Non-Monetary Rewards: Seven Low-Cost Strategies to Motivate Your People

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Time: 2:00 pm ET (1:00 pm CT, 12 noon MT, 11:00 am PT)

Length: 60 minutes

Registration: $219.00

Registration - Teleconference plus CD: $308.00

COURSE DESCRIPTION: At Company A, recession-weary employees are feeling overworked, underpaid and de-moralized. At Company B, they’re feeling the heat but they’re optimistic about their future.

What’s the difference? One word: Leadership. Company B’s managers and supervisors know how to motivate people. Even in the current high-stress environment, they keep practicing the fundamentals – and that includes making people feel they’re valued and that the work they’re doing is important.

Do the managers at your company really get it? Do they make your workers feel important? Do they use recognition and non-monetary rewards in a way that energizes your workforce?
If not, they’re hurting your bottom line.

Low-cost, easy-to-deploy recognition strategies can have a huge impact on performance. That’s the good news. The bad news is that if you’re not continually revisiting your recognition programs and strategies, they get tired and become ineffective – to the point where efforts to motivate employees can actually DE-MOTIVATE them.

This 60-minute conference – which comes with a free six-minute e-learning module you can use to reinforce the message again and again – will show you how to keep your recognition and non-monetary reward efforts fresh. Valerie Grubb, a top-ranked B21 speaker, will lay out the most common mistakes companies make with employee recognition. And she’ll give you a blueprint for creating a recognition program that’s aligned with your company goals and in sync with the needs of your workforce in today’s economy.

Topics to be covered include: 

• Five killer mistakes companies make in recognition programs (and why they make them)
• The Top 10 employee motivators and how they should form the foundation for your recognition and non-monetary reward program
• The differences between Individual and Team recognition – and how your program should reflect those differences
• Going beyond boosting productivity and morale: how recognition can lead to higher revenue and profits for your company
• Motivating your Managers to incorporate recognition in their daily practice
• How to handle a tyrannical manager who never gives praise
• Strategies for getting buy-in from the top to implement a new recognition program or boost the one you have in place now

Valerie Grubb previously served as the Vice President of Strategic Operations & Initiatives at NBC Universal.  In this capacity, she oversaw business development opportunities within the Media Distribution Services group, including the sale of several NBC properties.  In addition, Valerie oversaw quality initiatives in preparation for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Valerie was promoted to this position after NBCU purchased Oxygen Media where she served as the Vice President of Operations. 

At Oxygen, Valerie had a wide array of responsibilities including Human Resources, Risk Management, Training, Facilities, Security, Travel and Real Estate Operations for all Oxygen offices across the United States.  Valerie was directly involved in the initial formation, growth strategy and wild success of Oxygen which eventually led to the sale to NBCU. Prior to joining Oxygen in 1999, Valerie was the Vice President of Operations for Barry Diller during the inception of InterActive, Corp.  While with IAC, Valerie was a significant contributor to the company’s aggressive acquisitions strategy; managing the integration of newly acquired companies in to the corporate umbrella.
  
Valerie was a featured speaker at the Society of Human Resource Management’s Annual Conference in 2007 and 2008 along with SHRM’s Leadership Conference in November 2008.  She was also a featured speaker for both RIMS (Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.) and the National Association of Insurance Women.  Valerie is a member of Women in Cable Television (WICT); serving as a Prime Access Mentor in both 2007 and 2008.  Valerie is an also active member of the Dean’s Council at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.  She sits on two other boards at IU: MBA Sports and Entertainment Academy Board and the Supply Chain and Global Management Academy.

Registration: $219.00

Registration - Teleconference plus CD: $308.00