If you want to improve and implement new systems, here is what you can do:
Employee Recognition: Spot Awards, Annual Achievement Awards, Outstanding Performance Award, Best Employee Award, etc. A scanned copy of the letter of appreciation along with their photos should be displayed on the notice board. The letter should highlight their achievements, i.e., how different are they from others? On what grounds were they nominated? How could they serve as role models for other employees?
Together WE - In-house Magazine: Once a quarter, these magazines provide a snapshot of what is happening in the company, including sharing company growth, management objectives, customer satisfaction, a list of new customer sign-ups, sales review, customer delivery and feedback, partnership details, upcoming projects, etc. The company also prints contributions from employees such as motivational stories, paintings, poetry, riddles, jokes, technology-related articles, safety and health-related presentations, nature photographs taken by employees, etc.
Reach US: It's an online forum available on the intranet site of the company where employees can post their issues related to work, work environment, HR policies, training needs, etc. Once a month, the HR head along with their executives will have an open meeting with the employees (without mentioning the name of the employee) to resolve issues then and there.
Quality Session Meeting: Department-wise team meetings will be conducted by HR, where each employee comes up with new ideas and concepts to improve the quality of work, how to deliver the same on time, how to reach out for customer satisfaction, technology growth, significance of teamwork, knowledge on advanced technologies, etc. At the end of the meeting, the department head nominates an employee and gifts them a prize for their innovation and creativity.
Chat: Internal chat will be provided for employees – an easy way to communicate.
An Idea: It's an online forum on the intranet where employees can share their ideas and views on celebrating the annual day function, kick-off party, festivals, get-together day, birthdays, etc. For every best and unique idea, there will be a surprising gift (movie tickets, team outing, team lunch, chocolates, an official day off, etc.).
We Care: HR should conduct a free health check-up for all employees once a year and should call in doctors/psychiatrists for seminars on various topics chosen by employees via poll. Blood donation camps can also be arranged as part of social service.
Quote for the Day: This is done department-wise. Any one employee from each department should write a quote on their whiteboard. HR should decide the best quote for the day. The department that gets the highest points for the month would be offered a gift. The gift is based on the number of points they accumulate (hats, shirts, coffee mugs, etc., with the company logo).
If you want to conduct some cultural programs on an eve, then here you go:
First, divide your employees into four teams. Name them separately. Choose a leader for each team. For every event, one person per team is allowed. The team that wins the maximum number of awards will be the best team for 2011 in cultural activities.
1. Rangoli: Give them a concept and their rangoli should reflect it.
2. Traditional Dress Contest: One male and one female from each team should participate.
3. Burst the Balloons: The one who bursts the maximum balloons in a minute will be the winner. Please note that they should fill the air and then burst the balloons.
4. Facial: Take a plate. Fill that plate with glucose and grapes. The one who picks the maximum number of grapes using their mouth is the winner. Note: Tie their hands and at a time only one grape piece should be picked up.
5. Dance Competition: Any dance they prefer.
6. Dhum Sharods: It's like a mime show. Let a member pick a paper from the bowl that they have. One person from each team should come forward and read the content in the paper. He/she should make their team members understand what is there in the paper via actions alone. If team members get what their team member was trying to tell, then that team wins a point.
7. Hit the Pot: Tie a pot with colored paper and every member from a team should hit the pot within three strokes.
8. Poetry Corner: Best poetry will be awarded.
9. Catwalk: One member from each team is allowed.
10. Anthakshari: Singing songs starting with the last letter of the song.
11. Hunt: Hide a piece of gift somewhere in the party hall. It belongs to the one who finds it.
12. 1 Minute: The one who eats as many biscuits in one minute will be the winner.
13. My Story: Let each member from every team describe their daily activities right from when they wake up till they sleep with actions alone. The best one will get the prize.
14. Humour Session: Best joke of the day.
15. An Reflection: Choose four employees in your company. Announce their names. Each participant from every team should come and imitate any one of the four chosen names – more than one is also allowed. Awards go to the best imitator.
If you want to gift something on an employee's birthday/wedding, then here you go:
- Give half of his/her basic pay as a gift.
- Paid leave for a week for a wedding and paid leave for one day on a birthday.
- Painting picture of the couple. Get it framed – they will love it. For a birthday, give him/her a card and chocolates.
- Give them a gift voucher – they will enjoy shopping. You can do the same for a birthday.
- Decorate his/her workplace and welcome him/her with sweets and flowers. Arrange for a surprise party and it's up to you to decide on how to conduct the party.
- Arrange for a small cake-cutting party for the couple at your cafeteria. Pick the best picture and gift it to them in a large beautiful photo frame. Don't forget to get everyone's autograph on the backside of the frame.
- Sponsor a candlelight dinner.
- A small holiday trip to a nearby resort.
