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Candy jar
award to pass around among team members. |
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Thank-you
note from manager with penny taped to it. |
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Flowers or
candy with thank-you card. |
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Staff
meeting outside the workplace in a more relaxed environment.
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Monthly
offsite staff meeting over breakfast, lunch, or
dinner. |
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Department
luncheons not relating to work. |
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On-the-spot awards. |
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Birthday
cards. |
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Welcome
aboard cards for new employees. |
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Verbal
pats on the back. |
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Morale
Squad: Small group of volunteers with a small budget that they
use for any type of morale building event. |
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Get
everyone together for a company-paid dinner. |
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Floating
holidays. |
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Service
awards for "above and beyond" performance on a project.
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Offer to
do something for someone that they would not
expect. |
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Send an
item of recognition to someone's home. |
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Spontaneous appreciation: Thank-you cards that employee
can cash in for small gifts. |
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Spontaneous appreciation: E-mail message with copy to
manager. |
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Events
tickets: Baseball, football, golf. |
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Quarterly
perfect attendance: Choice of ½-day pay or ½-day compensatory
time off. |