Everyone Loves a Pat on the Back!

You love it! Your friends love it! Your family loves it! Your co-workers love it! Your boss loves it! What is it? Receiving rewards and recognition for a job well done! Did you realize that 19% of American workers are currently in jobs that they don't enjoy, dread going into work everyday? This latest statistic is something that we can fix and fix fast!

Our website www.awardcertificatesbysteve.com features suggestions and plans for management and organizations to help rectify this horrible statistic in America. Listed below are several categories of possible recognition suggestions we have used in the past for other clients and have worked well in their organizations. Many of these don't cost any money at all! Just remember, EVERYONE loves to be recognized - whether it is publicly or privately . . . EVERYONE!




Employee Recognition Examples:

----- Money -----
Recognize each employee's gift with a beautiful award certificate
Base salary
Cash awards to employees
Specific gift certificates as awards
Bonuses in addition to their regular salary
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----- Gifts -----
Recognize your gift with an award certificate to each employee
Offer "positive points" that employees can exchange or entry into a drawing for merchandise
Company logo merchandise such as shirts, hats, mugs, jackets, portfolios, sweaters
Opportunity to select items from your corporate catalog
Local store gift certificates
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----- Encourage Employee Development -----
Make career development commitments and a schedule for employees
Work out a written employee development plan
Send people to conferences and seminars
Ask people to present a summary of what they learned at a conference/seminar at your next staff/departmental meeting
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----- Written Words -----
Award certificates for each member on your departmental team
Contribution noted in your company newsletter
Letter of appreciation in the employee's file
Handwritten thank you notes
Recognition posted on the employee's bulletin boards
Handwritten cards to make celebratory occasions within your organization
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----- Positive Attention From Supervisory Staff -----
Create a personal award certificate for your outstanding employees
Take the employee out for lunch
Provide public praise at your next departmental/staff meeting
Provide frequent positive performance feedback - at least weekly
Stop by an individual's workstation or office to talk informally with them
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----- The Work Itself -----
Participation in idea-generation and decision making processes
Have the employee represent the department on an inter-departmental committee
Provide opportunities for the employee to determine their own goals and direction
Ask the employee to represent the department at an external meeting
Provide more of the kinds of work the employee likes and less of the work that they don't like
Provide cross training opportunities
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----- Symbols and Honors -----
Purchase framed or unframed award certificates to hang on the wall or file in their employee file
Provide status symbols, whatever they include within your organization
Offer employee larger work area or office
Prepare an engraved plaque for the employee/team
Purchase additional or more equipment for employee to better complete their job(s)
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Make employee recognition a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly practice within your department/organization. Motivate your employees to do a better job of servicing your customers the very best that they can. Happy customers buy more products and are committed to using your services/products. More customers buying more products and services increases your organization's profitability and success. It's an endless circle, but you MUST hop on the employee recognition bandwagon to keep the circle spinning!

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Steve Crouch, calligrapher and owner of Award Certificates By Steve, is based in St. Louis, MO and provides the largest collection of hand-lettered Italic calligraphy award certificates available for purchase on the Internet! Over 300 award certificates in 31 separate categories. Quick and Easy! Visit our website at www.awardcertificatesbysteve.com or call us at 314.772.2811. Steve's e-mail address is scrouch109@aol.com