1. Show them the money. What motivates employees more than gifts is cash. I once heard of the idea of adding cash onto a credit card for the employee to use in whatever way they chose. We have done this in the past by offering cash to employees. Paying for performance and incentive packages, profit sharing all of these work towards letting your staff know that you value them and their productivity will grow.
2. Rinse and Repeat. Handing out a gift once a year does not encourage results. Rewards should be given quarterly, at the very least. Also recognizing birthdays of employees lets them know you care. Use this time however to address not just a specific performance but overall in terms of they helped increase sales, gave great customer service, or they made recommendations that were used by the company that resulted in increased overall company profit. This will help increase employee “by in” and help you run a well oiled machine.
3. Branding. So you may ask, if we do not give away shirts or golf balls with our branding on it then do we loose out with giving just cash to our employees? Definitely not. How about branding that credit card that you give to your staff, which reinforces your branding every time it is used. If someone decides that they want to use that for smaller purchases then think about how many times they may possibly have that card out. This results in the response of gaining from the company by a positive act by the employee. What you are doing is helping that employee along to do what is right for your company resulting in a win win.
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Darcelle Runciman
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