What is the easiest way to increase your lifespan, improve your quality of life AND to decrease your company healthcare costs by thousands of dollars?
Did you know that currently 62% of companies with 200+ employees provide wellness programs? There is a great reason for this – comprehensive wellness programs WORK. They result in healthier and happier employees who are able to perform better at all levels.
So how can you implement a health and wellness program in your company? Here’s a great list of ideas: http://www.corporate-wellness-companies.com/corporate-wellness-program-ideas.html How do you kick off your new program?
Start with a branded health/fitness journal for those who sign-up to participate. This is a great way to encourage your employees and a terrific way for individuals to keep up with progress. Our journals even give great tips on eating and staying in shape!
Or, how about kicking off your wellness program with a stainless steel water bottle and pedometer? Have Friday Funday contests to see who can put the most miles on their pedometer each week!
If you already have a health and wellness program in your company, think about re-energizing it with incentive gifts for participation, meeting goals and exceeding goals. Try incentive gives that promote healthy activity such as logod golf balls, jump ropes, workout (yoga) mats, Ogio gym bags, Frisbees, and dryfit sports apparel. Here’s to happy and healthy living!
Showing posts with label employee retention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label employee retention. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Employee Recognition through Promotional Products
I’ve talked about my college student on this blog before. This past week her school gave her a promotional padfolio and pen in recognition of a scholastic achievement. It was a beautiful black leather with her university’s name and logo emblazoned across the front and on the matching pen. The interesting thing about this story is her reaction.
She loves it - carries it around with her and uses it to take notes – not just for class, but on the job as well. It’s more than just a pen and pad for her – it is recognition of her achievements and it is very meaningful to her. She is proud of what it represents and uses it daily.
This is a great example of how recognition builds pride and loyalty.
Last week I wrote, “Promotional gifts help make your employees feel valued on an individual level. If an employee feels that you value their contribution as an individual member of your team, loyalty and job attitude grows.” This student’s reaction to the recognition of her achievements through a promotional gift is easily replicated at the corporate level.
Two additional benefits of employee recognition through promotional gifts are:
1. Employee recognition creates a team atmosphere.
• Consider team apparel like logod polos or button down dress shirts with your company name
and logo for tradeshows.
• Introduce branded padfolios for sales meetings and client sales calls.
• Give all employees a padded laptop case.
2. Recognizing your employees through promotional gifts can helps to reinforce sales promotions or other actions that are important to your business. At every opportunity, it reminds your employees of some event or action that is important to your business.
For example, one of our clients kicked off a company wide effort to reduce waste. They purchased stainless steel travel mugs for everyone in the office to use. Lids were not optional. The upfront cost was about 4 months worth of paper and Styrofoam cups.
The result? They dramatically reduced waste and cut 8 months worth of budgetary expenditures on disposable cups within the first year alone. An added (and unexpected benefit!) was that there were no more coffee spills on company computer keyboards or on company issued laptops – creating a direct cut in monthly hardware costs. A win-win for everyone!
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina Logo'd Gear is a premier provider of promotional products. We help our clients Stay in Front of Your Customers! Visit us on the web at http://www.logodgear.com/ or follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/logodgear or linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/in/logodgear
This is a great example of how recognition builds pride and loyalty.
Last week I wrote, “Promotional gifts help make your employees feel valued on an individual level. If an employee feels that you value their contribution as an individual member of your team, loyalty and job attitude grows.” This student’s reaction to the recognition of her achievements through a promotional gift is easily replicated at the corporate level.
Two additional benefits of employee recognition through promotional gifts are:
1. Employee recognition creates a team atmosphere.
• Consider team apparel like logod polos or button down dress shirts with your company name
and logo for tradeshows.
• Introduce branded padfolios for sales meetings and client sales calls.
• Give all employees a padded laptop case.
2. Recognizing your employees through promotional gifts can helps to reinforce sales promotions or other actions that are important to your business. At every opportunity, it reminds your employees of some event or action that is important to your business.
