Thank Different.

Employee engagement is a key

e lement to any successful

business. In today’s knowledge

economy your most valuable

assets are your people. All

organizations need to have a

strategy to engage & align their

team to achieve their business

goals. In a highly competitive

world - the ability to retain,

attract & motivate your staff

can be the difference between

success & failure. Kudos is a

p e e r- t o - p e e r r e c o g n i t i o n

system that is designed to

motivate your teams through

communication, appreciation,

recognition & engagement.

It has been proven that recognition programs

can improve employee performance &

commitment. An effective recognition practice

can give you a competitive advantage and align

your employees actions & efforts to your

corporate goals & values.

Call now: 403.819.6560 E: info@kudosnow.com or visit www.kudosnow.com

ENGAGE YOUR PEOPLE WITH KUDOSThe most meaningful form of recognition is daily, spontaneous acts and words of appreciation, praise & recognition. It is more powerful than

awards & rewards. It is even more powerful than a competitive compensation & benefit plan. What people want to know more then anything else is that their contributions to the company are appreciated.

“Research confirms that there is

a strong link between higher

levels of positive employee

engagement & company

financial performance”

Towers Perrin

Appreciation engages your employees and

an engaged employee has benefits:

• They are less likely to leave and more l ike ly to promote the company improving recruitment & retention.

• They a re more l i ke l y to i nves t

discretionary effort and go that extra mile, improving productivity.

• They are more conscientious and make fewer errors leading to improved customer service and satisfaction.

Employee engagement refers to the broad and deep connections people have with their organizations. Tower Perrin has defined employee engagement around three psychological dimensions.

R a t i o n a l — H o w w e l l a n e m p l o y e e understands their role & responsibilities.

Emotional—How much passion they bring to their work and their organizations.

Motivational—how willing they are to invest discretionary effort to perform their roles well.

Each of these dimensions can be supported

with Kudos. Kudos can be given by peers and management to reinforce desired actions & behaviors specific to an employee’s roles & responsibilities. Kudos can be used to recognize great work, attitudes and efforts

that connect people and creates a culture of appreciation. Finally, Kudos can highlight how an employees actions contributed to corporate goals & values.

Take CARE of your people

Recognition is a powerful tool but just one part

of creating an environment for success. Kudos can provide many of the elements that will help you motivate your employees. Kudos is designed to enhance Communication, Appreciation, Recognition & Engagement.

C o m m u n i c a t i o n i s c r i t i c a l f o r engagement. Leaders must present a

cons is tent & compe l l ing v is ion fo r employees of where the company is going and how it will get there. As well, leaders and employees must communicate with one another to celebrate & commiserate, to

build trust & friendship at work.

Appreciation is essential. Appreciation from your direct manager has the greatest impact. Appreciation from other managers & peers also plays a major role in creating

positive engagement.

Recognition is best when it is timely and specific. As well, when managers provide

recognition that ties an action or effort to a spec i f i c des i red ou tcome , i t i s extremely powerful.

Engagement occurs when people feel connected to their company, valued by their managers and appreciated by their peers. Engagement rises when people feel their

opinions & efforts matter.

Kudos. Thank Different

Until now employee recognition & reward (R&R) programs have primarily been the domain of fortune 1000 companies. The top 10 organizations that dominate the R&R

vertical have offerings that are just not practical or economical for Small to Medium Enterprises (SME’s).

Kudos is a cost effective, easy

to use Software as a Service

(SaaS) that creates & sustains

employee engagement.

SME’s, organizations of 200 employees or less on average, have had to fend for themselves when it comes to finding c o s t e f f e c t i v e w a y s t o e n h a n c e employee engagement.

Even departments within large organizations often feel disenfranchised & disconnected from their enterprise reward & recognition systems, if there is even one in place.

Kudos is the simply & cost effective

solution to create employee engagement for the rest of us.

Kudos is a peer-to-peer recognition system that empowers everyone in an organization or department to recognize one another for

their actions, behaviors and efforts.

