News Coverage
News Media Worldwide Praise 25 Years of Results Generated by THE 100 CLUB …
"Diamond Productivity Cited at Thorndike Plant" – The Journal Register, Palmer MA – June 2, 1983
"Incentives Boost Job Production" – The Washington Times, Washington DC – June 3, 1983
"Productivity Program Enhances Divested Plant" – The Daily News, Springfield MA – June 3, 1983
"Federal Aid to Labor-Management Panels Justified by Results, Participants Say" – Daily Labor Report – June 6, 1983
"100 Club Boosts Plant Productivity" – Holyoke Transcript-Telegram, Holyoke MA – June 30, 1983
"Palmer Workers Score 100 in TIME Magazine Article" – The Daily News, Springfield MA – July 1, 1983
"Hot 100: A Million-Dollar Incentive Plan" – TIME Magazine – July 4, 1983
"A Diamond of a Productivity Idea" – Industry Week – July 25, 1983
"Recognition Makes a Major Difference" – The Enterprise – Davis, CA – July 27, 1983
"Employers and Their Workers Gain from 100 Club Program" – The White House Conference on Productivity – Washington DC – July 1983
"100 Club a Good Bet for Employers" – BNA Bulletin to Management – August 11, 1983
"’100 Club’ Boosts Mill Productivity" – Pulp and Paper Week – August 22-26, 1983
"’100 Club’ Drives Profits" – Pulp and Paper – October 1983
"Worker Woes? Motivate the Good Ones, Not the Bad" – Incentive Marketing – October 1983
"MANAGEMENT – Tokens of Appreciation" – The Levinson Letter – The Levinson Institute, Inc., Cambridge MA – December 15, 1983
"Government Study Verifies Productivity Increases through Employee Recognition" – Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Washington DC – February 6, 1984
"Build Employee Commitment to Productivity Growth" – Productivity Improvement Bulletin, Waterford CT – February 25, 1984
"Heekin Can Offers Employee Incentive Program" – Aerosol Age – May 1984
"RRD Recognition Program Makes First Awards" – Owens-Corning Fiberglas Information Newsletter, Toledo OH – January 1985
"New Program at Owens/Corning to Recognize and Reward Employees" – The Brookville Democrat, Brookville IN – March 20, 1985
"Who’s in Charge Here?" – Nation’s Business – May 1985
"The 100 Club Reports Major Employer Gains" – The 100 Club Newsletter, Holyoke MA – Summer 1985
"The 100 Club Spreads from Coast to Coast" – National Productivity Report, Wheaton IL – July 31, 1985
"Focus on Change" – Industry Magazine – August 1985
"Bonus Rewards Job Well Done at Heekin Can" – Cincinnati Post Neighbors, Cincinnati OH – June 24, 1985
"Four RRD Plants Celebrate 100 Club Anniversary" – Owens-Corning Fiberglas Information Newsletter, Toledo OH – June/July 1985
"Case History: Employee Recognition Programs" – Small Business Report – October 1985
"Effective Management: Want to Amaze Your Employees? Tell Them You Like Their Work" – PIMA Magazine – October 1985
"Are Rewards Merely a Penny for Your Thoughts?" – The Myths & Methods of Being a Manager by Kandy Kidd, Brendon Hill Publishing, Oakland CA – October 1986
"Nestle ‘100 Club’" – The Valley News, Fulton NY – December 18, 1986
"The 100 Club: A Shining Example of Successful Labor/Management Relations" – Plant Services – February 1987
"Ideas for Action: The 100 Club" – Harvard Business Review, Cambridge MA – March-April 1987
"Psychic Income: The 80/20 Rule for Managers" – Creative Management – April 1987
"Employees Proud to Join 100 Club; It Recognizes Their Value to Company" – CUE/Clearinghouse, CUE/NAM, Washington DC – April 15, 1987
"People: An Employee Recognition Plan that Works!" – Food Store Magazine – April/May 1987
"Viewpoint: Employee Involvement Recognition Can Save $$" – Boxboard Containers – May 1987
"’100 Club’ Wise Investment" – Personnel Management Alert Newsletter, Management Resource Association, Institute of Management, Milwaukee WI – June 1987
"Productivity Incentive: The 100 Club" – The Pryor Report – June 1987
"100 Club Makes Major Difference" – The Informed Executive – June 1987
"The ‘100 Club’ – Recognizes Good Workers – Yields Amazing Results" – Manufacturer & Employer Association – June 24, 1987
