Changing Employee Incentives
When we first put our employee incentives program into place I was working with very little money and still a very strong desire to help motivate employees and raise morale. It didn’t take much to understand the strong connection between employee morale and solid production. Employees who are not happy are typically not working to their full capacity and business as a whole suffers. I wanted a way that I could continually motivate employees and raise my game through the process. An environment that helps to motivate employees helps to fuel business and that was my goal in putting together a rewards program.
An employee recognition program allowed me to put particular goals in place; objectives that I thought were in keeping with our superior standards, whether in sales or safety. Those employees who reached these goals were given the opportunity to choose from among a selection of rewards - or prizes - offered through the employee recognition program. In the beginning I didn’t have a big budget for this program but that was the great thing about it; I could still show my employees that I appreciated their hard work and offer them a prize that was substantial without breaking the bank.
I can tell you that our employee incentives program was a hit from the beginning. Obviously everyone is working for a salary - but when you throw something extra into the mix, even something small, it’s often just the spark that people need to hit the ground running.
Now that my company has grown (in no small part to the hard work of my employees) I am able to grow and change our employee incentives program - offering bigger prizes that will hopefully keep our company strong and thriving well into the future. I do not regret implementing an employee program and I’m happy that I’m able to make it an even better program for my employees year after year.
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