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Team Building Done Right

Team building is important to strengthen the work force. Learn how today.

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The Qualities of a Good Employer

Having an exceptional employer can help improve employee retention and several other things!

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Improving Employee Productivity

A satisfied or motivated employee will work efficiently and creatively and is already focused on the set goals.

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Recognizing the Value: Points programs

Discover our points program and why it's right for you! Check out our recognition programs today.

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Recognizing the Value: Peer-to-Peer Recognition

Many people love their job because of their good relationships with peers.

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Recognizing the Value: Service Awards

Keep your employees happy and work morale high with an employee recognition program such as service awards.

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May 16, 2021

Team Building Done Right

Team building is important to strengthen the work force. Learn how today.

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April 16, 2021

The Qualities of a Good Employer

Having an exceptional employer can help improve employee retention and several other things!

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March 16, 2021

Improving Employee Productivity

A satisfied or motivated employee will work efficiently and creatively and is already focused on the set goals.

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February 16, 2021

Recognizing the Value: Points programs

Discover our points program and why it's right for you! Check out our recognition programs today.

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January 16, 2021

Recognizing the Value: Peer-to-Peer Recognition

Many people love their job because of their good relationships with peers.

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December 21, 2020

Recognizing the Value: Service Awards

Keep your employees happy and work morale high with an employee recognition program such as service awards.

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November 16, 2020

Christmas in the Office: How to Boost Morale Over the Holidays

Discover the importance of employee recognition over the holidays and what you can do to keep your employees happy this year!

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October 16, 2020

How to Give your Team a Boost

The busy season is approaching, make sure you know what it takes to keep your team motivating and productive this year.

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September 16, 2020

Preventing Employee Turnover

Preventing employee turnover is essential to the growth of your business. Find out how today!

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June 12, 2020

Summer in the Office: Building your Team’s Spirit

Keep the morale as high as the temperatures outside with these fun summer employee incentive programs.

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March 12, 2020

How to Efficiently Provide Constructive Feedback

Unsure on how to provide an efficient constructive feedback? Read this!

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February 10, 2020

Why people quit their jobs: An explainer on why great staff members leave

Employee retention is likely one of your top concerns as an HR professional or manager.

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January 24, 2020

Should companies pay more attention to happiness of their employee?

Good question, right? Read along to see our opinion on the matter.

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December 19, 2019

Help Your Team Set Better Goals for Year 2020

Planning on setting goals with your team? Not sure how to make them better than the ones of last year that only lasted 3 months? Answering yes to any of theses questions? Well, check this article out!

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November 18, 2019

How to Provide Effective Peer-to-Peer Feedback

Want to learn how to give feedback as something that will help improve both of your personal and professional skills? Read this!

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October 18, 2019

The Psychological Effects of Feedback

Do you know how feedback has impact on an employee? You need to read this article.

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September 12, 2019

Establish employee trust and loyalty

If you want your company to have loyal employees who are committed to your company's objectives, then you should read this article!

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August 21, 2019

Why Performance Feedback Boosts Employee Potential

Feedback is a very important communication tool when we manage employees. Use this tool to see successful performance results.

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July 22, 2019

Improving Employee Engagement

Many practices contribute to the overall success and growth of a business. But there are some that remain either undervalued or altogether ignored. Have you heard of the term employee engagement?

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June 25, 2019

Which Program Should You Choose for your Company?

You want to reward your employees, but do not know which program to choose? Let us help you!

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May 31, 2019

Why Recognition Programs Work

Thanks to our recognition programs, your employees will feel more appreciated and you will improve employee retention.

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April 23, 2019

Creating Good Team Relationships

In order to ensure that your employees are happy in their workspace, it is important to have good team relationship management.

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March 22, 2019

Top 5 Spring Team Building Activities

Team building activities are great for your organization. Here are some activities you should try with your team this spring!

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February 21, 2019

Helping You Find the Right Program for your Business: Corporate Jewelry & Insignia

Unique recognition programs are designed to guarantee that your specific goals are met. Corporate Jewelry and Insignia programs could be the program you need.

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January 21, 2019

Helping You Find the Right Program for your Business: Safety Recognition

A safety recognition program is used to increase safety procedures, reduce accidents and award safety practices. Beginning a safety program is the best way to raise awareness towards many safety issues in the workforce today.

