On Tuesday, I presented the first five ideas for your employee incentive program and today I have the final five. With the start of the New Year just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what you can do to improve your incentive program in the coming year!
6. Begin sending eCards
I have blogged before about the top ten different ways to say “Thank You” with a recognition award or eCard and if you have not checked this out yet, please do! eCards are very easy to select and send while making a great impact on participants. eCards can be a part of a social recognition program or only available for managers in the incentive program to utilize. You can have a library of eCards for any situation and make sure that people receive recognition and points in a timely manner.
7. Start a social recognition program
Building out a social recognition component to your employee incentive program is an excellent way to improve your program in the coming New Year. Social recognition programs allow anyone to give rewards and recognition to anyone within the organization. Once approved, points are automatically posted and the nominator, nominee and even supervisors can be instantly notified. Your website can also have an automatically updated nomination feed!
8. Recognize employees on their actual birthday and anniversary
With an employee incentive program, you are able to send over birth dates and dates of hire for all of your employees and we’ll set up automatic email notices. Even if your employee’s special day falls on a weekend or holiday, the notice will still go out. Anniversary and birthday notices can contain plain text or include images to help celebrate the occasion.
9. Let employees register for their own accounts
People no longer have to wait to have an account created! Instead of sending over your new employee information monthly, you can now let employees sign up for their personal incentive program account. After someone registers for an account, you can allow them to log in immediately or request for approval first.
10. Update your artwork: website, emails, posters, flyers
When was your website created? If it has been a few years, then it is probably time for you to update your employee incentive program website and supplements. Especially if your logo has changed or company website has had a makeover, you may want to consider what an update could do for your program.
Now that you have the top ten ideas for your employee incentive program, it is time to get started on updating your program!