Why Custom
Symbolic Awards:
All employees have an innate need to be recognized. They want to
be acknowledged for their personal, individual, and unique
contributions to their organization. We know that if
employees are given a realistic opportunity to meet these needs,
their individual behavior will change. It is known that
acknowledgement by management in the presence of their peers
makes their achievement even more personally rewarding.
Why do incentives fail?
They fail because they only meet one dimension of an
individual’s need… compensatory! A paycheck compensates an
employee for work contracted for through the employment
agreement. Incentives attempt to drive an employee’s efforts
beyond what is covered by their compensation, but more often
than not, they fail in the long term.
Symbolic Recognition:
Symbolic Recognition of exemplary employee behavior
brings clear focus to both the individual and the company’s
goals and objectives. Award presentations to employees before
their peers; rewards the employee for his performance, builds
his esteem among co-workers, and gives his co-workers an
enviable and achievable target which they can attain. It brings
clarity and emphasis to the behavior desired and the importance
of the individual recognized….It’s a “Win/Win!”
Symbolic Awards project the idealized culture of the
organization and the importance of individual teammates to the
organization.
Effective Symbolic
Awards are:
- Unique they
cannot be obtained anywhere outside of the company
- Attractive
everyone, from hourly or salaried employees to management,
would be proud to display this “Symbolic Award” at home or
in the office because of its exceptional design, materials
and the achievement they represent.
- Valuable to the
awardee because they communicate, “I truly make a
difference”, and to the organization because there are no
points to keep track of, no W2 requirements, no inflated
merchandise and no sunk costs.
- Visible
Recognition Awards can be displayed in the office, at home,
or as a wearable.
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