Category: Employee Recognition

Thank Your Volunteers – National Volunteer Week Is In April!

Are some of the employees who work for you civic minded?  Are you aware of their acts of volunteerism?  If so, even if you don’t personally celebrate National Volunteer Week in your office, if you know your employees do that sort of thing, recognizing their efforts in the community would be a splendid way of […]

Why Your Company Needs A Recognition Program And How To Get One Started

If you don’t yet have an employee recognition program set up inside your company and you’ve been wondering what all the fuss is about, this short article is for you.  We’ll cut through the clutter and get to the heart of the matter, then outline in broad strokes how you can go about creating one.  […]

The Importance of Recognition in the Workplace and the Manager’s Role

Here are some statistics that may surprise you.  Nearly half of all managers say their own anxiety increases when they have to give negative feedback to an employee that reports to them, which causes them to either delay giving the feedback, or simply not give it at all.  On top of that, fully 40% of […]

HR Trends for The Next Decade

For decades, HR employees have been seen as diligent paper pushers.  Business owners tended to view them as that quiet group in the back who reviewed resumes and scolded people when they broke the rules.  Times, as they say, they are a’changing, and HR is growing up. Now, they’re much more people focused than paper […]

Employee Appreciation Day Is Coming Up – Are You Ready With Gifts For Your Employees?

Employee Appreciation Day is observed on the first Friday in March, as it has been since 1995.  Although it’s not as widely celebrated as some other unofficial holidays, an increasing percentage of companies are embracing it and managers and business owners are taking the opportunity to recognize the contributions of their employees. Employee Appreciation Day […]

How Giving Plants To Your Employees Can Transform Your Company

Mike Robinson and his wife run a small engineering firm in Canada that employs about twenty people.  Mike handles the technical side of the business, and his wife handles the people.  Several years ago, his wife, Suzanne, gave him an idea.  Why not give every member of the company a plant they could keep at […]

Celebrate Have Fun at Work Day with These Gifts From Successories

January 28 is Have Fun at Work Day, and these gifts from Successories are perfect for blowing off steam and having some fun in the office. Create Your Own Motivational Poster Successories invented motivational posters, but now it’s your turn. Use your own photo and text to create a fun, motivational poster for your team. It’s […]

4 Benefits of Giving Personalized Gifts for Employees

When it comes to running your business, you know that your employees are everything. They help manage the company, analyze and shift current practices, and take care of day-to-day tasks – both the menial jobs and the ones that require lots of skills. Because your employees serve as such a strong component to your success, […]

Celebrate a Successful Year with These Gifts From Successories

The new year is often a time for reflection. If your team was successful in the past year, you should celebrate your achievements and your employees’ individual accomplishments and continue motivating them to keep it up. These gifts from Successories send a clear message of a job well done. Posters Celebrate achievements with Successories’ legendary office […]

What an Years of Service Program Can do For Your Business

Most managers and business owners intuitively understand the value of employee recognition programs.  After all, everyone likes to be acknowledged for their inventiveness and hard work.  What relatively fewer managers and business owners fully appreciate, however, is the value of a Years of Service award program. This is an excellent addition to a general recognition […]