Online social interaction has become an essential part of our daily lives. More and more businesses are also now seeing the benefits of incorporating and encouraging online social activity – as a recognition and motivational tool. This is more commonly known as ‘social recognition’. Corporate Rewards has published an article looking at how early adopters are discovering that social recognition programmes can have a hugely positive impact on an organisation.
Juliet Caswell, Operations Director at Corporate Rewards, writes:
‘Online social activity can be used very successfully as a motivational tool in the workplace. The ability to praise and nominate staff members through an online portal is an extremely inclusive approach. The immediacy of its functionality is an obvious benefit, as good work can be instantly acknowledged and shared company-wide, raising profiles and promoting the feel-good factor for those involved. For management it’s a really quick and easy way to recognise staff, not to mention it doesn’t cost anything – after all, it is widely accepted that praise and recognition are valued by staff just as much as financial reward.’