...A full 98% of the employees signed up for their "Celebration Continues" performance campaign. The company's sales jumped 31 percent over a twelve month period....

1. Success stories from the employee engagement, motivation archives!
Amazing how many wonderful success stories there are that illustrate the
importance and effectiveness of employee engagement and recognition.
Showing tangible appreciation can be a low cost or no cos initiative.
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Yet even today, many managers still do not understand the potential power
they have in their hands that will improve performance in their workplace.
Sadly, many business leaders still choose to remain blind to this
fundamental principle of human behavior.
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Whether its retaining a valued team member or increasing overall profits,
receiving a thoughtful, personal kind of recognition for a job well done or for
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years of service will boost your company's performance landscape dramatically.
Surveys by the Council of Communication Management confirms what a large percentage of employees already
know- consciously or subconsciously, that receiving recognition for a job well done is the top motivat for
motivator
performance enhancement.
You don't have to be an employee to understand at least this much.
Some success stories from the archives:
When Beneficial Management Corporation of America, Peapack NJ, celebrated its 75th anniversary, the company
wanted to produce a sizable increase in sales. To gain an extra edge, management decided to engage and motivate
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three levels of employees- branch associates, branch managers and district/regional supervisors with a merchandise
supervisors-
incentive. Employees who achieved their goals won their choice of top end merchandise. The all employees were
merchandise.
entered in a drawing for additional prizes for achievement.
A full 98% of the employees signed up for their "Celebration Continues" performance campaign. The company's sales
jumped 31 percent over a twelve month period.
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2. Time Inc workers who stayed late got cab fare home. Time Inc employees got free medical exams after five years of
service. Fathers and mothers received parental leave up to one year.
When Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park CA, was 25 years old, it held a gigantic community party to which it invited
community
all its employees and their families, as well as special guests. The company held a daylong event at its 140
140-acre site.
Everyone was served a steak dinner. There was continuous entertainment for over seven hours, featuring headline
acts and fifteen carnival rides, including a Ferris wheel and merry
merry-go-round.
Quote: "We believe that rewards for employees should parallel rewards that go to our stock holders." Jack L. Frost
SR VP General Mills.
At Shimadza Scientific Instruments, Eldersburg MD, outstanding performers are "promoted" to special assistant to
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the president for two weeks. "Its a great ego trip." says Louis Ratmann administration manager, "plus the improved
understanding of the business demans is well worth it."
Remington Products Inc, Bridgeport CT held a company contest tied to the theme "What makes Remington Good."
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The purpose was to strengthen employee product knowledge and improve sales. Prizes included a trip to Mexico.
Every Christmas The Walt Disney Company opens Disneyland for employees and their families only. The executi
executives
are required to run the park.
The former Reader's Digest and Control Data Corporation of Minneapolis would set aside space for employees to
create their own special gardens and even grow their own vegetables.
Gail Sneed a resource coordinator for the city of Dallas offers employees a Free Month of Wellness to use fitness
equipment and take classes.
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3. Steelcase Inc based in GrandRapids offers a minihospital staffed by nurses and physicians. Employees can receive
care on company time and after hours. Many hospitals and medical organizations are discovering ho incentives will
how
improve personnel performance and patient experience.
Odetics, a technology manufacturer, rents the South Coast Repertory Theatre for employee productions.
Tenneco Inc provides as an incentive, a large fleet of vans to pick up employees, covers much of the costs for
employees,
monthly bus passes and parking spaces. Their health and fitness facility also provides the clothing employees need
for workouts.
Quote: "It is not the dollar cost of the award, but sometimes the novelty of it," says Terry L Curry, manager of HR for
Muscatine Power and Water. Employees there take part in two rounds of "wellness" team events during the
summer. First round participants receive T shirts. If employees participate in both rounds they also receive
T-shirts.
shoelaces. Muscatine also gives away stadium cushions for participation in late summer and early fall wellness
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events.
At Apple Computer assembly line workers in Cupertino CA were loaned a computer just two months after joining the
company. Their program called Loan to Own would then give them the computer after 10 months on the job. No
strings attached. On one Christmas all employees received a solar powered calculator, the next year they received
solar-powered
an AM/FM radio with headphones.
Rewards and recognition can be implemented for a countless number of reasons. There additional case studies that
show the power and benefits of recognition and rewards.
Identifying the performance area you want to improve on is a best way to start.
Seeking the help of an incentive expert is in many cases your best next step.
Happy Incenti
Incenti-vizing!
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