How to Recognize Employees With Gift Certificates

If you've got loyal and hard-working employees that you'd like to hold onto, increase motivation and recognize excellent performance with presents like gift certificates. Consider the following types of rewards employees can receive and the different ways that they can earn them.

Instructions

1. Create an incentive structure if you'd like your employees to reach certain sales figures. For example, allow them to earn a gift certificate that equals a small percentage of their total sales or set up a "points" ladder that lets them receive certificates of higher value for different levels of sales.

2. Offer the gift cards as part of year-end bonus rewards so team members will encourage individuals to improve weak areas throughout the year. For example, announce that the department that recorded the most sales, holds the highest customer satisfaction rating, completed the most projects, had the best safety record or took the least number of sick days will receive large denominations to the store of their choice.

3. Let managers award gift certificates to employees who demonstrate outstanding leadership skills, brainstorm effective solutions on projects, go above and beyond to assist a co-worker or devise money saving strategies for the company, for example. The random nature of the giveaways motivates the staff to contribute worthwhile input on a daily basis.

4. Give employees an option of what gift certificate to choose. Order gift cards from bookstores, music download sites, restaurants or shopping malls, for example. You can also offer a version from a credit card company that most retail locations will accept, such as Visa's Gift Cards. Consider ordering cards from popular stores like Best Buy in bulk to receive quantity discounts.