To start any successful project, you first need to understand where you are starting from before you can determine the goals of where you want to go. This same philosophy also applies to improving the engagement of your employees. You must first determine how engaged or disengaged they currently are, which can be done by measuring whether or not your… Read more →
Category: Employee Engagement
Establish a YMAD Program
You Made a Difference (YMAD) Programs are meant to encourage and reward employees that are doing and accomplishing things that go above and beyond in order to further the values and mission of the organization. They may be called by different names―peer-to-peer recognition, spot recognition, points programs, etc.―but those names describe the method of the recognition instead of the goal… Read more →
Develop a Safety Program
Any incentive program should be built to complement the company’s existing safety plan, goals, and objectives. Ideally, safety-based programs should be designed to emphasize positive reinforcement and leading indicators such as safe behaviors, and not lagging indicators such as recordable incidents or lost-time injury reduction goals. Understanding the importance of recognition versus reward is key for managers to successfully implement… Read more →
Initiate a New Wellness Program
Wellness programs are a great way to engage employees while also promoting employee health and strategic organizational objectives. The personal nature of these programs allows your organization to communicate the importance of your employees and their health to both them and their families. And more and more top employees are factoring quality of life benefits into their decisions on where… Read more →
Perfect Your Service Award Program
Easily the most common and one of the oldest programs used to promote employee engagement is the service award program. These programs are traditionally designed to thank employees for their years of loyal service, typically recognized in five year intervals. We have found that a traditional service award program will recognize only 9-12% of an organization’s workforce once every five… Read more →
Don’t Forget to Acknowledge Your Teacher of the Year
As April draws to a close, schools are in their final stretch before a much needed Summer break. This also means it’s time for end of school banquets and time to honor those teachers who put everything they had into this school year. Objective: As May rolls around, a high school is taking votes on who should be named this year’s… Read more →
Celebrating 100 Years of Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day celebrates a milestone this year; for 100 years we have officially been celebrating moms on the second Sunday in May. Use: Employee Recognition How was it distributed: The owner of an accounting firm was a self proclaimed mama’s boy, even naming his company after her. Since he had a soft spot for all of the mothers out there, he… Read more →
Reward Employees for Meeting Company Goals
Memorial Day is creeping up on us and Summer is almost here. One of the best parts about Memorial Day is all the BBQ’s people have. Objective: A bank reached a goal they had set at the beginning of the year and wanted to do something for their employees to appreciate all their hard work. With spring finally here and summer… Read more →
It’s Time to Celebrate Teachers
National Teacher Day is upon us and its time we start thinking about what we can do to thank all those who teach and have made a difference in so many people’s lives. May 6th this year is meant recognize and celebrate the important roles and contributions of educators. Below are some ideas to get you started. In the Community… Read more →
Time to Play Ball, Opening Day is Here
After a long hard winter, the start of spring brings with it the promise of America’s favorite past time. Here in St. Louis we take our baseball pretty seriously, and some even consider Opening Day to be a St. Louis holiday. While some bosses can’t go as far as to give their employees off, there are still some ways you… Read more →