USING BASEBALL HATS TO BOOST EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND JOB PERFORMANCE Using customized, colored baseball hats to boost employee performance
It’s been some time since the baseball hat became a symbol of recognition and high-status. Wearing a baseball hat, especially one with the right color and embroidery design makes people feel important, appreciated, and unique.
Setting up a simple system for motivating employees to higher levels of performance and achievement doesn't have to cost the company a fortune. The idea is to gamify productivity goals in a way that increases employee engagement and motivation.
The idea is pretty simple:
Measure the performance of your employees based on four levels of achievement, using monthly productivity
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Along with the Yellow Hat the employee receives an email from his manager congratulating him or her for her achievement.
3.Green Baseball Hat - The 2nd level of employee attainment
After reaching the second level of goal requirement, the employee is elevated to ‘Green Hat’ status. Along with the Green Hat the employee receives a ‘Congratulations for your performance’ post on his door-- bearing the manager’s signature. Respectively, a ‘congratulations’ email is sent and is accompanied with a certificate and a web-link--not just to order her trophy baseball hat. He or she is also given the opportunity to enter the website and customize the design of the baseball hat, the way she desires-by choosing her own embroidery design or by uploading her own stamp design.
4. A Blue Baseball Hat- The 3rd Level of Performance
After reaching the third level of achievement in job productivity scale (or sales performance), the employee is raised to the ‘Blue Baseball Hat’ status. The manager personally invites the employee at his office and congratulates him or her for the success.
Likewise with the previous level, a ‘congratulations’ email is also sent by the manager. The email is accompanied with a certificate and a web-link to order her baseball, trophy hat and to be given the opportunity to customize it the way he or she desires-by
Since there is little or no difference between the salaries increases of employees who meet production goals and those who do not, some employees have said they are not motivated to achieve the goals, even if they are capable of doing so. The company must ensure that employees meeting company goals are rewarded with bonuses, salary increases, or other incentives that are greater and more appealing than those received by employees not meeting the goals. The company could further differentiate the
Although the achievement culture contained a few drawbacks, there were a few perks that allowed the organization to succeed. Many department managers had a goal oriented mentality, this mentality allowed them to become creative in how to meet their goals. When sales goals were met, bonuses and rewards were given to department managers. This type of personal initiative gives employees a reason to work and to want to help the organization. Additionally, when sales goals are met there is usually an increase payroll for the company; this increase in payroll allows workers to work more hours and be more financially stable.
Motivation is a key aspect in the organization or workplace, and it is imperative to know the basic theory application and methods dealing with any problems that usually unavoidable for the employee and will come up in any work environment. This is a mandatory skills for a leader or future manager to know how important on how to motivate his or her employee to work more efficient. Motivating employees is a big dilemma for managers. To produce a higher level of performance and productivity, manager’s today are obliged to pay more attention on this matter. Every employee needs different types of motivation. In this paper will elaborate three motivational methods that a
After three weeks of searching, we’ve finally found a business offering ball caps and jackets for the 25 employees in our company. The company logo will be placed on the back of the jacket with the employee name on the front.
Creating promotional products that are useful, attractive, and economical is a challenging yet necessary process for business owners. To successfully utilize promotional products, it’s important to find a balance between creating something fun and original but still useful enough that your clients won’t just toss the item in a closet or trashcan. Custom hat embroidery is a great way to accomplish all of these marketing goals. As the winter chill sets in, it’s the perfect time to use custom hat embroidery to create cute, cozy promotional items that your customers are sure to love.
I am going to miss you. You have become one of my closest friends over the past three years and I am not sure what I am going to do without you to keep me sane. This gift is just a small token of how much you have positively impacted my life. This gift is a way to remind you everyday of how much of an impact you have made in my life and the lives of everyone you meet. I also got you this gift to remind you that you are going to make an impact on the court every time you play, never settle. You are an amazing person and I am a better person because I have met you. I will miss you. I love you, and I will remember to pick my battles. ☺
receive three academic awards in previous graduating classes. She received an award for her acumen
Julie Jacobson’s presentation, “Celebrating Success: Recognizing Municipal Employees” is centered on the concept of motivating and retaining its employees. The presentation states that recognition influences public employees’ behavior and serves as a strong motivator. Essentially, by recognizing an employee’s hard work, they will become more productive and boost their morale. Jacobson goes on to list the many ways to recognize employees. From a simple “thank you” to handing out official letters, notes, supervisory copied emails, etc. will influence an employee’s behavior for the better. Specifically, the Town of Auburn celebrates its employees with acknowledgment, “rewarding” good employees and hosing recognition events. According to Jacobson,
The author also reflected upon the tradition of graduation. The giving of gifts for those children moving from one grade to the next and for those who were at the top of their class this became even more important. "In the store she was the person of the moment" (835) and customers lavished her with nickels and sometimes even dimes. She could also feel the love from her family. They were treating her like royalty.
The bowler hat has been a part of visual culture ever since it was designed and created during the reign of Queen Victoria in 1849 for Edward Coke, a British soldier and politician. Since then the bowler hat has become symbolic in visual and popular culture, being featured in books, films and logos, as well as being used within politics in order to relate to other classes, as well as bypassing gender stereotypes. These hats were originally used as head protection for gamekeepers as their previous headgear – the passing trees kept knocking off the top hat as they rode on horseback. The hat itself became popularised with almost all classes, bypassing the stereotypes that had been present beforehand, which coincidentally has occurred in the form of bypassing gender stereotypes as well.
Recognizing employees for accomplishments such as finishing a major project, reaching sales targets or providing excellent customer service can be an important motivating factor. Set goals for workers to strive for and offer rewards for reaching them. This could be in the form of an employee of the month scheme, a bonus, or a promotion. Some companies conduct meetings where employees are recognised for good work in front of their colleagues. This can help motivate all the workers in the business to strive for success.
Every human being needs motivation now and then. Incentives and recognition programs can support you in helping your employees become happier and more productive at work. As a leader, one of the main things to think about is how to recognize an employee for a performance that has exceeded expectations, objectives and goals. Therefore, I would like to introduce you in this paper to some ideas that hopefully would promote this method as one of the main priorities in today's and tomorrow's workplace.
The recognition of employee is brought about by offers that carry a weight heavier than compensation in HRM. Human capital is considered absolutely vital for organizational success (Marriot 2001). In organization culture, cultural artifacts such as award ceremonies pushes employees to be more competitive and therefore increase productivity (Higgins & McAllaster 2004).
This program allows for improvement if that individual did not do a successful shop for the organization. The appraisal for getting a high score was given to me in cash reward. This allows for retaining of current employees since they praise excellent work. Not all companies are going to praise their employees for doing a successful job, however, this is going to cause for individuals to stay with the company.
On 10/2016, you assisted in planning the event for the Employee Recognition by actively participating in the meetings, collaborating ideas for the event, assisting in purchasing the needed items for the events and helping in setting up, serving and cleaning up after the event. These are great examples of your professionalism and commitment towards the agency