Recognizing and Engaging Employees For Dummies

Chapter 11

Implementing Organizational Recognition

In This Chapter

Comparing organizational to individual and team recognition

Discovering the three purposes of organizational recognition

Implementing organizational recognition strategically

Identifying the four phases of organizational recognition

Organizational recognition refers to formal recognition programs and activities that you organize and execute on a facility-, business unit-, or company-wide basis. Organizational recognition can be very diverse, going from very simple (recognition of an outstanding employee in the company newsletter, for example) to very complex and sophisticated (like a multitiered nomination process culminating in an award presentation by the company’s CEO at a glitzy annual ceremony). Regardless of the complexity, an effective organizational recognition program can help you create a culture of recognition that perpetuates itself and outlasts individual employees and managers who may come and go.

In this chapter, I take you through the differences between organizational and other types of workplace recognition, ...