Harco Incentive Solutions’s Top 10
Here’s a list of the best resources for incentive and rewards and recognition program designers seeking the best advice on how to run effective programs.
1. Enterprise Engagement Alliance (EEA) at http://www.enterpriseengagement.org
The EEA is an alliance of companies that all have the common mission of 'motivating' and 'engaging' people across the enterprise, from employes to channel partners to customers. This website serves as the portal to this expanding field, with content, resources, supplier directories and links to The EEA Expo in NY in June and Engagement Strategies, the magazine covering this industry.
2. The Incentive Performance Center at http://www.incentivecentral.org
This free Web site offers a gateway to nearly the entire field of motivation, including incentive programs, rewards and recognition, motivational events, and more. It contains links to almost every information resource in the field, a searchable database of case studies, and lots of white papers addressing key program design issues.
3. The Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement at http://www.performanceforum.org
You will find over 100 research topics related to motivation that provide vital information for designing effective programs.
4. Principals of Results-Based Program Design
This textbook provides the latest research-based guidelines for developing effective incentive and rewards and recognition programs for consumers, salespeople, channel partners and operations employees. For information, go to http://www.incentivemarketing.org.
5. Master Measurement Model
Any organization that wants to run a measurable incentive program can benefit from this compact booklet created by the American Productivity and Quality Center for the Incentive Research Foundation. It contains information on how to measure any type of employee and translate improved performance into a dollar value. For information, go to http://www.theirf.org.
6. Rewards, Recognition, and Workplace Performance
This comprehensive study, produced by the International Society for Performance Improvement under a grant from the SITE Foundation, represents one of the most comprehensive studies ever on motivation in business. It not only reviewed almost all available academic research on the subject, but included its own detailed survey of corporate practices related to motivation. It provides a complete blueprint for designing effective programs based on address they elements key to motivation, which include: Clear goals, obtainable objectives, a positive work climate, a sense of task value, a feeling of support from management, and prompt, meaningful feedback. The study found that properly designed incentive programs can increase performance up to 44 percent in teams and 25 percent in individuals. For information, go to http://www.sitefoundation.org.
7. Industry Event Calendar
A complete calendar of events in the motivation field. Go to http://www.info-now.com/article86
8. Industry Magazines
INCENTIVE Magazine: http://www.incentivemag.com
Motivation Strategies Magazine: http://www.motivationstrategies.com
Potentials: http://www.potentialsmag.com
9. Trade Shows
Motivation Show: Chicago, McCormick Center West, October 4 -6, 2011.
Coming soon: Motivation Show Channel Partner Portal, a special service designed for agencies, incentive companies, meeting planners, and distributors getting involved with incentives and rewards and recognition. It’s designed to provide every resource they need on a convenient Web dashboard.