151 Quick Ideas to Recognize and Reward Employees

111Name Recognition

If you have a long-term employee who has distinguished himself or herself in a particular area, one of the greatest forms of recognition is to name an award in his or her honor. The award is built around this employee’s consistently excellent performance in any area of importance to your company, such as sales, service, or creativity.

For example, one of your long-term employees, George Washington, has been a source of amazingly creative ideas for many years. In order to honor this accomplish, you would create the Washington Award, given annually to one employee whose innovative thinking best represents George’s ideas and ideals.

George is greatly rewarded by having this award as a permanent legacy, and future recipients understand ...