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title: "How To Build an Employee Reward & Recognition Program"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/47824b01-49c0-4280-b60b-a587de6ce995
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/how-to-build-an-employee-reward-recognition-program-2714437
category: "General"
published: 2020-12-08T19:14:10.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:25:50.567Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/680d449d48d1d158a49866a60104b3c12567.jpg
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# How To Build an Employee Reward & Recognition Program

**TL;DR:** The article discusses the importance of employee reward and recognition programs, providing ideas for recognizing and rewarding employees. It suggests various ideas such as giving shout-outs, singing happy birthday, and featuring star employees on social media.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-12-08. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/how-to-build-an-employee-reward-recognition-program-2714437).*

## Story

You can have one in place today.

It is critical that your business consistently recognize and reward your employees so that they feel empowered and appreciated.

Here are just a few ideas for how to recognize and reward your employees:

- Give shout-outs for a job well done.

- Sing happy birthday (yes really). And cake is fun too.

- Tickets for concerts, movies, shows.

- Lunch with the leader (manager, DM, CEO, etc.).

- Include employees in a project.

- Pizza or donut party.

- Feature star employees on social media.

- Handwritten thank-you note.

- Lunch ‘n’ learn meetings.

- Flexible work schedule.

- Encourage peer to peer recognition.

- Promote health and wellness.

- Share employees’ great ideas with the whole team.

- Do something to surprise your team.

- Say thank you often.

- Celebrate personal accomplishments or milestones.

- Ask for and implement their feedback.

- Find out their goals (and help them achieve them).

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- employee recognition (topic)
- reward programs (topic)
- staff appreciation (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/how-to-build-an-employee-reward-recognition-program-2714437). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/47824b01-49c0-4280-b60b-a587de6ce995).