Looking for an easy, economical way to enhance your employee recognition program? The resources are right in front of you. They’re sitting in your cubicles and offices…greeting you in the hallway…maybe even pulling into your favorite parking space! That’s right, they’re your employees. Peer-to-peer recognition is gaining more attention among organizations of all types and […]
Once you’ve kicked off a peer-to-peer recognition program, your work is done, right? After all, you’ve delegated the task of acknowledging successes, so you can just step back and let it happen. Not so fast. While a great deal of the responsibility has been shifted, you still have to maintain and sustain the program. […]
What’s Christmas morning without packages to tear open? A birthday without cake and presents? Valentine’s Day without flowers and chocolates? Everybody loves to get gifts on special occasions – in fact, we expect them and can get pretty annoyed when someone forgets! On the other hand, we’ve probably all received “just because” gifts: expressions of […]
Now that everyone from K-12 to grad school is hitting the books (or iPads) again, it’s time to brush up on your employee recognition know-how. We all remember the dreaded “pop quiz”, but no worries – you won’t be graded on this one. 1. Which of the following is an appropriate occasion for recognition? a) […]
In a word, yes! Many of us remember our dads or grandfathers retiring from their companies after 35, 40 or 45 years…in many cases a lifetime of service. Employment trends have changed dramatically over the last generation, with workers today changing jobs on an average of 4.6 years, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. […]
If your years of service program is getting less and less traffic in the 20 years and up categories – what we like to call the “Everest Level” – you’re not alone. But if you do have employees who have stayed the course well into those double-digit years, here are some tips for rewarding them […]