{"id":66782,"date":"2023-02-08T17:53:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T17:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trucentive.com\/stage\/?page_id=66782"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:18:14","slug":"recognition-calendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trucentive.com\/stage\/resources\/resource-library\/recognition-calendar","title":{"rendered":"Building an Annual Employee Recognition Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Building an Annual Employee Recognition Calendar<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Recognizing and rewarding your employees using incentive automation will energize them and help build a positive culture in your organization. Developing a recognition calendar can help.<\/p>

Validating and valuing employees with meaningful recognition is the most important factor in determining job satisfaction and motivating people to more productive work.<\/p>

68 percent of HR professionals agreed that recognition has a positive impact on retention according to the Society for Human Resource Management.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t30% of employees in a recent Zippia survey reported not receiving any recognition in over a year.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Recognition is good business<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Recognizing and rewarding your personnel and teams pays dividends. The workplace will be more fulfilling when workers are routinely acknowledged, and successes are regularly recognized and rewarded.\u00a0<\/p>

If you are responsible for setting guidelines for your organization, encouraging managers to recognize and reward employees should be top of your list. Creating a recognition calendar can help.<\/p>

Give managers an example<\/h4>

Hilton Hotels provides their managers with easy-to-implement ideas and suggestions to recognize employees in an annual Recognition Calendar. Not coincidentally, Hilton is routinely cited at the top as one of the best workplaces in a variety of ratings organizations and publications.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Encourage year-round recognition from all corners<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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View the recognition calendar for ideas on acknowledging the contributions and success of employees.<\/p>

Recognition doesn\u2019t always have to be top down.<\/p>

Set aside specific awards and budget for peer-to-peer recognition.<\/h4>

Incentive and rewards are typically given out by management in structured programs. It is important to conduct these fairly and equitably. It is also important to consider the perspective of employees.<\/p>

In addition to company and management-given awards, the opinions of employees should be included in part of your recognition programs.\u00a0<\/p>

Encourage peer-to-peer identification of colleagues that have made especially useful contributions to the team. Acknowledge these positive achievements and contributions and provide awards and incentives when appropriate to make these more memorable.<\/p>

By encouraging recognition from all angles, managers and employees alike can share in recognizing and rewarding contributions from any team member in the organization.\u00a0<\/p>

Letting employees participate in peer-to-peer recognition and rewards also provides great feedback to managers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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How to get started<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Here are some steps you can follow to plan an annual recognition calendar for your employees:<\/p>

  1. Determine your goals: The first step is to determine what you want to achieve through the program. Do you want to increase employee engagement, improve productivity, or recognize outstanding contributions? Defining your goals will help you design an effective program.<\/li>
  2. Identify key dates: Are there key dates throughout the year, such as holidays, anniversaries, and milestones, that you can use to celebrate and recognize your employees. You might also use the various national recognition dates and fun dates such as National Ice Cream day as part of your calendar.<\/li>
  3. Choose incentives: Decide what types of incentives you want to offer to your employees. These should include monetary rewards, such as bonuses as well as gift cards and merchandise choices from gift cards. You may also offer non-monetary rewards, such as time off.<\/li>
  4. Develop a budget: Determine how much you are willing to spend on the annual incentive calendar and allocate funds accordingly. This will help you ensure that you have enough resources to implement the program effectively. Don’t forget to set aside funds for team meetings and gatherings where you spring for the pizza or other food to go along with informal recognition meetings.<\/li>
  5. Automate tasks: Set up an all-in-one incentive fulfillment and rewards platform to take the chore out of the incentive management part.<\/li>
  6. Review and adjust: Once you’ve implemented the annual incentive calendar, be sure to regularly review and assess its effectiveness. This will allow you to make any necessary adjustments to ensure that it’s meeting your goals and effectively recognizing and rewarding your employees.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    \n\t\t\t\tAppreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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