Staff motivation - Vision Realization

Advance Praise
Randy's book gives a smorgasbord of creative ideas to choose from that will motivate staff from their first contact with
your camp all the way through the closing days of the summer season. It is a great resource you can use year after year!
– Kim (Wenzl) Aycock, Assistant Director, Camp Illahee, Brevard, NC
Randy presents a HIGHLY informative read – chock FULL OF EXAMPLES AND TOOLS! His presentation style is
well organized and affords an easy to read / easy to navigate book. The brilliance here is in his demystification of
motivation as a whole, and particularly of the effects of praise and perks. His shift towards the bigger picture that is
behind staff motivation and performance will serve camps well. A “how to” manual on walking your talk and living out
your (program) mission!
– Tracy Hans, LCSW, Experiential Education Consultant, NY
Ah, what a delight to read your work! As usual, I found that your writing reflects what I see "in the field." It's grounded
in reality. And the way you use examples to illustrate points -- thus modeling what you write about in the section about
stories -- is keenly interesting. I remain impressed.
– Linda Erceg, RN, MS, PHN, Health & Safety Coordinator, Concordia Language Villages, MN
I learned a lot about things that I had not even considered trying in my camp programs. Camp directors from all types of
camps will benefit from this. In some ways this forced me to think out of the box, which is what is needed to keep our
program innovative and our staff coming back.
– Kim Shafer, Director, Camp Black Hawk, WI
Loads of information that I think most Camp Directors can relate to, and often have thought about, but not necessarily
implemented. Good tools & examples included to help put into practice what the research is suggesting!
– Michael Peters, Camping Services, YMCA Greater NY
I think that too often we look for the quick fix when staff moral is going down hill, and you really set the idea that the
whole issue of staff motivation starts before you hire staff, and continues throughout the season (or year), and beyond. It
also helped me to understand that it is more of a system rather than individual pieces (without fitting together). I have read
in Camping Magazine (and other places) pieces of bits of insight into staff motivation, but they don’t offer the critical
framework and ideas, and thus do not hold up for more than a few days.
– Rev. Robert Vodra, Director, Camp Greenwood, MI
Magnificent Camp Staff Motivation: Realize a Proven Strategy for a 70 – 90% Staff Return Rate
Get More From Your Staff Without Even Asking!
© 2004 Randall Grayson, Ph.D. VERSION 2.2
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