Incentra Insights

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

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.

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.

This blog post is part two in a 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.

2020 has definitely been a year to remember so far. As we reach the halfway point through the year, we wanted to share our top blog posts (by number of page views) that were published in January through June.

We have all seen the extraordinary courage and dedication of our nation’s healthcare workers. They face extremely challenging conditions every day, and somehow keep on going despite overwhelming physical and emotional challenges. They are exhausted and under-resourced and putting their lives on the line as never before. In our May 13 blog post we discussed how company leaders can step up and provide healthcare workers the support they so desperately need.

Caring for Our Caregivers during Covid-19

We all are witnessing the extraordinary courage and dedication of our nation’s healthcare workers.  They face unimaginable and horrific conditions every day and somehow keep on going despite overwhelming physical and emotional challenges.  They are exhausted and under-resourced and putting their lives on the line as never before. How can we as leaders really step up at this unprecedented time to truly provide them the support they so desperately need?

One of the most frequently asked questions that we get from clients and prospective clients is “what is the ROI of an employee recognition program?” Recognizing employees is much more than just a nice thing to do or an added perk – it is an essential business component.