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December 20, 2018

Helping You Find the Right Program for your Business: Sales Incentives

Your employees are the most important part of your business, why not show your appreciation with a recognition program? Learn about sales incentive programs in this article to find out more.

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November 19, 2018

Helping You Find the Right Program for your Business: Points Program

Employees should be productive, motivated and happy while at work and it's up to you to provide the tools they need - including your recognition program.

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October 19, 2018

Helping You Find the Right Program for your Business: Peer-to-Peer

Williams Recognition offers a multitude of recognition programs. The peer-to-peer recognition program is the best program to engage your employees in teamwork.

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September 20, 2018

Helping you find the Right Program for your Business: Employee Service Awards

Recognition programs are known by all and are important for all companies. These programs generate several benefits, including the importance of showing employees the importance of their work.

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August 15, 2018

Building a Name For Your Company

Starting a brand is easy, but becoming recognizable in your industry and building your brand name is far from it. With recognition programs and incentive programs, you can keep your team working hard along with the company to get everyone where they want to be.

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June 22, 2018

Fortify your Team through Team-Building Activities

You want to boost your team's productivity? Encourage team building by organizing games, activities or social events that help your employees form healthy bonds so they can start feeling like a team.

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May 31, 2018

Creating a Good Relationship Between a Manager and Their Team

Establishing a good relationship between you and your team is always something that will require constant work, but the results will be greatly rewarding. Following are the top 5 ways to create a solid relationship with your team.

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April 27, 2018

Take a Break and Grab Some Fresh Air!

Encourage your employees to take a break and step outside. The fresh air will help reduce stress, increase their creativity and overall motivation.

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April 05, 2018

Starting Your Employee Recognition Program

Make sure you keep your employees motivated and loyal by introducing a recognition program to your business. Learn why this is important and how to create a tailored program based on your company’s needs today!

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February 28, 2018

3 Profiles of Employees Based on Level of Engagement

There are 3 main employee profiles showing their level of engagement to a company. Discover them to better understand the issues of your work team!

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January 31, 2018

10 Reasons Why Your Employee Recognition Program Doesn’t Work

Your employee recognition program isn’t achieving the results you were expecting? It could be one of these 10 most common mistakes. Discover and learn how to optimize your program today!

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December 29, 2017

7 Tips to Build Employee Recognition in your Company

Employee recognition is the key to boosting morale. Here are 7 tips on how to build an effective and fun culture of employee recognition.

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November 30, 2017

Saving Time by Managing an Employee Recognition Program

Looking for a better way on managing the atmosphere of your business? Learn how Employee Recognition Programs could turn everything around today!

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October 31, 2017

5 Recent Employee Recognition Trends

Learn more about employee recognition trends in this article that features the top 5 most popular programs that business’ use today.

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September 29, 2017

5 Benefits of a Peer-to-Peer Recognition Program

Employee recognition programs are an effective way to showcase your team's talent. Discover the 5 benefits of the Peer-to-Peer program now.

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August 31, 2017

Difference Between Rewards and Gift Cards When Recognizing Employees

Do you prefer to offer gift cards or rewards to your employees? Which do you believe are the most advantageous? We will break down their advantages and disadvantages in this article!

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July 28, 2017

How to Integrate a New Employee

Welcoming a new employee is an important step in helping him/her integrate easily into your business. Here are some tips to guide you through the welcome process!

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June 29, 2017

The Importance of Recognizing the Exceptional Service of Employees

Did you know that recognition programs help strengthen your team's sense of belonging and improve their productivity? Learn everything you need to know about our programs to recognize the services of your employees!

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May 30, 2017

How to Recruit the Top Talent for Your Company

Looking for the rare pearl for your business, but you don't know how to find it? It's true that the process of hiring a new recruit can sometimes be long and arduous. Here are 5 tips that will help you in your recruitment!

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April 28, 2017

Fun Corporate Team Building Activities That Help Improve the Teams Bonding

Team building activities happen to be a great way to facilitate bonding with team members, relieve one’s stress and get to know each other better. Below are some ideas of fun activities that can help steer your employees towards improved performance!

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March 30, 2017

Top 5 Apps That Can Boost Your Productivity At Work

Have you ever had a day at work when you’ve had multiple tasks to balance and deadlines to meet? Having a large workload can be stressful but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

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February 28, 2017

Stay on Track

Williams Recognition understands the need to give all your heart and soul to your company. Here are quick solutions to help you overcome your procrastination problems.

