Cherry Crest Adventure Farm is a place where children and adults can have fun and learn something about agriculture. Located in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, it offers over 50 activities for its guests to engage in including a five-acre corn maze. Without its crew of exceptional employees, operations around the farm wouldn’t run smoothly. That’s why the owners of Cherry Crest Adventure Farm decided to establish a tiered lapel pin award program to let their staff know where they stand and how their work is perceived come review time.
Employee Recognition Award Programs Boost Morale
Rather than feel stressed out when receiving their evaluations, employees can replace those feelings with a sense of accomplishment. Those men and women meeting the mark by going above and beyond their job descriptions are awarded a custom lapel pin each quarter. This allows them to see that their hard work is paying off. Paired with a paper certificate or greeting card, these tokens of appreciation are money well spent.
Review Time Becomes Something to Look Forward to Not Something to Dread
Having a tiered program with a tangible and wearable award helps motivate others to work even harder to meet their goals. Rather than see a quarterly review as a bad thing, employees will use it as a tool to pick up the pace, complete tasks more efficiently, and shine in front of their employers. That way when the next employee evaluation is given, the man or woman gets what he or she deserves–a glowing review and a personal and memorable recognition award lapel pin to wear to work.
Using Creativity to Design Your Employee Incentive Program Pins
Perhaps one of the most rewarding tasks for our customers is coming up with a custom lapel pin design that motivates and simultaneously honors his or her employees. In the case of Cherry Crest Adventure Farm, a number of different pins were created to represent the tiered recognition program that the company established. This allows the best employees to shine and encourages their peers to do the same in anticipation of the next quarter. From the pictured featured in the blog you can see two different pins represented. The first, gold plated with a star and text that reads, “Outstanding Employee A+” is the highest award an employee can receive. The second pin is silver plated and reads, “Exceptional Employee A” is the next highest honor given out by Cherry Crest Adventure Farm. Having more than one award to hand out to employees helps build trust as well as a sense of anticipation come review time. Each and every member of the staff will be eligible to receive a pin based on his or her performance.
Custom lapel pins are highly regarded because they are seen as a welcome gift. If you want a quick way to improve efficiency, decrease the number of incidents of absences and accidents, and create a staff of long-term employees, you may want to partner up with All About Pins and have your own quarterly or annual review award lapel pins created. Give us a call at 1-866-604-9462 toll-free or email info@allaboutpins.com today to discuss your ideas with us.
