Aug 22, 2009

Show 256 - Reward and Recogntion for Employees

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The show talks about the importance of employee reward and recognition with Razor Suleman from I Love Rewards, a leader in results-driven rewards and recognition solutions. We talk about

  • How important is reward and recognition for employee performance?
  • Is recognition the same as reward?
  • How money is NOT the no 1 recognition factor for employees.
  • Is recognition more important in a recession?
  • How do you create an engaging employee reward system?
  • How do you ensure that the employee recognition is not subjective?
  • How you launch a reward program?
  • What kind of rewards should you think about?
  • Can you have a social networking element to the reward system?

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