Launching a Recognition Program – Reflektive

Overview

In this section, we'll be talking about how to implement and launch your recognition program. Each of the other chapters are broken down into separate articles, which are linked in the table of contents below.

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Reflektive’s Guide to Effective Employee Recognition Programs.pdf

A culture of recognition requires encouragement of new employee behaviors - and an organized game plan to get there. The following launch plan has practical recommendations to help your organization get started and achieve long-term success.

Step 1. Pick a launch day and build your timeline

Best practice is to pick your launch date and work backwards to set key project milestones.

Step 2. Schedule your training sessions

Schedule manager and department head training sessions, as well as a company-wide session. Prior to the company-wide training, ensure leaders are fully enabled and know the best practices for providing recognition.

Step 3. Develop your email communications

Email #1: Introduction to the program. What are we launching? Why? When?
(More tips in the appendix!)
Email #2: Introduce a recognition challenge to boost adoption! Employees are more likely to participate in your program if there's a prize involved. (See appendix for challenge ideas!)

Step 4. Track progress!

Keep track of your recognition KPIs by leveraging a people analytics platform. Reflektive's People Intelligence solution can help.

Learn more about People Intelligence

Step 5. Iterate, Iterate, Iterate

Pay attention to what’s working and what isn’t, so you can iterate your program and ensure it drives a culture of recognition across your workforce.