Road Warrior's Paradise: Telecommuting: The relief from the daily grind could be the answer to getting your team excited about reaching company goals.
• The Choice Awards: Sometimes letting your employees choose the reward is the most effective way to find the key to their motivation.
• Roughed-Up and Ready Get-Away: Pamper your employees and send them away for the weekend.

• Ride 'Em Cowboy!: A rodeo adventure for your next incentive program is sure to be a success and a hootin' 'n hollerin' good time.
• Cooking Classes: Now one of the hottest deals in town...your team learns to cook and learns to relate to each other better.
• Volunteer!: Try something different this month that will most likely have more impact on your team than would an offsite treasure hunt, cooking classes, or talent shows.
• Toy Story: Taking your team on a shopping spree to the nearest toy store could be the best thing you'll do this month.
• Take Two!: Create a company documentary or commercial. Sometimes your best advertisements are your own employees.
• CEO Sings Madonna's "Lucky Star": Company talent shows are a great idea for team and company spirit.
• Pizza Party!: The team that builds pizzas together, sticks together!

SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS

• 7 Tips for Surviving and HR Software Implementation: Keep your sanity even after the consultants have packed up and gone home
• The Promise of ERP Software: Learn why millions are spent on this important category.

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