When asked, “What is the most important thing a manager or company currently does (or could do) to cause you to do great work?” The response was

Sources from research commissioned by The O.C. Tanner Institute 2012-2014

1 “The Drivers of Great Work”

5 “Service Awards: Quantifying the Return-on-investment”

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37%RECOGNIZE ME

3% I DON’T KNOW

6% TRAIN ME

6% OTHER

7% PAY ME MORE12%

INSPIRE ME

12%GIVE ME AUTONOMY

NOTHING:I’M SELF-MOTIVATED

13%

4% PROMOTE ME

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Recognition impacts engagement at a rate of in the following areas:

DRIVE AND DETERMINATION

CONNECTION TO THE COMPANY

WORK RELATIONSHIPS

WHERE THE EMPLOYEE STANDS

IN THE COMPANY

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Companies who do an excellent job of celebrating service anniversaries gain an additional 4 years of tenure vs. companies without a program.

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O.C. TANNER CLIENT RESULTS

78% of employees are highly engaged when they experience strong recognition vs. 34% engaged with weak recognition.

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78% 34%

2 to 1

+4years

Employees who receive strong recognition are 33% more likely to be proactively innovating AND generate 2x as many ideas per month compared to those who aren’t recognized well.

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33%

2x

PROACTIVELYINNOVATING

AS MANY IDEASPER MONTH

have a strong desire to stayat their organization.

91% feel highly motivated to contributeto the success of the organization.

93% support the values oftheir organization.

90% are inspired to do great work.

87%86% feel a strong sense of pride

in the organization.

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RECOGNITION

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