5 Creative Employee Recognition Program Ideas

by Jacqueline Martinez Aug 26,2016
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Regular employee recognition has many benefits. When employees are recognized, employee retention, engagement, and motivation are increased.

In addition, employees gain a feeling of appreciation and value while in their work environment. While employees always welcome a simple “thank you”, utilizing a creative recognition program idea has a longer-lasting positive effect.

Coupons for Time Off

To show recognition, hand out coupons worth 15-minutes (or an hour, it’s up to you) each of time off from work. Employees can use one coupon at a time, or collect many to come in late one day or leave early one day.

Peer-to-Peer Program

Develop a peer-to-peer program, where employees can give one another compliments. These can be given on either an internal website or bulletin board. Employees will have the ability to recognize their peers directly. At the end of each month, enter employees who received awards into a draw, where they can win a prize.

Also read: 5 Common Teamwork Challenges Every Team Encounters!

Point Systems

For an employee reward program, create a points system. Rather than a one-time reward, this is an excellent platform for continuing recognition. Points are awarded to employees for their outstanding performance. Employees can exchange their points for gifts after accumulating a certain amount. Employers can offer their employees a wide variety of rewards they can choose from.

Dedicated Parking Spot

Allow a commended employee to use a dedicated parking spot for a specified number of days, such as a week or month. This method works best when your office is located in a spot where parking is scarce, or an office where parking is allocated by HR, based on seniority.

Work-From-Home

An incredible way to recognize your employees is remembering significant events in their lives. For example, perhaps they have a small child beginning kindergarten, by giving them a work-from-home day they are able to participate while not having to worry about making it work on time.

Also read: How To Engage Employees Who Work From Home?

Employees’ happiness can make a big difference in their work output. There are numerous ways which employers can recognize their employees. These are just 5 suggestions. If you give it some thought, you too can come with employee recognition ideas.


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Author
Jacqueline Martinez
Director of Marketing

Jacqueline Martinez is the Director of Marketing at Engagedly, where she leads initiatives to fuel the marketing-to-sales pipeline through strategic content management, revenue operations, and thoughtful mentoring. She is a growth-focused marketing executive with extensive experience driving multi-million-dollar revenues across SaaS, technology, real estate, oil & gas, and financial services industries.

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