Comments on: Employee Awards That Don’t Cost a Lot of Money

By: Phil Gerbyshak

Phil Gerbyshak — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:44:14 +0000

Larry – Humor may be a great motivator, but I think it’s best if you get the humor your awards talk about from a peer, not from your manager. I wouldn’t feel great about getting the “Internet Surfer” award on your site from my manager. Heck, now that I think about it, I don’t think I would even want that from a peer.

By: Larry Weaver

Larry Weaver — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:46:20 +0000

I’m going to add “funny”. Humor is a great motivator, and studies show that laughter in the workplace does increase productivity. See this site for dozens of low-cost funny award ideas:

http://www.funnyemployeeawards.com

By: Phil Gerbyshak

Phil Gerbyshak — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:20:01 +0000

Wally – Thanks for sharing this article with your readers. I’m glad you enjoyed it!

By: Phil Gerbyshak

Phil Gerbyshak — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:18:49 +0000

James – That’s a great suggestion. Thanks for sharing it. Always wonderful to get another viewpoint on this challenging topic.

By: Wally Bock

Wally Bock — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:22:45 +0000

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By: James

James — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:07:30 +0000

The tricky thing about the group I manage is that it is largely made up of contract workers and they are not eligible for normal R&R.

What I’ve come up with recently is an Employee of the Week Award. The cool part is that one of my team leads had his brother-in-law machine us a pretty sizable trophy that the winner gets to hold onto for the week.

I’ve even had to come up with a monthly award for the people that support my team as a few were unhappy that they weren’t eligible for the Employee of the Week award as they aren’t on my team!