Creating an Employee Awards Program
1. Select rotating committee members - Team members volunteer to serve on a selection committee 1 time in a given year. Depending on the group you should have about 8% of the total group number on the committee.
2. Educate your team on nomination writing - Make your opinion of the individual known at both the beginning and end of the nomination. In the main body of the nomination discuss the personal qualities that make this person deserving of the award.
3. Determine the types of awards that represent your team - Base these awards on tenants, mission statements, or team projects that have happened over the year.
4. Distribute Awards / Rewards - Schedule a morale event or All Hands type of meeting where you can recognize team members in front of their peers. Some great award ideas are gift cards, plaques, a paid day off of work, etc.
5. Communicate winners via email to other organizations - Be sure to evangelize the great work of your team and have other organizations outside of yours (if you work in a large Corporation) receive an email with awards winners and accomplishments.
6. Graceful 'handoff' to next quarter's committee - Be sure to have a documented hand off process so that the new committee can take over for the next awards and have one committee member lead the new team so you can have an easy transition.
With just a little work and buy in from management you can have an Employee Awards program that is well recognized by other groups in your company and becomes a best practice with your employees where they look forward to the recognition and do their best work which is a win win for everyone in the company.
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Post a CommentShawna, great information on something that is not well done in the workplace...
I would actually agree with you! That's why our peers are the ones who vote not management and we offer awards such as "Secret Service" or "Innovation Sensation" that reward those that often fly under the radar :)
Sadly, many such programs are used to reward lazy sycophants while those really carrying the weight of doing the actual work go neglected and unappreciated.