Summer Employee Rewards
The infographic below shows different kinds of benefits employees look for specifically in the summer months. Most are pretty predictable, such as a relaxed dress code, and flexible schedules or the ability to leave early on Fridays. It is great to be able to reward hard work during the summer and provide some extra flexibility during the nice weather when kids are out of school and employees are looking to get away. It is equally important to communicate office do's and dont's, which go along with added summer privileges. Towards the bottom of the graphic there are some guidelines for how employees can remain responsible to their position and their organization while having some extra summer fun. It is important to further reward employees who abide by these rules, work hard and responsibly during a time of year when employees sometimes get distracted from responsibilities and can let certain things fall by the wayside. Using small rewards such as a restaurant gift card will allow employees to feel recognized by the organization in a quiet, appropriate way. As everyone gets itchy to leave the office, try to recognize the hard worker who stays at their desk until closing time and takes initiative when others are just trying to complete tasks and go home.
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Are you looking to improve productivity, while keeping your employees motivated? Do you wonder how other industries that also run the programs you do implement them? Do you want to know how other people measure their employee incentive programs?
Make Sure You Get the Truth From Your Employees
Getting truthful opinions from employees about their job and the organization are a great way to ensure that your company stays on track, and treats its employees the right way. Keeping employees happy keeps them productive, and increasing productivity will often increase revenue. Here are 8 ways from
bussiness2community.com to makes sure you get the truth from your employees, and reward them for maintaining an open dialog.
Communicate Employee Rewards Programs Effectively
According to the recent "The State of Employee Recognition in 2012" study from Bersin & Associates there is a serious gap between employee perception of availability and execution of rewards and recognition programs, and the amount of rewards and recognition programs employers are actually offering. According to the study 75% of companies have reward and recognition programs, but only 58% of employees are aware that their company is running these programs. Employers must do a comprehensive job of communicating the availability of certain rewards to employees in order for the recognition programs to be effective in motivating employees, increasing productivity, and employee morale. The study also revealed that in organizations where recognition programs are present employee engagement, productivity and customer service are about 14% better than those where recognition programs do not occur. Recognition programs can range from small spot rewards such as gift cards, to extra time off and larger rewards such as travel.
For more information on effectively communicating your organizations employee recognition program visit this Employee Benefit News article.
What Keeps Prepaid’s CEO’s Up at Night?
The Prepaid Expo tells us in the form of this infographic. We know our retailer and merchant gift card clients struggle with many of these challenges. There are additional challenges for those, like our clients, who are selling their prepaid products in the B2B market, and GCP supports and guides them through these challenges and those that will crop up. What % of these strategies and challenges are you dealing with?
