March 29, 2022 0 Comment

4 Key Benefits of Employee Rewards and Recognition Programs

Organization want to see some tangible benefits of employee rewards and recognition programs to justify their investment. Hence it is important for the HR team to demonstrate these program benefits on a continuous basis.

At HiFives, we have had long and deep engagement with our clients for their employee rewards and recognition programs. Based on this, here are a few of the benefits of employee rewards and recognition programs:

What are the Key Benefits of Employee Recognition?

4 Key Benefits of Employee Rewards and Recognition Programs

1. Employee Performance and Business Impact

Goals

Good employee rewards and recognition can motivate good performance by employees. This would have a positive impact on key business metrics such as revenues, costs, customer satisfaction, etc.

For example, an employee rewarded for good customer service is likely to continue performing at the same or higher level. It might also motivate his peers to demonstrate higher levels of performance.

The same would be true for an employee who is being recognized for cutting costs or driving innovation.

2. Alignment with Organizational Values

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Rewards and recognition programs can drive desired behavior from employees in sync with the organization’s core values. These core values may include ethics, commitment, customer-centricity, passion or collaboration.

For example, employee who met a critical deadline might be eligible for an award under the category of commitment.

Another case could be that of an employee who resisted attempts to secure a contract by offering ‘personal incentives’.

In both these examples, the behavior and the outcomes should be kept separate.

3. Positive Work Culture

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The organization can drive specific values such as innovation, process efficiency, punctuality, social awareness, etc. through these recognition programs.

For example, employees can be incentivized for good suggestions on process improvement.

Another example could be that of recognizing an employee who participated in a important social initiative outside of the organization.

It is difficult to incentivize such behaviors through the traditional performance assessment and regular compensation system. Hence employee rewards and recognition could be a useful tool in the HR team’s toolkit to drive such behaviors.

4. Teamwork and Collaboration

Teamwork

Employee rewards and recognition can help create a positive atmosphere of celebration of achievements within the organization. It can help foster individual-level motivation and overall team spirit. Open recognition of employee achievements can go a long way in building a great culture of appreciation.

Bottom-line

It is important for organizations to track the benefits of their employee rewards and recognition programs and to take action based on the gap between the actual and expected results.

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HiFives (https://www.hifives.in) is an employee rewards, recognition and engagement SaaS platform that enables organizations to digitize, automate and transform their employee experience. The platform enables supervisors and co-workers to nominate, recognize and reward employees using a points-based system. Budget management, jury-based evaluation and multi-level approval workflows are built into the platform. HiFives has social features such as a wall of fame and gamification features such as leaderboards, e-certificates and digital badges. It also has a global redemption system with country-specific e-gift card options. HiFives integrates with all leading HRMS systems, Office 365, Google Workspace, MS Teams, Slack and other popular tools used at the workplace. HiFives is used by many large enterprises, small businesses and startups across 25+ countries in the world, in many industries including manufacturing, retail, technology, financial services and media.