Category: Employee Recognition Ideas
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Volunteer Appreciation on a Small Budget
Your volunteers make extraordinary sacrifices to promote your organization, and all without any expectation of compensation. Although they may continue to provide their assistance for the sheer joy of helping out, it’s worth your while to reward their hard work on occasion. Unfortunately, if you’re lacking in adequate funding, you might not be able to…
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5 Motivational Game Ideas to Energize Desk Workers
Your employees may love their jobs, but after years of sitting at desks and staring at their computers, they’re beginning to get a bit lethargic. This could be problematic for customer relations, as clients want to interact with energetic and enthusiastic company representatives. Consider revitalizing your workplace with one or more of the following motivational…
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5 Signs of an Unhappy Employee (and how to turn them around)
It’s no secret that happy employees are also more productive employees. And while your business should have incentive and advancement policies in effect to motivate and appease workers, it’s not always rainbows and butterflies. No, sooner or later, you’re bound to run into some unhappy employees. The good news is that unhappy employees can easily…
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3 Easy Ways to Show Employee Appreciation
As a manager, you’re aware that making your employees feel valued is simply good business practice. It increases productivity, improves the workplace atmosphere, and reduces employee turnover. While every employee would welcome a cash bonus or a promotion, these aren’t always within your power to offer, but these aren’t the only ways to show your…
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10 Award Ideas for Tech and IT Employees
The tech and IT team at your business works hard to make sure your computers stay functional and your company stays online. Since what your tech and IT employees do remains mysterious to many, their hard work and commitment should be recognized and rewarded. After, all without them, your business might be in the dark.…
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How to Motivate Employees without Money
It’s no secret that one of the best ways to motivate employees is by using some sort of incentive. For many employers, this incentive is some sort of monetary amount. After all, nothing quite lights the fire in an employee like knowing that he or she has the potential to add to their earnings. But…
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Best Of The Office TV Show Episodes
As an office employee, you may seek to keep all thoughts of work on the back burner as soon as begin the daily commute home. But comic relief often serves as the best solution to work stress, which is perhaps why, even after its finale, The Office remains such a popular television series. Next time…
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How to Reward Employees for Donating and Volunteering
Looking beyond your company to help others allows you to be active participants in your community and around the world. While many employees will be willing to donate and volunteer without any reward, offering incentives can help create positive emotions around the experience. Plus, recognizing and rewarding charitable activities helps develop a company culture where…
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Hilarious Employee Recognition Awards for the Office
The employees at your company do their best to deliver top-notch service each and every day, all the while maintaining a lighthearted workplace even in the midst of an occasionally stressful environment. This year, it’s time to give back in a way this humorous team will appreciate — with a set of hilarious employee recognition…
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How to Keep Employees Happy Once Christmas is Over
After the last gift is exchanged at your company’s Christmas party and everyone heads to their cars, you can finally relax on way home. The event was a success, and spikes in morale and team spirit are sure to follow—at least for awhile. Unfortunately, the status quo is always waiting for a chance to level…
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5 Low Cost End of the Year Staff Appreciation Ideas
The holiday season is a good time to think about offering your employees some well-deserved positive feedback. Workers are motivated by many factors besides their paychecks, so even if you need to keep your end-of-year expenses down, you can find great ways to validate your employees’ hard work. Here are five staff appreciation ideas that…
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Employee Recognition Gift Ideas for the Christmas Season
As a manager, you know that when your employees feel appreciated, they will identify more with the welfare of your business and produce higher quality work. It’s important to provide positive feedback throughout the year, but the holiday season is an especially crucial time to let your staff know that you have noticed their hard…
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How to Motivate Employees to Stay on Task Before Christmas Vacation
As a business manager, you know there are certain times of the year when your employees are more productive. One of those times when employee productivity may wane is right before a Christmas break or holiday vacation. Between festive parties, yummy goodies in the office, buying gifts, and preparing for the holidays, the holiday season…
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5 Ways to Recognize Your Superstar Employees
Without your employees, you wouldn’t have a company. That’s why it’s so important that you take the time to properly recognize and reward the performances and achievements of your team. After all, research shows that feeling appreciated is one of the leading drivers of employee engagement and it’s that type of boost that can really…
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Celebrate Winter with the Sunniest Employee of the Year Award
At many companies, the end of the year means it’s time for Employee of the Year awards. If your business decides to give out awards, it’s important to make them meaningful and to actually recognize the efforts and contributions of your staff over the past year. Only give awards to employees who really deserve them.…
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5 Ways to Recognize the Most Improved Employees of 2013
As 2013 winds down, it’s time to think about the end-of-year celebrations that employees look forward to. In addition to planning fun gatherings like the company Christmas party, consider how you will encapsulate the accomplishments your company has made during the year. In particular, consider who has made huge strides in helping your company along,…
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9 Low Cost Employee Recognition Ideas to Make Them Feel Like a Million Bucks
Happy, engaged employees who feel appreciated are at the heart of every successful business. Enthusiastic employees pass on the good energy to the customers. Unfortunately, many office environments cultivate disengagement and apathy. The Gallup organization has reported that only 29% of workers feel actually engaged with their jobs. The good news is that you don’t…
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Funny Office Award Ideas to Beat Summertime Blues
Handing out personalized, humorous award to employees is a fun way to show appreciation. Check out 15 funny office award ideas to get you started.
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Ways to Say “Thanks! on National Parent Day
Your parents mean the world to you, so celebrate them on National Parent’s Day! Whether you live next door or halfway around the world, make time to say “thank you” with five thoughtful suggestions. Write a Thank You Note Handwritten notes are rare in this electronic age, but you can revive tradition with a handwritten…
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The Do’s & Don’ts of Teacher Gift Giving
Although you can give a teacher a gift anytime, it’s especially appropriate during Teacher Appreciation Week, which is May 7-11 this year. This week is your reminder to let inspiring teachers know what a difference they have made in your life or the life of your kids. Teachers receive lots of gifts, so choose yours…