"Softer Voices at Bargaining Tables? Hard Times Spawn Innovations in Labor-Management Relations" – The Christian Science Monitor – June 25, 1987
"100 Club Productivity Incentive" – Briefs, Greater Cincinnati Employers Institute – June 26, 1987
"Profit Probe: Employee Involvement Program Creates Positive Environment" – Paper, Film & Foil Converter June & July 1987
"’100 Club’ Increases Productivity" – Central Illinois Employers’ Association Facts – Bulletin 7 – July 1, 1987
"The Name of the Game is Productivity" – American Association of Industrial Management – July 1987
"In Management, It’s Surprising What a Simple ‘Thank You’ Can Do" – The Rotarian – September 1987
"Employee Club Boosts Morale, Attendance, Efficiency" – FMI Digest, Food Marketing Institute, Washington DC – October 1987
"Nestle Promotes ‘100 Club’" – The Patriot, Fulton NY – October 20, 1987
"Nestle Welcomes Employees into ‘100 Club’" – The Valley News, Fulton NY – October 20, 1987
"Employee Motivation: Recognition that Works" – Incentive Marketing – December 1987
"America Works" – The Report of the President’s Advisory Committee on Mediation and Conciliation, Washington DC – 1988
"Motivating for Success – 2. Recognize Your Employees" – Nation’s Business – March 1988
"Recognition: The Winning Strategy" – Healthy Companies – Summer 1988
"This Is What Motivation Is All About – Now Let’s Try Human Relations" – ProMat News, Johannesburg, South Africa – August 1988
"Let’s Talk About Employee Appreciation" – The Jerry Williams Show, WRKO Radio, Boston MA – March 1989
"Small Gifts for Good Work Can Make a Big Difference" – The Union-Leader, Manchester NH – March 20, 1989
"Labor Letter: We Love You" – The Wall Street Journal – May 2, 1989
"Seeking an Edge: Incentives Prove Their Worth" – The Boston Globe, Boston MA – July 4, 1989
"’100 Club’ Offers Workers Incentive" – The Arizona Republic, Phoenix AZ – July 16, 1989
"Human Resource Management and Labor Relations: (Chapter 13) Employee Recognition Programs at Diamond Fiber Products" – Management by John A. Pearce II and Richard B. Robinson, Jr., Random House Business Division, New York NY – 1989
"Competitiveness: The Executive’s Guide to Succe$$" – by L. William Seidman and Steven L. Skancke, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk NY – 1989
"Spirit of Consol" – by Anthony Hooking, Hollards South Africa, Bethulie, Republic of South Africa – 1989
"The Loyalty Factor – A Management Guide to the Changing Dynamics of Loyalty in the Workplace" – by Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D., KCS Publishing, Berkeley CA – 1990
"Clubbing Together to Improve Worker Productivity" – The Daily News, Durban, South Africa – October 18, 1990
"Club Boosts Employee Morale" – The Sunday Tribune, Durban, South Africa – October 28, 1990
"The Loyalty Factor – Building Trust in Today’s Workplace – (Chapter 4) – A Culture for Loyalty: Recognition Programs" – by Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D. – MASTERMEDIA Limited, New York NY – 1991
"These Lovely Gifts" – CEO Briefing, Investor’s Daily – 1991
"Employee Motivation that Works" – HR Magazine, Society for HR Management – October 1992
""To Employees – ‘Thanks’ Mean Millions – Literally" – Supervision, National Research Bureau, Burlington IA – November 1992
"Employees as ‘Point Persons’" – Manufacturing Systems – February 1994
"The 100 Club: A Time-Tested Recognition Plan" – Total Employee Involvement Newsletter, TEI Institute, Productivity, Inc., Norwalk CT – April 1994
"Saying Thanks – The 100 Club: An Ideal Way to Recognize TPM Achievements" – Total Productive Maintenance Newsletter, American Institute for Total Productive Maintenance, Productivity, Inc., Norwalk CT – April 1994
"Policy Guide – Recognition Raises Productivity" – BNA Bulletin to Management – July 14, 1994
"Enlist Your Workforce in the Re-engineering Revolution" – (paper by Daniel C. Boyle) Total Employee Involvement, 13th National Conference – October 27-28, 1994