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Avoid these Employee Holiday Gift Mistakes

The holiday season presents a unique challenge for employers. It is a wonderful opportunity to give holiday gifts to your staff and show end of year appreciation, yet it is filled with questions:

Do we give everyone the same gift? What gifts are appropriate? What kind of gift will be appreciated? Will the gift send the intended Thank-You message?

Read on to see some of the common mistakes in gift giving, and an easy solution to the perfect gift for everyone.

Employee Incentive Program- Starting

When management asks you to create a new employee incentive program, how should you get started?

We know that employee incentives have the potential to help almost any organization accomplish its business objectives. Incentive programs can help motivate, encourage, and reinforce behaviors you want repeated and can significantly improve employee morale.

Read on to learn more about this important tool, and see how to get started.

Employee Engagement Trend Change

The economic downturn that started in 2008 led to significant changes in employee engagement levels. With so many businesses experiencing declining sales and revenues, management had to make decisions that negatively affected engagement levels.

While some improvement in employee engagement was seen in the following year, the trend changed and fell again as even more companies continued to be challenged by the faltering economy.

With all the news about the country's worsening economic troubles, more people were worried about how to make ends meet than in previous years. This change in the mood of many employees was reflected in the mood of the US workforce in general. With this change in mood, employee engagement levels were low and falling.

A survey in 2013 showed the trended was changing. What happened?

Employee Suggestion Programs

Can a Suggestion Program benefit your company?

The main purpose of an employee suggestion program is to encourage employees to develop ideas and suggestions that identify and offer solutions to enhance efficiency, increase productivity, reduce costs, or create a safer work environment.

Do employee idea programs work? In a recent study of the 100 best managed companies, many reported the major contributions employees made to their success through ongoing Employee Suggestion Programs. They quickly review and implement thousands of employee suggestions every year. Employees want to make a difference, and the Suggestion Program gives them the voice they need.

Service Awards with Gift-of-Choice Catalogs 

Recognizing employee service milestones by allowing them to select their own gift is a great option for service awards. This is easily done by giving the employee a Service Award Catalog, which is a level based collection of items the employees can select from.

The catalog is included in an award presentation package, and are available at many price levels to fit every recognition budget. Employees select one item, using the catalog - or online, and submits their redemption order. The item is sent directly to the employee, making this a very easy to use solution that can fit every award budget. 

Strategies for Catching up missed milestones when starting a new Service Recognition Program

Launching a new Employee Service Recognition Program brings several challenges, particularly how to deal with service milestones that employees reached before the program's implementation.

Addressing these recently missed milestones correctly is crucial as it significantly affects employee perception of their value within the organization. This guide explores strategic approaches to integrating past achievements into your new recognition framework.