Recent Posts

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?

Sales Contests - Guide to Success 

Sales incentive contests are great ways to really motivate your sales team. But they will only work if designed correctly. The best way is to give all employees an incentive to increase their own personal sales and reach predetermined goals set for them.

Your goal is to get Everyone to participate and Win! When correctly designed, your sales contests should actually pay for itself.

See this article and get our free eBook to help you design effective win-win sales contests.

A successful sales incentive contest will improve individual performance and productivity, positively impact the morale of your entire sales team, increased sales revenue and allow you to achieve organizational goals in a short period of time. 

Here's some guidelines to follow when implementing a sales incentive contest.

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.

Employee Safety Awards Program - Goals and Budgets

The goals of your safety awards program are the driving force to a successful employee recognition program.

To define a strong set of goals for your program, start by asking senior management what they're expecting from the program.

Read on to for program setup tips and ideas.

Some potential goals for your Safety Program could include the following: