Why You May Need an ‘Employee of the Month’

“Employee of the Month” programs are easy to mock.

Often clumsily executed, they can become meaningless, rote, or cheesy. Yet when I reviewed responses to BI Worldwide’s survey of people’s “most memorable” recognition, EOTM showed up quite often. Their answers indicate that for many workers, that kind of recognition is meaningful. Something important would have been lost if each of their employers decided not to have the program and failed to have something else in place that got the recognition to those who deserved it.

You can read the full Forbes column on the issue here.