A Comprehensive Guide to Reward and Recognition in the Workplace
Published on: 11/01/2017
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Craig Thompson Founding Director
Craig Thompson Founding Director
Craig thompson 2023

Craig is the Founding Director of employee engagement consultancy Vibrant Talent and creator of the Vibrant Workplace Forum, Vibrant Workplace Podcast and Vibrant Workplace Collective - an exclusive community of employers of choice granted access only after successful completion of the 12-week culture audit - the Vibrant Workplace Challenge.

 Following a number of years in which he was responsible for the training and recruitment functions of the audience contact department of a major media organisation, receiving industry recognition in this time from the CCA and CIPD, he set Vibrant up to change the way the world works. He's since worked with clients with between tens and tens of thousands of employees across the Tech, Manufacturing, Hospitality & Catering, Utilities, Recruitment, Media, Advertising, Insurance, Internet and Telecommunications industries amongst others.

 Craig's life's mission is to drive a movement toward a better working world for both employers and employees as he fundamentally believes a better experience of work for employees creates a better performing business for employers.

Contents:

Introduction
The Traditional Approach
Schemers
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
Work that Matters
Maslow and the Impact on Engagement
Reward v Recognition
How Much Should We Spend?

Introduction

We’ve all felt, at times, that no matter what we do somebody will inevitably be unhappy. Despite our best efforts to come up with schemes that please everyone, oftentimes we end up pleasing no-one. Being tasked with finding ways to reward and recognise our hard working staff seems like a lovely challenge on the surface but once we start to delve into it that we realise it’s not as easy as it seems on paper.

As human beings, we’re all complex individuals shaped by many things like our upbringing, experiences and the

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