Recognition & Incentives
Even in a very large company, individual employees need to feel that they are valuable to the organization. Large organizations routinely adopt policies and incentives which acknowledge employees as a group (e.g. health benefits, profit sharing, etc.), but during a change management initiative, where you rely on the compliance and willingness of each employee, incentives take on a greater importance.
Everyone likes to be recognized and rewarded for their efforts. But one of the challenges faced by the organization is that people tend to resist change. They crave consistency and predictability.
For employees to buy-in to a new program, or an enterprise-wide paradigm shift, they require more than just a new policy or an afternoon training session. Offering employees incentives and recognition can build their confidence, enhance learning, reinforce positive behavior and change negative attitudes.
An effective change management program awards incentives in three ways.
- Performance-based. The employee, or the team, earns rewards linked to specific metrics.
- Participation-based. The rewards are linked to the employee’s active involvement in specific activities.
- Behavior-based. The employee receives the reward when they are observed or tracked displaying specific behaviors.
Your communications plan could incorporate any one of these incentive types, or a blending of all three. With a purchasing network which gives us access to over 400,000 items, Creative Options can supply the right incentives and rewards for any change management initiative, decorated to support your program message and brand.
