Think Strategically About How You Recognize Employees

If your company doesn’t already have an employee-recognition program, it’s a good idea to start one. And if it already does, perhaps now is a good time to evaluate and determine if it’s accomplishing what it should: align with your business mission and values and drive employee performance. That advice comes from employee-recognition guru Debra Corey, the global head of employee engagement at Reward Gateway. The firm develops technology platforms for things such as employee communication, recognition and well-being programs.“Over the years, I’ve seen too many employee-recognition programs that aren’t strategic enough and don’t align closely enough with a company’s mission, purpose and