151 Quick Ideas to Recognize and Reward Employees

134For the New Hires

It takes time for new hires to adjust to the company’s culture and truly feel like part of the team. An excellent way to accelerate this process and simultaneously provide recognition is to institute a quarterly lunch that includes all employees hired during the quarter plus the president or a key topsider. The new hires sense a good deal of recognition simply by being invited to a lunch like this, and the recognition is compounded when they actually interact with a company leader during the session.

These lunches work best when the leader makes a short presentation that covers a little history and a lot of the future. The presentation should be followed by a question-and-answer discussion and an opportunity for the employees ...