At Incentra, our clients and business partners often ask if having the right channel incentive technology solution can really help a company increase sales, and the short answer is YES! A well-designed, easy to use platform highly increases your chances of having a very successful incentive program.

As a new year begins, we want to share our top 5 blog posts (by number of page views) that were published in 2020. If you missed any of these posts, be sure to check them out. They include information on the latest news and trends in the industry as well as helpful information on employee recognition and channel incentives.

We’re Not There Yet

Yes, here we are and it’s a new year and a majority of our employees are still working remotely. The good news is that now we have a vaccine. The bad news is we’re just not sure when things will get back to normal. Or will things ever be normal again? One thing we know for certain. We have discovered new ways to communicate and interact with our employees and that can definitely be a good thing.

Incentra and their recognition and incentive technology partner WorkStride helped a large not-for-profit healthcare organization revitalize the health system’s recognition program.

Virtual Selling is with Us for Awhile

As we head into the fall, it’s becoming clearer that virtual sales, selling remotely via video or phone, won’t be going away anytime soon. It appears that sales leaders and salespeople will have to consider the implications of virtual selling on performance measurement and sales incentives, not just for 2020, but for 2021 as well. So what will this mean for our sales incentive planning for the upcoming year?

As businesses face unprecedented challenges in 2020, the importance of the employee experience, engagement and recognition has been brought to the forefront like never before. This blog post will highlight some of the key employee engagement and recognition trends that are making an impact in 2020, and likely in future years as well.

First Do No Harm

The primary oath taken by healthcare workers encapsulates how healthcare leaders need to adapt their recognition programs to the current Coronavirus outbreak. Before we can recognize health care workers for their heroic actions, we must first keep their health and well-being as the utmost priority. Amid the COVID-19 global outbreak, it's likely to be an extremely stressful time for those who work on the front lines of healthcare.

COVID-19 has changed the business landscape in many ways. In this new environment, many people are working from home, participating in video calls with few or no in person meetings, social distancing and experiencing high levels of stress in an uncertain and challenging time.

We Need a New Recognition Playbook

So here we are still in the midst of the pandemic and still trying to figure out how to recognize our employees in these new unchartered waters. Showing employees appreciation for their work seems harder during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This blog post is part three in a 3 part series about employee recognition in healthcare. If you missed the first post, click here to read Employee Recognition in Healthcare: Now is the Time for Visionary Leaders, or click here to read the second post Employee Recognition in Healthcare Made Simple.