So you want to launch an employee engagement programme that will motivate your employees and reward them for certain behaviours. Great stuff! But before you do this, you need to identify what those "certain behaviours" are.

Let's take a look at some of the common behaviours that our clients try to invoke in their employees and how the Incentivesmart platform supports this.

Increase employee communication

Effective communication is more than just a notice board or a monthly team meeting. You want ideas to flow freely and for colleagues to recognise each other's efforts. According to Wrike, 40% of engaged employees credit collaboration with colleagues as the reason behind improved engagement.

The Incentivesmart platform allows peers to nominate each other for rewards and commendations so that no small feat goes unnoticed. The employee engagement platform also has a news article feature and email communication tools to keep your team up to date. 

Increase employee participation levels

Most businesses encourage employees to have an awareness of the policies and best practices that are in place to ensure the safety and wellbeing of everyone at work. In some industries, it's crucial to comply with specific procedures and engage with the learning process essential to the execution of certain tasks. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to engage employees with these training endeavours. 

With the Incentivesmart platform, employees can earn reward points for completing the necessary training you've assigned or reading up on the policies that you need them to comply with. If there is an immediate benefit to doing something which may be perceived as boring, some individuals will feel more motivated to be plugged in and switched on during the training period. One in three employees felt that uninspiring content was a barrier to learning. You can tackle this challenge by a) making your learning material more fun and interactive, and b) providing rewards for each level that an employee completes. This initiative could save money for your business (and lives, potentially) by helping to prevent negligence.

Enhance performance

Companies with engaged employees outperform those without by 202%. Many businesses acquire talented, highly skilled employees only to be left wondering why these individuals hit a plateau in performance. Various factors can affect an employee's motivation and determination to go above and beyond for an organisation. With Incentivesmart, you can use the feedback tools to plug into the challenges which may be discouraging (or even disabling) team members from reaching their targets. 

Our incentive programme allows you to give genuine thank yous for the efforts your employees put in. Instead of giving out blanket rewards that may not appeal to the individual needs of your employees, they can receive something that will truly add value to their lives. When your employees feel recognised amongst their peers or awarded for their above-and-beyond actions, it shows that your organisation sees them as individuals and acknowledges their contributions.

Gaps or bottlenecks in your employees’ work environment may also be affecting productivity and performance. It’s hard to pick up on these issues as workers often find habitual ways of dealing with them which unnecessarily prolong their daily tasks. Make your employees feel comfortable about requesting new equipment, software or training by pointing them to Incentivesmart’s ideas module. Here, your team can highlight the shortfalls in their day-to-day process and provide feedback on how they think that these problems can be solved.  

An incentive platform built to be customised by you

The Incentivesmart platform was created to fit your business like a glove. We want to work with you to ensure that you reach your targets and enable a happy and productive workforce within your organisation. For this reason, the platform offers the flexibility to customise the look and feel of the dashboard and align your values and your brand identity with our software. 

You choose the features and tools that you'd like to incorporate into your employee engagement programme, and a dedicated client success manager can handle the finer details of your platform if you'd like to outsource that to us. Alternatively, the platform is designed to be intuitive and easy to manage for clients who would prefer to do so in-house. 

If you're excited to transform your organisation's performance and encourage more productive and collaborative behaviour from your employees, we invite you to book a free demo with us.