As a rewards and recognition
expert I consult lots of HR people and heads of organizations. They have good
budget, a foolproof plan and big dreams for not only crafting but also
executing a world class Rewards & Recognition Program in their
organization. Yet, the blatant truth is - it fails in most of the cases. Here are two common killers of all the Rewards & Recognition Programs:
1) The king of
all killers for Rewards & Recognition Program is complexity. Organizations go
on to announce too many, too long and too complicated programs which are
difficult to announce, way more difficult to explain and hence impossible to
follow. People end up missing very silly and simple things and hence don’t even
qualify or just miss winning by small things. Even the competent people and
teams end up feeling like losers which is clearly against the objective of the
program.
2) The queen of
killers for Rewards & Recognition Program is delay to the fruit. Many
people and teams qualify & win something exciting way ahead of the
timeline yet the recognition is brought to them many months later in the next big
event of the organization. By this time many of the people in teams may change
and even if the people are there – they would have forgotten the excitement of
the achievement. Bigger loss is – had the team been rewarded immediately, they
would have ignited the spark in many more people/teams to do the same. Thus, building
momentum, producing more winners, pushing the organization’s top line as well
as adding to the culture of excellence.
Make your Rewards &
Recognition Programs simple and fast. Let people get wowed by your speed of
bringing fruit of their karma. Let they not only feel like achievers and proud
of their achievements but also inspires others to build a tribe of achievers.
Ultimately, the goal of any
Rewards & Recognition Program is to build a tribe of achievers and reach excellence. Let’s get
started with whatever we can do to bring the best from the people & do the due.
