Incentra Insights

People use to work for the company that offered them the biggest paycheck, but now there is much more that goes into creating the best working environment for employees. Employee recognition is a key component to creating a workplace that can recruit and retain the best people. In fact, 59 percent of employees prefer companies with a rich recognition culture to jobs with higher salaries that don’t give any recognition.

It’s hard to believe that there are less than 5 months remaining in 2021. Since we are more than halfway through the year, we wanted to share our top blog posts (by the number of page views) that were published in January through July 2021.

Moving Past the Recovery Phase

By now, most of us have climbed out of the rescue phase of the COVID pandemic. Now we have to focus on moving beyond the recovery phase and resetting our course toward a successful sales rebound in 2021. With the aid of the vaccines and the financial help from the government, most businesses are seeing their way to return to vigorous sales activity as a distinct possibility, but how about our sales teams? Are they ready to charge forward?

A few of our healthcare clients have asked us for some suggestions on how best to recognize their remote and hybrid workers. So we have compiled a list of some ideas that we think will make the most impact for your workers that have worked in some remote capacity and continue to do so.

In part one of this blog post series, we discussed how you can show your support and recognize employees for going above and beyond during a global pandemic. Click here to read the full blog post. In this week’s post, we have included additional ideas for acknowledging and celebrating the sacrifices and adjustments your employees made for the greater good of the company.

How Can You Show Your Appreciation?

It’s been a long fifteen months. Your employees have gone above and beyond to keep your company afloat. They have been extraordinarily flexible and independent, and in many cases, accepted reduced hours or salaries to minimize costs. So how can you acknowledge and celebrate the sacrifices and adjustments they have made for the greater good of the company?

In part one of this blog post series, we discussed seven steps to help you get started in creating a successful sales incentive program. Even though creating a successful sales incentive program or revamping a current program may seem time-consuming and challenging, it is worth the effort!

Where Do We Go From Here

Many in healthcare management are wondering how they will ever be able to facilitate their healthcare workers’ recovery from the debilitating trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. How can we possibly help our employees regain their resilience and spirit after undergoing such unrelenting stresses and shattering ordeals? Can we give them any hope that this coming year will bring any solace and relief going forward?

Creating a successful sales incentive program or even revamping a current program may seem time-consuming and challenging. However, the effort put into developing a program can help a business reach its short and long-term goals. Below are seven steps to help you get started. Additional suggestions will be included in a future blog post.

This blog post is part two in a 2 part series about employee recognition. If you missed the first post last week, click here to read it first.