News — Tips for Managers

Running a Successful Awards Presentation: The Space

A successful corporate awards presentation can really boost morale and can even improve productivity. On the flip side, however, a poor, or even mediocre experience produces the opposite results and may solidify a less-than-loyal employee’s worst fears about their organization.
There is no question that visibly rewarding employees in front of their peers and showing that management values their work and effort is an important aspect of employee retention. It’s invaluable opportunity to define, communicate and reinforce key aspects of outstanding performance.

So, the pressure is on. Here are some tips that help when planning the space and practicing that are sure to keep your nerves at bay and help you perform well above mediocrity.

Employee of the Month: Antiquated or Timeless?

Do Employee of the Month awards actually increase employee engagement and create healthy competitions or they outdated, problematic, and ineffective?

Managers are constantly plagued with this question and spend a lot of time to trying to determine how to properly provide recognition for work that consistently goes above and beyond the call of duty.

While you, faithful Recognition Source blog reader, may remember a past post about employee incentive programs, I want to assure you this material is not merely a reminder. No sir. Here we’ll dig deeper into crowd-sourced Q&As off LinkedIn and the popular opinion on how to implement a few Employee of the Month categories.

Corporate Gifts Abroad: What different countries expect

When travelling to other countries to conduct business it’s important to be aware of international corporate generosity protocols. You should be aware what countries expect gifts upon the initial meeting, which ones expect a gift on upon a followup visit, and also the countries where it’s not expected to provide a corporate gift. Take a look at the table below so you’re prepared when traveling internationally. In a followup post we will focus on the types of international gifts that are appropriate.

Delivering an Amazing Award Speech

We’ve all heard the survey that is riddled with hyperbole; most people in the United States would rather die than be forced to speak publicly in front of a large audience. While this statement rings on the extreme side it does present the issue that public speaking is a widespread fear. The good news is that many times, barring social learning disabilities, this fear can be combated with knowledge, training, and practice.

Is it worth it to compete in small biz contests?

Over the past few years there’s been a substantial increase in small business contests hosted by large corporations in order to spur small biz growth throughout the country. Some of the prizes consist of cash giveaways, marketing makeovers, tutoring from experts, small gifts (like an iPad), and of course, the invaluable prize of exposure for your business.  Entry requirements usually prompts small businesses for a few tasks in order to win a contest ranging from supplying a full business profile, to creating a video about the business, or simply getting the most votes in social media.