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Vendors of employee reward programs and employee promotions. Research suppliers of employee rewards, including employee recognition rewards, and employee gifts. Identify employee rewards systems that fit your business needs.
Employee Rewards - Improve Performance & Drive Success
Browse gifts, electronics and other great Employee Rewards to inspire corporate achievement and Employee Recognition. Request a catalog today!
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Employee Reward Ideas
Innovative Safety Reward Ideas at Great Prices. Order Online or Call Today.
www.SafetyAwardStore.com  Save My Rating
Employee Rewards
Affordable employee gifts & awards from a leader in employee recognition. Personalized orders ship same day!
Certificates | Awards | Employee Rewards | Lapel Pins
Baudville.com  Save My Rating
Extraordinary Individual Travel Awards
A selection of flexible travel experiences giving your key people the ability to choose their most desired activity in their preferred destination.
www.ExclusiveAwards.com  Save My Rating
Employee rewards
Come See Why the Fortune 1000 Chooses Us For Their Employees
www.CorporateRewards.com
Incentives/Rewards
Make It Personal! Customizable Gift Cards.
www.circuitcity.com
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Comparison Shopping Motivational Inspirational & Fine Art Framed Pictures for School, Business or Government. Below Retail, GSA, and Internet Prices.
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Marble and Crystal Awards
High quality awards for all of your achievement, employee recognition, performance, corporate, golf and sports award needs. No set up charges.
Crystal Awards | Marble Awards | Golf Awards | Sports Awards
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SONY® Incentive Programs
Great Work Deserves to be Rewarded. Reward Your Employees with Sony!
sony.com/motivation
Employee work incentives
Create plan to motivate employees Improve, standardize labor, output
jacksonproductivity.com
We Build Rewards Programs
For employee recognition, sales, or training programs with results.
online-rewards.com
Employee Awards
Certificates, awards & recognition. Personalized orders ship same-day!
Baudville.com
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Comparison Shopping Motivational Inspirational & Fine Art Framed Pictures for School, Business or Government. Below Retail, GSA, and Internet Prices.
www.100PlusPosters.com
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Employee Rewards - Improve Performance & Drive Success
Browse gifts, electronics and other great Employee Rewards to inspire corporate achievement and Employee Recognition. Request a catalog today!
AwardsNetwork.com
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Employee Rewards
Affordable employee gifts & awards from a leader in employee recognition. Personalized orders ship same day!
Certificates | Awards | Employee Rewards | Lapel Pins
Baudville.com
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Rewarding Contributors- A Unique Reward
Copyright 1998 by Ethan A. Winning
www.ewin.com
Extraordinary Individual Travel Awards
A selection of flexible travel experiences giving your key people the ability to choose their most desired activity in their preferred destination.
www.ExclusiveAwards.com
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Awards Merchandise
Directory of awards and incentives merchandise.
www.infoxpress.com
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Prepare Like an Outsider to Get a Promotion
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Study on promotions has surprising findings
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O.C. Tanner Co
Provider of coporate service/recognition award programs.
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Employee Reward Ideas
Innovative Safety Reward Ideas at Great Prices. Order Online or Call Today.
www.SafetyAwardStore.com
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Marble and Crystal Awards
High quality awards for all of your achievement, employee recognition, performance, corporate, golf and sports award needs. No set up charges.
Crystal Awards | Marble Awards | Golf Awards | Sports Awards
www.wealthwood.com
Employee rewards
Come See Why the Fortune 1000 Chooses Us For Their Employees
www.CorporateRewards.com
Incentives/Rewards
Make It Personal! Customizable Gift Cards.
www.circuitcity.com
SONY® Incentive Programs
Great Work Deserves to be Rewarded. Reward Your Employees with Sony!
sony.com/motivation

Guide to Employee Rewards and Promotions

Motivate employees by offering stock options, bonuses, vacations and more


Retaining talent is one key to growing a successful business. To do so, you need to reward them for great performance. By giving your employees special rewards, you can:
  1. Foster a positive, productive workplace.
  2. Encourage loyalty and a sense of ownership in your business
  3. Surprise employees without creating a feeling of entitlement.
  4. Keep your customers happy — because happier employees do better work.


Action Steps

The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Have employees take stock Employees care more about the success of their employer when they own part of the company. Stock options, which allow an employee to purchase a certain number of shares at a certain price, have been the historic model for employee ownership; aside from stock options, you can also offer employee stock purchase plans (ESPP, which give employees a discount off the current stock price) or restricted stock (which retains value even when the stock price drops).

I recommend:  To set up an ownership plan, hire a financial services company such as Charles Schwab, Mellon Investor Services or CitiGroup/Smith Barney. Work with your accountant to determine how these plans will affect your taxes.

Give them bonuses when your company does well Bonuses come in many flavors: profit-sharing (typically divvied up as a percentage of each employee's salary), gain sharing (rewards for productivity gains), task bonuses (at the end of an assignment) or spot bonuses (given when an employee deserves special recognition). Companies that provide bonuses generally create bonus funds worth about 2.5 percent of total salaries and wages.

I recommend:  For advice on how much of a bonus to give, use Archer North's performance-related bonus scheme. Not sure which bonuses will inspire employees? Turn to a consulting firm that specializes in designing bonus programs, such as Archer North, Fox Lawson & Associates, LLC, Compensation Resources Inc. or Personnel Systems Associates. (And if you don't already have an accountant, visit CPADirectory find a CPA near you to consult with on bonus plans, as the tax repercussions aren't always clear.)

Send them on a trip If employees deserve special recognition — for instance, as a reward for beating their sales quotas — consider a travel package.

I recommend:  Travel companies offer special deals that are perfect for rewarding employees. Recognition Rewards Enterprises, for example, offers sports getaway packages and cruises, while Vacation Together offers ski packages in the U.S. and international trips for both individual employees and groups.

Schedule playtime Employees are often motivated by competition or contests that allow them to earn non-monetary rewards. Sports-related rewards are popular. If you listen to water-cooler talk around the office, you'll know which sports everyone likes.

I recommend:  Sports rewards can take different forms, from travel to sports events — such as these packages from Premiere Sports Travel, Corporate Sport and Target Sports Incentives. For smaller rewards, or gifts to go along with travel packages, try autographed sports items (Steiner Sports and ItsAlreadySigned4U.com) or engraved Louisville sluggers.

Let employees choose Instead of trying to select an appropriate reward for your employees, you can instead let them do the choosing.

I recommend:  Companies such as Loyaltyworks, Zlimit, Select-Your-Gift and Bright Rewards provide special reward catalogs featuring products from HP, Canon, Whirlpool, John Deere and other big brands. Employees can skim through the catalogs and select their own reward — which they either receive immediately or once they reach a goal that you've set.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
  • Make sure the reward fits your workplace culture and values.
  • Reserve rewards for special occasions; employees who constantly expect rewards won't appreciate them as much when they do arrive.
  • Money sometimes makes the best gift, but instead of cash you can hand out gift cards or savings bonds.
  • Consider using time as a reward, such as a three-day weekend or a shorter workday.
  • Remember that rewards must be accounted for on tax forms.

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How-To Guide from WORK.COM

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By Linda Formichelli
Motivate employees by offering stock options, bonuses, vacations and more.
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