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January 31, 2017

Want hard working employees? Make sure they’re happy.

There is a growing dissatisfaction among employees that should worry companies. Not only do disengaged employees show a lack of loyalty, they are also associated with a decreased level of performance.

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December 19, 2016

What do your Employees Really Want for Christmas?

You’ve probably given it a thought already, but for all of you who do their Christmas parties in January, after all the fuss is done, did you plan a gift for your employees? If you haven’t, maybe you should! Here are some tips from Williams Recognition, your custom recognition program provider.

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November 30, 2016

Present or Benefit?

Every company gives Christmas bonuses. Whether it's a present or a bonus, each employee gets one. Williams Recognition knows that they're employees matter, and their hard work needs to be appreciated.

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October 30, 2016

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas Party

One thing a Christmas party will definitely ensure to do, if done properly, can create a peaceful workplace.

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September 29, 2016

10 Ways to Recognize and Motivate Millennials

Recent studies have revealed that when it comes to younger employees, recognition is one of the most powerful forms of motivation. Following are 10 ways to recognize and motivate the new generation.

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August 25, 2016

How to Engage Your Team After Their Summer Vacation

There are several ways to engage your employees returning from vacation. Here are a few.

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July 27, 2016

5 Reasons to Offer Employee Benefits

One of the dynamics that must be constantly maintained within a business is employee morale. Providing the proper incentives such as vacations is key to optimizing employee performance.

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June 22, 2016

Preparing for an Employee’s Last Day

When an employee decides to resign their position, there are a number of things that you must consider in order to make sure that the transition is seamless.

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May 25, 2016

Generations Y and Z, the future of our companies

Those born after 1995, also known as generation Z, are preparing to make their entry into the labor market which is already established by those known as generation Y.

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April 18, 2016

5 Tips for Becoming a More Confident Speaker

Known as glossophobia, the fear of public speaking affects approximately three quarters of the population. Fortunately, there are ways to become more self-assured when you’re giving a presentation for a crowd.

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March 18, 2016

A few points to consider during an interview

Whether you’re finding a job or finding employees, some aspects are worth paying attention to.

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February 23, 2016

8 Ways to Make Your Employees Satisfied

When many of us think about the perfect job, salary unquestionably comes into play. For many work is more than just a paycheck and finding one that is enjoyable, challenging and advances skill sets is equally important.

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January 27, 2016

7 Tips for Happy and Productive Employees

How can you keep your employees happy and working productively? Many think the answer is to sign big checks. However, salary remuneration is not always an adequate solution.

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December 10, 2015

Tips for Employee Gifting this Holiday Season

Employee recognition is very important no matter what type of company you run, however buying gifts for your employees can be tricky. Provide your workers with thoughtful gifts that they will love by using these next tips.

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November 20, 2015

Top 5 Reasons Why Employees Quit Their Job

Studies show that over 60% of today's labor force will change career paths during the course of their working lives. Training new workers can be both time consuming and expensive, thus reducing employee turnover is vital to any business.

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September 23, 2015

Why You Need to Recognize Your Employees at Earlier Milestones

Employee recognition programs aren’t the same today as they were ten, or even five years ago. With the rapid changes we are seeing in today’s workplace, employee recognition programs that are effective and valued must adapt and change right alongside.

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August 12, 2015

Save Your Business Money by Promoting Safety Programs in the Workplace

As a business owner, maintaining a safe work environment is a must. You want prospective customers and employees to be content knowing they work in a healthy workplace where their safety is a priority.

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July 20, 2015

5 Characteristics of Effective Peer-to-Peer Recognition Programs

It’s always a great feeling when the boss recognizes the great work that you’ve done, but what if you do a good job on a project and the boss isn’t around to see it?

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June 17, 2015

Recognizing Everyday Heroes

Using the history of the heroic figure as a starting point, we can look around us today and find individuals who embody these same principles. Think of the heroes in your life.

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May 14, 2015

Recognition Program Providers in Canada

Whether they are recognized for length of service, outstanding performance, or simply for being valuable to the company they work for, we will give them what they deserve.

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April 15, 2015

Four ways to Maximise the Success of your Employee Recognition Program

Commonly adopted as a way to improve productivity, increase sales and reward desirable behavior, employee recognition programs are seen as a powerful incentive to ensure workers strive to maximize their performance.

