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Leapfrog letter factory part 1
Leapfrog letter factory part 1







At least they are popular with some managers because they don’t have to do anything - a catalog company does all the work. The Catalog: These awards, unfortunately, are very popular in the corporate world. Do it yourself, and leave the committees for something else. We remembered one key principle to recognizing people: don’t make them determine who should be recognized. The committee meetings were also painfully long and involved. There weren’t many nominations, and it seemed that the few we had were the same, three people every month. The whole thing lasted about three months and crashed with a resounding thud. There were cool prizes, and we started off very pleased with ourselves. The committee consisted of the plant manager, assistant plant manager, maintenance manager, a supervisor or two, and the plant personnel manager. It was decided to have people nominate outstanding employees from the plant floor and have a committee determine the winners, and we avoided the Employee of the Month problem with multiple awards. We have seen the Employee of the Month parking space perpetually vacant after it became known as the “my car gets keyed” parking space.Ĭommittee Awards: We inflicted this one upon ourselves. One Month of Preferred Parking: See Employee of the Month. You know that isn’t true unless you have a really bad culture. In effect, you are saying that 224 people made no contribution to your factory. Here are just a few:Įmployee of the Month: So, you have a factory with say, 200 hourly employees and 25 salaried, non-exempt folks, and you have one “Employee of the Month”? Aarrgghhh! You might as well pass out 224 notes that say “you suck!” Recognizing one employee benefits one person. We’ve have seen plenty of bad ways for factory management to celebrate good performance. How NOT to Recognize Employee Achievements

leapfrog letter factory part 1

These achievements can happen any day of the year, not just at the holidays.īefore we delve into ways to successfully reward employee performance, let’s first cover off the bad ways to recognize achievement. No, we are talking about celebrating achievement by individuals, teams, and the entire plant. Not really what you would call coming from the heart or a great way to engage with the folks that really do all the work. It comes from your handy-dandy corporate office and your only involvement is to have your personnel guy distribute the envelopes. Most people appreciate the bonus, even you, but it doesn’t come from you. We believe that the holiday season is a perfect time for passing out bonuses to everyone. This is not a celebration of victory (unless you are celebrating simply staying in business for another year).

leapfrog letter factory part 1

These are corporate devices and the only thing you have to do to get your turkey or gift certificate is to be an employee. Virtually all companies go to some effort to give a bonus, however small, to the troops at Christmas time. So…just how do you go about recognizing good performance among factory employees? You know you should do it, you know you need to do it, so why are we so bad as manufacturing leaders in doing it well?









Leapfrog letter factory part 1