Employee Recognition is a key component in any effective Performance Management Plan because happy workers feel valued and employees who feel valued give more effort, and therefore are more effective and more productive.

Unfortunately, traditionally utilized “Employee of the Month (EOM)” programs are not structured for the new generation of workers and tend to have a destructive effect or no effect because they either: reward only individual contributions (inviting social comparison) resulting in team division and envy; or they operate from implicit bias rewarding “most popular” contributors over better skilled, higher performing employees. If you are operating with either no program or only a standard “EOM” you are likely not reaping the rewards of a great employee recognition program and may even be hurting your overall productivity.

A great Employee Recognition Plan will help you build a thriving culture that values and appreciates your employees and will:

• Boost employee AND team engagement.
• Lower employee turnover.
• Improve your recruitment efforts by attracting higher skilled, more collaborative employees.
• Reinforce your company goals, mission and values.
• Help your employees and managers stay on mission and achieve your goals faster.

Goals
Research
Survey

Set goals, research programs that align with goals and conduct workforce surveys.

Criteria
Methodology
Create & Budget

Set best criteria to align with goals. Chose methodologies that compliment goals. Create reward-systems and budgets.

Launch & Integrate
Review & Update

Educate management and staff on goals, program participation, criteria and rewards. Initiate programs and monitor process.
Review & Update as needed.

Employee Recognition Services

Our employee recognition services are geared towards helping your organization establish and maintain effective employee recognition programs. These programs (when executed effectively,) can be instrumental in fostering a positive work environment for your company, boosting your employee morale and ultimately enhancing your company’s performance and employee retention.

• Program Design & Development
  • We work with your organization to design a customized employee recognition program tailored to your culture, values and goals.
  • We can assess current recognition practices, gather feedback from employees and recommend strategies to enhance your recognition program’s effectiveness.
• Recognition Criteria & Framework
  • We will help define your company’s criteria and guidelines for employee recognition, ensuring consistency and fairness across your organization.
  • We create a framework that outlines different types of recognition and the corresponding rewards or incentives at your organization.
• Implementation Support
  • We can assist with the implementation of your recognition program, including communication plans, rollout strategies and training sessions for managers and employees.
  •  We will provide tools and resources to support ongoing recognition efforts, such as nomination forms, recognition platforms and communication templates.
• Measurement & Evaluation
  • We will help you to establish metrics and mechanisms to measure the impact of your employee recognition efforts. Additionally, we can analyze data and feedback to assess the program’s effectiveness and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Recognition Platform Selection
  • We will assist in the selection process or provide recommendations for the selection of technology platforms or tools that facilitate your employee recognition program, such as digital platforms for peer-to-peer recognition, rewards programs or social recognition apps.
  • We can help you to integrate recognition platforms within your existing HR systems and help with processes for seamless operation.

Types of Recognition to Consider…

Employee-to-Employee—Recognition that comes from fellow employees creates an environment where day-to-day tasks that run smooth business operations are rewarded. It has the added result of giving value to individual employee voices when they have the ability to recognize their co-workers.

Manager-to-Employee—People managers are responsible for overseeing the work of individuals on their team. If your company is also using “Performance Feedback” on a regular basis, this is the perfect place to insert a method of rewarding individual contributions to a team effort. It is an effective tool to help employees at all levels feel safe at work and in their role because manager approval holds power.

Team—Team recognition is key because your culture strengthens every time a team of yours works together and achieves a goal. Rewarding entire teams ensures that you never leave out an individual contributor who may have worked tirelessly behind the scenes but may not have been “seen” by leadership. This is a key ingredient to the Performance/Recognition secret sauce and has a biproduct of deepening engagement with your overall company culture and values.

Companywide—Rewarding individual contributions in an effective way must be well thought out and based on very specific criteria. However, if a company utilizes methodology such as questionnaires and 360 reviews in the process, individual contributions can be rewarded companywide with a focus on mission, vision and values as well as, strategic goals.