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March 18, 2015

Why Your Business Could Need a Points Based Employee Recognition Program

Employee recognition programs are a fantastic way of providing the rewards workers crave in return for their endeavors. Discover below how a points based recognition program can benefit your organization and its personnel.

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February 18, 2015

Recognizing and Rewarding to Motivate

Tangible and financial rewards are nice, of course, but they are more motivated by intrinsic factors rather than extrinsic ones. Employees value progress: they want to know that their work is meaningful and making a difference.

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January 14, 2015

The History of Williams Recognition—Over 25 Years of Recognition

Williams has become a leader in recognition industry services, providing exceptional products and services to businesses across North America. Celebrating 25 years of success, Williams is going strong!

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December 10, 2014

Five Reasons to Recognize Employees

The desire to feel appreciated is part of human nature. No one wants to go unnoticed. Happy employees may be reason enough for recognizing them.

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November 19, 2014

Some Practical Advice for Giving Corporate Business Gifts

While gift giving should never be a stressful or difficult occasion, the plain truth is that there are a lot of factors for a business to consider when planning and purchasing gifts to employees.

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October 15, 2014

Healthy Team, Healthy Workplace: Taking Steps Toward Workplace Wellness

An increasing number of employers are putting an emphasis on workplace and personal wellness, and they’re finding the results of these initiatives to be well worth the cost and energy they require.

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September 19, 2014

Top Emergency Service Personnel Recognition Ideas

Emergency response personnel are in so many levels a bridge between a life saved or one lost. Apart from compensation for their selflessness and dedication, symbolic recognition is well deserved.

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August 18, 2014

Tips for Planning a Productive and Fun Corporate Retreat

Planning a corporate retreat that would double up as both businesses oriented and on the fun side, is key to getting your team energized, revitalized and more engaged in productivity while boosting company goals

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July 17, 2014

Don’t Just Recognize—Celebrate!

Award ceremonies are how many businesses formally recognize, honor, and commemorate employee achievement. Here are a few things to consider when planning.

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June 16, 2014

Cultural Sensitivity and Employee Recognition

By understanding employees and their cultural influences and expectations, companies can make sure that they recognize employees' achievements in a way that is the most flattering to them.

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May 21, 2014

Filling the Skills Gap Left by Workforce Retirees

People join, people leave, and if a company is strong, it can keep rolling. However, many companies are currently facing one of the more challenging business issues in recent year.

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April 17, 2014

Seven Tips for Providing Effective Employee Feedback

When done right, good employee feedback can improve productivity, morale, and overall company performance. When done wrong, however, it can be stifling.

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Mobilizing a multigenerational workforce

March 14, 2014

Employee Recognition and Mobilization—Worker’s Perspective

Mobilizing a multigenerational and multicultural workforce has become a big challenge for managers.

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February 18, 2014

Why An Employee Recognition Program Encourages Teamwork & Productivity

A happy worker is a productive worker and therefore a more profitable worker. So the question must be asked, how do you keep employee moral high to keep productivity high?

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January 09, 2014

4 Keys to Effective Communication that will Boost Your Employee Recognition Programs

Powerful employee recognition hinges on effective and appropriate communication. Communication is one of those hot-button words. Everyone uses it liberally, but few actually understand how to do it effectively.

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December 04, 2013

Canada’s Top Employers—Why They Use Employee Recognition Programs

The most successful businesses understand people. They understand what people need and want; what motivates and encourages; and how to handle difficult situations.

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November 19, 2013

Employer’s HR Guide To Productivity and Motivation

Our complete HR guide to emloyee motivation is now available to read on Scribd!

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November 12, 2013

How to Benefit from Employee Incentives

Incentives really do have an impact on your business’ profitability and success.

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September 16, 2013

Tips for Planning Retirement Award Ceremonies

The time is coming nearer. Your valued partner, employee, or co-worker is nearing retirement. The key to whatever you choose to do for celebrating a retirement is truly knowing the person.

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August 28, 2013

Retirement Awards & Long Service Awards That Stand Out

One great idea for showing a retiree how much their long service has been appreciated and valued is to reward them with a long service award, or a retirement award.

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August 07, 2013

Generational Differences in the Workforce—Keys to Motivation and Rewards

According to a World at Work Survey, up to 56% of workplaces don’t consider generational differences when implementing an employee recognition program.

