One key element of successful workplace recognition is tying your recognition to your company’s core values, mission, and vision. To create the workplace culture you want to obtain, you should systematically recognize the specific values that are core to your organization. You can see examples of how to recognize and reinforce some of the most common organizational values in the table that follows.
| Sample Core Value | Potential Recognition Activity to Deploy |
|---|---|
| Service | Recognize employees who provide exceptional service to customers (or internal service to other employees) |
| Quality | Recognize attaining or exceeding quality standards |
| Execution | Recognize process improvements and improved efficiencies |
| Innovation | Recognize creativity and problem solving |
| Teamwork | Recognize employees helping one another |
| Learning | Recognize development of new skills, exploring new capacities, and learning from mistakes |
| Inclusion | Recognize obtaining input from diverse sources when making decisions |
| Safety | Recognize safe work practices and the reduction of safety incidents, errors, and injuries |