Frequent employee recognition has a number of benefits, including increased employee engagement, higher productivity and lower turnover rates. However, there’s one drawback. When an employee makes a truly outstanding effort, you have to try a little harder to distinguish that accomplishment from others. Here are ten extra-special ways to recognize extra-special effort: Establish a “Gold” […]
We recently covered pet projects, or activities and goals pursued as personal favorites. For many of us, the ideal pet project would be about…you guessed it, our pets! Which brings us to the question of pets in the workplace. Paws up or paws down? Paws Up: The biggest benefit of allowing pets to cuddle up […]
Everybody loves a great employee benefit package. But if it’s not being used to its full advantage, how much is it really benefiting your employees…and your organization? One of the biggest reasons employees don’t maximize all their benefits is because they’re simply not aware of them. Sure, benefits come up during the hiring and onboarding […]
While you may have a rapidly shrinking pool of older workers with long tenures, you probably have plenty of millennials – age 18 to 34 – among your ranks. And where older employees are used to waiting for rewards, millennials aren’t content with those traditional 5-year increments in service awards. In fact, most of them […]
It might seem counterintuitive to reward an exemplary employee with more work. But if it’s the right kind of work, it might be just the ticket to boost engagement and keep that prize performer on your payroll. Pet projects are defined as activities and goals pursued as personal favorites. Many of us have pet projects […]
We’ve all got them: those “pet peeves” that drive us crazy the minute we step into the lobby. If we’re lucky, they don’t hit us until we’re settled at our desk. Just for fun, here are some of the leading office offenses…see how many you can identify with! Chatty co-workers. Not that you have anything […]
There are two reasons NOT to wait for a five-year milestone to recognize an employee. First, while corporate loyalty and longevity are certainly cause for celebration, are they really accomplishments? Second, as we’ve pointed out in many past articles, frequent recognition has a direct effect on employee satisfaction, engagement and retention…which takes us right back […]
Whether you’re thinking about a recognition program for your organization, trying to sell the idea to the folks in the corner office, or already have a program up and running, here are seven compelling reasons why you need one – or why you may want to revisit and revise what you’ve got! Recognition programs boost […]
It’s that time of year everyone in the office looks forward to…and kind of dreads at the same time. The weeks leading up to Christmas can be filled with fun or fraught with social peril (usually both). Parties, activities, gift giving – there’s an upside and a downside to everything. Here are some suggestions for […]