Do your employees want to come to work in the morning? Whether you are the CEO of a large corporation, or a small business entrepreneur with only two employees, incorporating employee appreciation into the workplace will both improve work ethic and employee motivation. Don't wait for the holidays to say thanks; show your staff how much they mean to you and your business today! Here are some great everyday methods for recognizing employees and enhancing work-place motivation: 1) Recognize your Employees with Fruit or Wine Baskets Giving industrious employees gift baskets sends them the message that you recognize and appreciate their hard work. Due to the great variety of gift baskets available online, gift baskets are also a very convenient and time-efficient way of showing your appreciation. Some generous employers arrange for the regular delivery of fresh fruit baskets to the work place or their employees' homes. In addition, a wine and cheese basket is a wonderful way to say to your staff, job well done!" 2) Develop an Employee of the Month" Program For the most effective Employee of the Month Program, let employees and managers work together to choose the mensal recipient. Such a work-place-hierarchy transcending system will prevent the Employee of the Month Program from becoming a mark of favoritism, or ridicule, and will also add a sense social pressure for high employee performance. Such collaboration will also help reinforce a teamwork environment around the office. That is, employees often recognize their colleagues' efforts, or lack thereof, in the workplace and are eager to commend someone who is really pulling his or her own. Such a program lets the employees know that not only higher-ups, but also their colleagues, see and appreciate their hard work. Display the recognition prominently in the workplace, but also offer the recipient a certificate or plaque that can be taken home. 3) Offer High Performing Employees Health Club Memberships A healthy employee is a happy employee; and an office full of healthy, happy employees makes for a productive work-place. Offer high-performing employees free memberships at a local health club. And be sure to make the caliber of high-performance" universally attainable so that the health-club membership can be available to everyone. Do not consider such an offer a budgetary loss: oftentimes health-clubs offer corporate discounts of which you might take advantage and, more importantly, healthy employees are much less likely to take sick days, and prove more productive on the job. By offering your employees health club memberships, you not only reward their hard-work but you also save yourself money and enhance the work environment. Put some of these ideas into practice today and you will recognize a positive change in the workplace!
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