- Branded wristwatch for the couple.
- Movie tickets.
If you want to change the look of your company, then you can implement these:
- Placing money plants in all the corners of the office.
- (OR) Placing a fish tank in the main hall such that it's visible to all.
- Colorful pen stand on every desk. It consists of a pen, pencil, and eraser.
- Beautiful flower vases here and there in the hall/wall – either plastic flowers or original ones.
- Cute coffee mugs for each employee – they can have tea in their own cups instead of having it in paper cups.
- Nice water bottles for every employee. They can fill water and place it on their table instead of running to the water area 10 times a day to drink water.
- Providing table mats for their lunch. In such a way, they don't spill food on the table.
- Colorful curtains for windows.
If you want to celebrate Independence Day or Republic Day, then here is what you can do:
- Flag hoisting.
- Give chocolates to everyone.
- (OR) Small gifts to all.
- (OR) Small flags.
- (OR) Pen to everyone.
- (OR) Sweets.
- (OR) Conduct a lucky draw – the one who wins will get a gift.
- Traditional dress contest.
- Essay competition on Republic Day/Independence Day.
- Presentation on the importance and significance of Republic Day/Independence Day.
- Decorating their own desks.
- Rangoli competition.
- Debate on a particular topic.
- 1-minute game.
- Singing (OR) dancing competition.
- Snacks distribution.
If you want to do something on a daily basis, then you can do this:
- Quarterly take your employees for a picnic or movie.
- Every day write something on the whiteboard like quotes, humor, home remedies, riddles, etc. Encourage your employees to participate in it.
- Order some useful magazines, books, and newspapers.
- Send motivational emails to employees every week.
- Call everyone for a quality session meeting. Conduct this every month to solve their queries. Provide tea and biscuits to everyone.
- Once in a while, arrange for a team lunch.
- Send birthday/wedding day wishes via email. Welcome them with flowers.
- Arrange for a small get-together.
- Celebrate festivals, birthdays, wedding days, annual day functions, etc.
- Gallery: Post employee pictures taken during tours, lunch, team lunch, festivals, birthdays, etc.
- Value employee contributions via awards and rewards system.
- Arrange for a polling session before you initiate any new process in your company. This will help you to understand the mindset of your employees.
- Always seek employee suggestions if you want to do something but make sure that either HR or management takes the final decision.
- Give surprises. Everyone likes it.
Hope this is of some use to you. Have a good day ahead.
- Babu
Employee Recognition: Spot Awards, Annual Achievement Awards, Outstanding Performance Award, Best Employee Award, etc. A scanned copy of the letter of appreciation along with their photos should be displayed on the notice board. The letter should highlight their achievements, i.e., how different are they from others? On what grounds were they nominated? How could they serve as role models for other employees?
Together WE - In-house Magazine: Once a quarter, these magazines provide a snapshot of what is happening in the company, including sharing company growth, management objectives, customer satisfaction, a list of new customer sign-ups, sales review, customer delivery and feedback, partnership details, upcoming projects, etc. The company also prints contributions from employees such as motivational stories, paintings, poetry, riddles, jokes, technology-related articles, safety and health-related presentations, nature photographs taken by employees, etc.
Reach US: It's an online forum available on the intranet site of the company where employees can post their issues related to work, work environment, HR policies, training needs, etc. Once a month, the HR head along with their executives will have an open meeting with the employees (without mentioning the name of the employee) to resolve issues then and there.
Quality Session Meeting: Department-wise team meetings will be conducted by HR, where each employee comes up with new ideas and concepts to improve the quality of work, how to deliver the same on time, how to reach out for customer satisfaction, technology growth, significance of teamwork, knowledge on advanced technologies, etc. At the end of the meeting, the department head nominates an employee and gifts them a prize for their innovation and creativity.
Chat: Internal chat will be provided for employees – an easy way to communicate.
An Idea: It's an online forum on the intranet where employees can share their ideas and views on celebrating the annual day function, kick-off party, festivals, get-together day, birthdays, etc. For every best and unique idea, there will be a surprising gift (movie tickets, team outing, team lunch, chocolates, an official day off, etc.).
We Care: HR should conduct a free health check-up for all employees once a year and should call in doctors/psychiatrists for seminars on various topics chosen by employees via poll. Blood donation camps can also be arranged as part of social service.
Quote for the Day: This is done department-wise. Any one employee from each department should write a quote on their whiteboard. HR should decide the best quote for the day. The department that gets the highest points for the month would be offered a gift. The gift is based on the number of points they accumulate (hats, shirts, coffee mugs, etc., with the company logo).
If you want to conduct some cultural programs on an eve, then here you go:
First, divide your employees into four teams. Name them separately. Choose a leader for each team. For every event, one person per team is allowed. The team that wins the maximum number of awards will be the best team for 2011 in cultural activities.