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July 23, 2013

Traits of a Great Employer

A successful career starts with a good employer and there are a few major indicators to look for when choosing which employers approach.

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July 09, 2013

Why People Quit Their Jobs—Keep Your Top Talent with Employee Recognition Programs

As an HR professional or manager, employee retention is likely one of your top concerns.

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June 19, 2013

Employer’s HR Guide to Productivity and Motivation – Part Two

You’ve had a chance to try out the tips in Part One, here’s Part Two of our Employer’s Guide to Productivity and Motivation.

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June 03, 2013

Employer’s HR Guide to Productivity and Motivation – Part One

Most people take pride in doing a good job; especially when those around them recognize their efforts and abilities.

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May 21, 2013

Endorsing Your Company through Recognition Rewards

There are many ways to endorse your organization and products. One that can provide multi-faceted impact is the use of employee recognition rewards.

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May 01, 2013

Five Ways to find Happiness at Work

Is that possible? Many of us are challenged by workplaces that are less than blissful. Lack of employee recognition, co-worker conflict, customers or clients that we’d rather not serve

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April 16, 2013

Getting Comfortable with Conflict

Are you one of those people who will do almost anything to avoid conflict? Take heart, you are not alone.

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April 03, 2013

How to Encourage and Challenge Employees

Humans, by nature, want to be appreciated and will go to great lengths to achieve that outcome.

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March 21, 2013

How to set and Reach Your Goals

One of the pre-requisites of attaining success in life is setting proper goals.

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March 08, 2013

Intrinsic Motivation for Driving Employee Engagement

A dramatic change has taken place in motivational dynamics thereby reflecting altered worker expectations and new work requirements.

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February 20, 2013

Leadership Styles: Which is The Most Effective

There is much controversy to what the best leadership style is and which is more effective.

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February 05, 2013

Giving Feedback to Your Employees

When you run a business or you are in a supervisor position, part of your job is evaluating your employees’ job performance.

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January 10, 2013

Employee Incentive Program during a Recession

Employee incentive programs play a very important role. They keep the employees motivated, which is vital for enhanced performance of a company.

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December 21, 2012

New Year’s Resolutions: Make Employee Gifts More Meaningful

As the year ends, many people are inclined to make New Year’s resolutions. These resolutions are important because they help you to measure the amount of progress you make in your life.

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December 14, 2012

Tactics to Re-energize your Sales Team

Sales awards play a very significant role in re-energizing a sales team. Even when economic trends are suitable for a sales team, performance can be down if the group is not motivated.

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November 22, 2012

What to get the team that does everything: Gift-giving for your staff

With Christmas and Hanukkah just weeks away, your company is likely planning a party to celebrate the season.

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November 07, 2012

The limits of cash rewards

In recognition and rewards, money doesn’t speak louder than words.

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October 22, 2012

How to implement a successful employee recognition program

Each year, Americans spend $18 billion dollars on employee recognition.

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October 03, 2012

Awards that Reward: Award Ceremonies that Shine

The founder of Mary Kay cosmetics, Mary Kay Ash, once said...

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September 19, 2012

4 surprising ways to increase employee productivity

Every manager hopes for workers that are busy like bees, but creating the conditions for this are easier said than done.

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September 11, 2012

Mind the gap: Matching workforce talent with your company needs

In these times of a troubled economy, much has been written about in the past six months about the “skills gap”...

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August 30, 2012

Fine-tuning your employee recognition program

Yelp! offers its employees unlimited beer on tap. Google has on-site masseuses.

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August 22, 2012

Everyone gets a prize: The value of positive reinforcement

One of the major myths in HR is that only the superstars in a company can and should be rewarded.

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July 24, 2012

Make recognition count: Here’s how

Studies have shown that many of the fastest growing and most successful companies...

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June 26, 2012

Engaging your millennial employees

Much has been written about Gen Y, also known as ‘millennials’ or ‘Generation We.’

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June 15, 2012

Chasing top recruits: 4 secrets to attracting talent

Talent makes a company shine. Organizations that catch the eyes of media, investors and bright minds are companies with great talent.

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May 29, 2012

Playing with your team: The value of company retreats

Its summertime and you and your staff are getting restless. It’s warm and sunny outside, and productivity is dropping.

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May 09, 2012

3 steps to creating a great work environment

The foundation for profit, productivity and success isn’t where you’d think to look at first.

