How can rewards and recognition be integrated into an organizations culture?
“To be most effective, rewards and recognition should be embedded into a company’s culture so that it happens on an everyday basis,” according to motivational expert and author Bob Nelson. The following tips can promote such a change. Get serious. Take rewards and recognition seriously; get involved and be creative. Walk the talk. To promote a climate in which recognition thrives, senior management should model the behavior. If you don’t have this, it creates a “do what I say, not what I do” culture. Train managers. Make managers to realize that recognition is important. Teach them employee recognition skills; role-play, demonstrate, videotape and give them guidelines to practice. Assemble a toolbox. Provide managers with the tools to get them started. Put together a custom employee recognition toolkit and distribute it to all managers. If you put the tools in their hands, they’re more likely to use them. Consider including the following items in the toolbox: • a copy of a recognition