1. Rangoli: Give them a concept and their rangoli should reflect it.
2. Traditional Dress Contest: One male and one female from each team should participate.
3. Burst the Balloons: The one who bursts the maximum balloons in a minute will be the winner. Please note that they should fill the air and then burst the balloons.
4. Facial: Take a plate. Fill that plate with glucose and grapes. The one who picks the maximum number of grapes using their mouth is the winner. Note: Tie their hands and at a time only one grape piece should be picked up.
5. Dance Competition: Any dance they prefer.
6. Dhum Sharods: It's like a mime show. Let a member pick a paper from the bowl that they have. One person from each team should come forward and read the content in the paper. He/she should make their team members understand what is there in the paper via actions alone. If team members get what their team member was trying to tell, then that team wins a point.
7. Hit the Pot: Tie a pot with colored paper and every member from a team should hit the pot within three strokes.
8. Poetry Corner: Best poetry will be awarded.
9. Catwalk: One member from each team is allowed.
10. Anthakshari: Singing songs starting with the last letter of the song.
11. Hunt: Hide a piece of gift somewhere in the party hall. It belongs to the one who finds it.
12. 1 Minute: The one who eats as many biscuits in one minute will be the winner.
13. My Story: Let each member from every team describe their daily activities right from when they wake up till they sleep with actions alone. The best one will get the prize.
14. Humour Session: Best joke of the day.
15. An Reflection: Choose four employees in your company. Announce their names. Each participant from every team should come and imitate any one of the four chosen names – more than one is also allowed. Awards go to the best imitator.
If you want to gift something on an employee's birthday/wedding, then here you go:
- Give half of his/her basic pay as a gift.
- Paid leave for a week for a wedding and paid leave for one day on a birthday.
- Painting picture of the couple. Get it framed – they will love it. For a birthday, give him/her a card and chocolates.
- Give them a gift voucher – they will enjoy shopping. You can do the same for a birthday.
- Decorate his/her workplace and welcome him/her with sweets and flowers. Arrange for a surprise party and it's up to you to decide on how to conduct the party.
- Arrange for a small cake-cutting party for the couple at your cafeteria. Pick the best picture and gift it to them in a large beautiful photo frame. Don't forget to get everyone's autograph on the backside of the frame.
- Sponsor a candlelight dinner.
- A small holiday trip to a nearby resort.
- Branded wristwatch for the couple.
- Movie tickets.
If you want to change the look of your company, then you can implement these:
- Placing money plants in all the corners of the office.
- (OR) Placing a fish tank in the main hall such that it's visible to all.
- Colorful pen stand on every desk. It consists of a pen, pencil, and eraser.
- Beautiful flower vases here and there in the hall/wall – either plastic flowers or original ones.
- Cute coffee mugs for each employee – they can have tea in their own cups instead of having it in paper cups.
- Nice water bottles for every employee. They can fill water and place it on their table instead of running to the water area 10 times a day to drink water.
- Providing table mats for their lunch. In such a way, they don't spill food on the table.
- Colorful curtains for windows.
If you want to celebrate Independence Day or Republic Day, then here is what you can do:
- Flag hoisting.
- Give chocolates to everyone.
- (OR) Small gifts to all.
- (OR) Small flags.
- (OR) Pen to everyone.
- (OR) Sweets.
- (OR) Conduct a lucky draw – the one who wins will get a gift.
- Traditional dress contest.
- Essay competition on Republic Day/Independence Day.
- Presentation on the importance and significance of Republic Day/Independence Day.
- Decorating their own desks.
- Rangoli competition.
- Debate on a particular topic.
- 1-minute game.
- Singing (OR) dancing competition.
- Snacks distribution.
If you want to do something on a daily basis, then you can do this:
- Quarterly take your employees for a picnic or movie.
- Every day write something on the whiteboard like quotes, humor, home remedies, riddles, etc. Encourage your employees to participate in it.
- Order some useful magazines, books, and newspapers.
- Send motivational emails to employees every week.
- Call everyone for a quality session meeting. Conduct this every month to solve their queries. Provide tea and biscuits to everyone.
- Once in a while, arrange for a team lunch.
- Send birthday/wedding day wishes via email. Welcome them with flowers.
- Arrange for a small get-together.
- Celebrate festivals, birthdays, wedding days, annual day functions, etc.
- Gallery: Post employee pictures taken during tours, lunch, team lunch, festivals, birthdays, etc.
- Value employee contributions via awards and rewards system.
- Arrange for a polling session before you initiate any new process in your company. This will help you to understand the mindset of your employees.
- Always seek employee suggestions if you want to do something but make sure that either HR or management takes the final decision.
- Give surprises. Everyone likes it.
Hope this is of some use to you. Have a good day ahead.
- Babu