For example, one of our clients kicked off a company wide effort to reduce waste. They purchased stainless steel travel mugs for everyone in the office to use. Lids were not optional. The upfront cost was about 4 months worth of paper and Styrofoam cups.
The result? They dramatically reduced waste and cut 8 months worth of budgetary expenditures on disposable cups within the first year alone. An added (and unexpected benefit!) was that there were no more coffee spills on company computer keyboards or on company issued laptops – creating a direct cut in monthly hardware costs. A win-win for everyone!
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina Logo'd Gear is a premier provider of promotional products. We help our clients Stay in Front of Your Customers! Visit us on the web at http://www.logodgear.com/ or follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/logodgear or linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/in/logodgear
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Employee Retention Tips
Do you want to make sure you keep your best employees when the job market rebounds? According to a recent study by the American Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and CareerJournal.com, retention will be a challenge. This study says that 83% of employees and 56 % of HR professionals think that voluntary turnover will rise as the economy slowly starts to improve. What can you do NOW to ensure employee retention in the future?
It’s clear that retention requires a competitive salary and great benefits. However, that is just a start. Did you know that companies that use promotional products have a higher employee retention rate than businesses that offer cash incentives?
Business gifts help make your employees feel valued on an individual level. If an employee feels that you value their contribution as an individual member of your team, loyalty and job attitude grows. Does this mean you need to run around handing out logod coffee mugs and imprinted pens? Not necessarily.
Here are Three Tips to Improving Employee Retention:
People want to enjoy their work. Make work fun.
For example, what if you gave your team a branded inflatable beach ball to toss around during times of stress – or to celebrate an achievement?
Recognize and celebrate success.
For example, what if you handed out personalized laser engraved pens for each milestone achieved by a project team? This sign of appreciation would be used everyday – a constant reminder of the company’s appreciation of the individual achievement.
Create and nurture traditions that are special to your group or organization.
For example, pick a monthly or quarterly charity to help or create a softball team or other group activity. Imprinted shirts with your charity goals displayed can have both a team-building and an inspirational effect.
These ideas – the imprinted beach ball, engraved pen, screen printed t-shirts – they are a means to end. The motivation is to remind you and your employees of accomplishment, to keep the feeling of appreciation strong, and to instill a sense of joy and a job well done. Most importantly, a happy employee is a retained employee!
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina Logo'd Gear is a premier provider of promotional products. We help our clients Stay in Front of Your Customers! Visit us on the web at http://www.logodgear.com/ or follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/logodgear or linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/in/logodgear
It’s clear that retention requires a competitive salary and great benefits. However, that is just a start. Did you know that companies that use promotional products have a higher employee retention rate than businesses that offer cash incentives?
Business gifts help make your employees feel valued on an individual level. If an employee feels that you value their contribution as an individual member of your team, loyalty and job attitude grows. Does this mean you need to run around handing out logod coffee mugs and imprinted pens? Not necessarily.
Here are Three Tips to Improving Employee Retention:
People want to enjoy their work. Make work fun.
For example, what if you gave your team a branded inflatable beach ball to toss around during times of stress – or to celebrate an achievement?
Recognize and celebrate success.
For example, what if you handed out personalized laser engraved pens for each milestone achieved by a project team? This sign of appreciation would be used everyday – a constant reminder of the company’s appreciation of the individual achievement.
Create and nurture traditions that are special to your group or organization.
For example, pick a monthly or quarterly charity to help or create a softball team or other group activity. Imprinted shirts with your charity goals displayed can have both a team-building and an inspirational effect.
These ideas – the imprinted beach ball, engraved pen, screen printed t-shirts – they are a means to end. The motivation is to remind you and your employees of accomplishment, to keep the feeling of appreciation strong, and to instill a sense of joy and a job well done. Most importantly, a happy employee is a retained employee!
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina Logo'd Gear is a premier provider of promotional products. We help our clients Stay in Front of Your Customers! Visit us on the web at http://www.logodgear.com/ or follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/logodgear or linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/in/logodgear
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