If enjoy watching football, your familiar with the term a Hail Mary. For those of you that are not football fans, it's a reference to a last ditch effort- aka a long shot attempt to throw a deep pass into the end zone to win the game. Last night's Super Bowl needed a Hail Mary to generate more interest to the viewer; the game did not match the hype.
However in the days leading up to the event, images of the trophy the winning team would receive were part of the hype promoting the event on news programs. The favorite commercial of the night, a throw back to 100 years of football even showed Brady having to remove his "rings" before getting into the action. Both the trophy and the ring are symbols of achievement earned in the NFL and those pieces serve as publicly visible recognition pieces.
In the work place, as in sports, decorative awards serve a necessary role in motivating and shaping employee behavior. Recognizing performance for goals achieved engages your workforce and sends a message that goals matter. In fact, a 2016 Gallup survey showed that organizations that focus on employee engagement have:
However in the days leading up to the event, images of the trophy the winning team would receive were part of the hype promoting the event on news programs. The favorite commercial of the night, a throw back to 100 years of football even showed Brady having to remove his "rings" before getting into the action. Both the trophy and the ring are symbols of achievement earned in the NFL and those pieces serve as publicly visible recognition pieces.
In the work place, as in sports, decorative awards serve a necessary role in motivating and shaping employee behavior. Recognizing performance for goals achieved engages your workforce and sends a message that goals matter. In fact, a 2016 Gallup survey showed that organizations that focus on employee engagement have:
- • 41% lower absenteeism
- • 42% lower turnover
- • 70% fewer employee safety incidents
- • 17% higher productivity
- • 20% higher sales
- • 21% higher profitability
If you don’t have a recognition program in place, we have
resources to help you get started in the planning process including basic “do’s and dont's" and 3 additional areas of consideration:
- Manager Involvement
Your business or organization does not have to have a program in place as large as the NFL to create an iconic award. Designing a custom award is a very achievable goal. Here is a desk piece for a client that was seeing a way to allow for additional benchmark dates to be added into the stack over time with minimal desk space lost.
Signature shapes like these bow ties for employees to associate with their annual black tie event and custom shapes like the house award for Wake County Habitat for Humanity help make events more memorable.
We also have some partners that look for a completely
different award or theme each year so recipients can have a
fun display rather than repeating products.
Whatever your needs- we have a program for you! Need some additional resources in planning an event , tracking and measuring your process. Check our case studies and photo gallery during the year for inspiration and of course- see you in the showroom for planning and comparing options.
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