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Tips for Successfully Implementing an Employee-Appreciation Program at Your Company

5 January 2017 by Roy Morris

If your company has decided to start an employee-appreciation program to reward top-producing employees, then it is important to take certain steps to ensure that your program is well received by your employees. Employee-appreciation programs are a proven way to increase sales, improve customer service, and boost employee morale when they are correctly implemented. However, if your program is not well thought out or is incorrectly implemented, then your employees will not take it seriously, and then it will become a drain on your company's coffers. 

To successfully implement your company's employee-appreciation program, follow these time-tested tips.

Tip: Decide on the Types of Awards You Want to Grant

As you plan your company's employee-appreciation program, you need to decide what scenarios you want to grant awards for. For example, you may choose to give out awards for:

• community service
• employee of the month/quarter/year
• leadership
• retirement
• sales goals

In addition to the above, many larger companies give awards to employees to celebrate their years of service. It is common for the service awards to increase in size as the years of service grow. 

Tip: Clearly Outline the Criteria for Winning Each Award

Since your company will have their employee-appreciation program as part of its culture for a long time in the future, it is important to clearly outline the criteria required for winning each reward. Your employees should know the criteria because this gives them a concrete plan toward winning an award that they are interested in.

Tip: Provide High-Quality Awards for Employees

It is very important that your company provides winning employees with high-quality awards that they will be happy to display on their desks or in their homes. You can use plaques or statues made of a wide variety of designs and materials. Some of the most common award materials are:

• acrylic
• crystal
• glass
• wood 

If you have a larger budget, then cut crystal and designer glass awards are beautiful choices. For a lower budget, there are some very unique and wonderful awards made of acrylic and wood.

Tip: Always Widely Publicize Awards Winners

Finally, it is vital to the success of your company's new employee-appreciation program that your staff is regularly reminded of its existence and know who the past winners have been. Publicizing the names of the winners of each award helps to motivate people to do better jobs so they may win the award in the future.     

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