Kudos uses a point system where users can write a timely Twitter style message of appreciation and associate points, Kudos, to that acknowledgement.

The messages can be shared publicly through the Kudos interface and the points can be collected and used as part of an informal reward program. That is just the start of Kudos.

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Motivating your team plays a critical

part in any business environment,

but it has a special significance in an

economic downturn. Employees are

a company’s most important asset. It

makes good business sense to invest

in recognition practices.

Call now: 403.819.6560 E: info@kudosnow.com or visit www.kudosnow.com

Kudos is a simple & cost

effective communication &

recognition system.

Kudos is a Software as a Service (SaaS) product that can be employed by small or large organizations looking for cost effective ways to better engage their teams.

Kudos core feature is the peer-to-peer recognition system that allows all team members to send Twitter style messages of appreciation to anyone in their department or organization. It also allows the sender to

associate points, Kudos, to the message which the recipient collects.

Informal reward programs

Kudos can be used as a fun way to provide weight or significance to a message or used to create an informal recognition &

reward program.

A couple of examples of simple programs that enhance the Kudos effect include recognizing both the top Kudos recipients and senders with on the spot celebrations or

in monthly group meetings. s

Sharing Kudos messages and associating them to how they support corporate goals & values is also very effective.

Milestones can also be used by managers to recognize an individual or group. As Kudos point milestones are reached, a

manager can review Kudos messages and re inforce the pra ise f rom peers by associating their actions to desired results.

For monthly Kudos achievers, cost effective prizes such as gift cards, VIP parking,

corporate products and apparel to an individual or group lunch can be used to reinforce and celebrate the moment.

For milestone Kudos achievers, a more personalized gift can be given by a direct

supervisor to recognize their contributions, and show that their managers know & value them as individuals.

Kudos allows you to gain insights

on an individuals contributions,

actions & efforts as seen through

the eye of their peers.

Your reward program can be as elaborate as your imagination & budgets allow. However, employee recognition is best approached creatively to maximize the impact & control costs.

Create a culture of appreciation

The presentation of recognition is an opportunity to super charge your program. When managers make an effort to truly celebrate an indiv iduals efforts and highlights how their actions have a direct

correlation to company goals & values, it is a teach ing moment that can dr ive employee performance and build a positive corporate culture.

Recognition has been proven to have a direct

effect on employee engagement. Engaged employees have a direct correlation to corporate performance.

Kudos provides the core elements required for a successful recognition program:

• Timely recognition

• Sincere recognition

• Strategic recognition

Kudos Features

Kudos is more than just a recognition platform. Kudos also enhances & supports communication, the employee on boarding

processes, teamwork and corporate culture.

Kudos has many features that can help you make a great first impression with new employees and a lasting impression with established team members.

Team Profiles: Kudos can centralize core information with team bios, organizational structure and up to date contact information.

Public Recognition: Kudos allows you to

have a Kudos leader board and or an opt-in Twitter style Kudos message feed to highlight individual messages of recognition.

Corporate Calendar: Kudos has a calendar feature that allows you to highlight corporate

events, team outings and other key dates as well as individual milestones such as birthdays or years of service.

Resources & Library: Kudos allows you to centralize key information to support your

team in their daily work life. Employee manuals, templates, forms and links can all reside in Kudos to streamline operations.

Kudos Reminders: Kudos allows the administrator to set automatic reminders to

encourage people to send Kudos if they have not recently recognized a peer.

External Kudos: Kudos allows users to send Kudos outside the company to clients,

suppliers or friends to show their appreciation with a Kudos style message.

Reporting: Kudos has extensive reporting capabilities to allow administrators to sort & analyze information by time periods,

individuals and or department to track usage & trends. A simple dash board provides a great overview for management reporting.

Kudos is extremely cost

effective starting at $6 per

employee per month.

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Kudos is designed to make recognition easy. The key to a

sustained culture of recognition is the consistent &

systematic use of recognition. Give recognition generously

—and watch your talent soar!

Call now: 403.819.6560 E: info@kudosnow.com or visit www.kudosnow.com