Throughout my blog series sharing best practices in employee engagement, I’ve explored everything from communications to gifting to teambuilding. In the final blog post of this series, I will focus solely on the number one most effective strategy for employee engagement: incentive programs. While I always...
Employee incentive and engagement programs are more popular than ever! Done well, they’re an effective tool for motivation, recognition, and retention. Sometimes, their reputation for fun and excitement overshadows the very real business benefits they provide, which can lead to misunderstandings of what their whole...
Whether given as part of an employee engagement strategy or in conjunction with an event, corporate gifting is an effective tool both for motivating and retaining employees and for maximizing the attendee experience. In fact, a recent study from the Incentive Research Foundation found that...
Employees may join a company for the money, but they stay for the personal and professional fulfillment. That’s why an effective engagement strategy is just as important as a competitive compensation plan when it comes to creating a productive, satisfied workforce. After all, two of...
Many organizations measure sales performance by sales activity, revenue, and quotas. These are all key metrics to understand the health of your team and channel partners. However, they’re only part of the puzzle that will lead to success. Today’s focus also needs to include understanding...
In my previous blog posts, I explored the importance of employee engagement and retention as well as the benefits, including increased loyalty and profitability. Now, it’s time to explore the best practices that will lead to successful and transformative employee engagement. As part of my ongoing...
Anyone who’s been in business or sales long enough has seen firsthand that it’s much more cost effective to retain customers than to find new ones, and the same is true of a company’s most valuable assets: its employees. In my last blog post, I...
“Where are all the job seekers?” In 2023, I hear this question being asked by HR professionals and frontline managers on a daily basis. Qualified applicants are out there, but with so many unique job offerings available—from standard jobs now being fully remote to modern...
As we look forward to Employee Appreciation Day on the first Friday in March, consider how your organization says thank you to its most important assets: its employees. Recent data tells us the importance of rewarding and saying thank you to employees continues to be...
When planning a sales incentive or recognition program, most of the attention is on the reward. While the reward is certainly important, many planners underestimate the importance of program marketing and promotion. Marketing is often the missing link between a successful incentive and recognition program...