Management Programs

Recognizing employees isn't about being "nice." Rather, it is based on a strategic decision to motivate your employees to do their best - which will, in turn, impact bottom-line organizational performance and results.

Employees who receive the appreciation and recognition they have earned - and that they deserve - are far more likely to perform consistently at the high levels most organizations require. Forward-thinking organizations, managers, supervisors, and human resource professionals understand these dynamics and seek to get employees engaged in and committed to their work by using results-based recognition and reward strategies. This workshop provides insight, information, and practical tools that will enable managers and supervisors to build a "recognition culture" in the workplace to drive the attainment of organizational goals. You will explore:

• How to use a systematic approach for developing and implementing effective recognition programs and initiatives
• How to make the "business case" for investing in recognition
• Different types of recognition: what's effective when, where, and for whom
• Ways to overcome barriers to employee recognition

Key Topics

• The fundamentals of employee recognition
• Motivating employees to achieve organizational goals
• Getting managers to support employee recognition
• How to link recognition strategies to business goals and objectives
• Low- and no-cost recognition ideas
• Why creativity, not money, matters more in developing recognition strategies
• Why a recognition design team makes sense
• What you should budget for recognition efforts
• How to develop effective and meaningful reward criteria
• How to get everyone, including customers, involved
• Measuring the impact of recognition
• Resources to help you achieve the recognition culture you want

Who Will Benefit

Anyone who participates in recognition-planning efforts: human resources staff responsible for employee recognition, building workplace culture, and/or compensation and benefits. Managers and supervisors.

Instructor

Cathy Lee Gibson