Identifying Employees Who will Emotionally Connect with the Organization

Don Spare is President of West Coast Recognition, a consulting organization helping leaders inspire engaged workers, motivate championship-type performance and drive cultures of excellence. He is also a Senior Business Partner with MTM Recognition, a leader in award design, award manufacturing, creative communications, product sourcing, customer service, fulfillment and administration of some of the most successful reward and recognition programs in the industry. Previous to his partnership with MTM, Mr. Spare was inducted into the Jostens Recognition Hall of Fame – an honor earned by only ten other recognition professionals in the 40-year history of the organization. Prior to his business career, Mr. Spare was a first-team baseball All-America shortstop, inductee into his college athletic Hall of Fame, professional for the Kansas City Royals baseball organization and a college baseball coach, during which time he mentored numerous future big leaguers, including one Hall-of-Famer. He is a respected writer, speaker and trainer.