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April 17, 2012

Why promoting workplace safety matters

Whether you work in a warehouse or at a desk, a safe work environment is crucial.

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April 03, 2012

Inspiring employees to give their all: A how-to

In this downtrodden economy, your employees are feeling worn out..

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March 20, 2012

Tailoring employee rewards to generational differences

As a manager, you may be finding that you’re not connecting with all the members of your team.

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March 06, 2012

The secrets to employee engagement

Employee engagement is an employer’s dream.

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February 21, 2012

4 reasons to stop your Employee of the Month program today

It’s familiar fixture at your local grocery store or pharmacy: A yearbook photo of a smiling face and a freshly pressed uniform, mounted on a faux wood plaque.

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February 07, 2012

Employee Loyalty is Dropping Around the World. Here’s How to Turn It Around

It’s a tough time for HR: Regular career-hopping is now considered par for the course, and markets are unstable at best.

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January 17, 2012

Why doesn't your employee recognition program work?

Last summer, the Society for Human Resource Management found that 80 percent of the organizations they surveyed had employee recognition programs.

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January 03, 2012

New Year’s resolutions for CEOs and corporations in 2012

So, you've already made personal new year’s resolutions, but how about corporate and organizational ones?

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December 21, 2011

The economic and health benefits of employee loyalty

As more and more companies cut costs, workers are increasingly receptive to better offers from other employers.

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December 06, 2011

Why prospective employees need to know about your recognition program

Attention, HR personnel and employers: Today’s economy is creating an abundance of talented workers with impressive experience.

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November 02, 2011

The value of your rewards and recognition program during recession

When recession hits, businesses look for ways to save while they see out the storm. It’s an obvious reaction, and one that makes sense.

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October 18, 2011

Five ways to ensure your recognition program improves your company’s performance

Check any “top 10” list of reasons employees leave companies, and lack of recognition will be in there. Every time!

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October 05, 2011

The importance of fostering company loyalty in your contractors

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September 20, 2011

Five traits that define a human resources professional

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July 27, 2011

Recognizing the value of service awards

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July 12, 2011

How to conduct the perfect performance review

Happy employees who are on board with your company’s goals and strategies are more productive employees. And if you want your employees to be on board, happy and productive—then you need to hold regular performance reviews with them.

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June 23, 2011

A good recognition program is as important as your marketing

Performing a task because it’s your job is one thing. Performing a task because it’s your job, and knowing how by doing your job you are helping the company and are appreciated for doing so is another thing entirely.

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May 30, 2011

Trends and key goals of employee recognition programs

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May 03, 2011

Small Company Employee Recognition

As a small business owner, competing with larger companies in terms of salary and benefits can be a difficult, even impossible, task. As a small company, you must rely on other means to attract new employees and retain existing personnel.

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April 28, 2011

Dangle the carrot to uphold employee enthusiasm

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April 14, 2011

Retaining the right people

Where many companies falter and fail to retain key employees, others use a variety of methods to preserve essential employees, reduce turnover and avoid productivity disruptions. Through the use of formal or informal incentive programs ...

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April 01, 2011

Motivation Theories and Employee Recognition

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February 21, 2011

Employee Recognition – More difficult than it seems

The Best Employers in Canada appear to have at least one thing in common; these companies place importance on employee recognition and rewards, something that less successful companies do not.

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February 04, 2011

There is no I in TEAM, but recognizing the I is critical

We have all heard the saying, “There is no ‘I’ in ‘Team’”, which encourages us to let go of our individual needs and selfishness in order to focus on the goals of the team or the group. Although team work in a team setting is critical to success

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January 21, 2011

Reduce accidents - Increase productivity

Recognizing safe behaviour, whether this involves awarding employees for an accident free year or handing out a safe driver award, contributes to supporting safe behaviour and perpetuating safety in the workplace.

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January 05, 2011

New Year's resolutions are not just about fitness habits

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December 17, 2010

It is time to re-introduce employee incentive programs

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December 01, 2010

Various Forms of Employee Recognition

Employee recognition consists of four different forms of acknowledgement: existential or personal recognition, recognition of work practices, recognition of results and recognition of job dedication.

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November 18, 2010

Energize your sales force with a new Sales Incentive Plan

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October 31, 2010

Employee recognition to ensure employee retention

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October 08, 2010

A gift card for employee recognition: a double edged sword

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September 22, 2010

What is employee recognition