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Christmas Rewards with STY Making Christmas EzeChristmas is almost here and that means one thing – it’s time to start planning how you’ll say thanks for another year’s hard work.
If there’s ever a time to spread the love, it’s the festive period. Not just an occasion for the festive-spirited, Christmas marks the end of the year and usually a well-earned rest after that last push to hit targets.
Saying thanks is the least organisations can do over the Yuletide period, but each year more than a third of the Christmas reward budget is wasted. How, you ask? On gifts that don’t cut the mustard and are lost, discarded, never received – or worse, never even arranged. If a wasted Christmas budget sounds all too familiar, it’s time to rethink your strategy. Step in, STY Christmas Stocking – the fastest route to rewards satisfaction at Christmas.
Choose the easy, hassle free way to say thank you this Christmas.
Christmas reward and recognition should be a subject surrounded by joy and jingling bells, but in reality it sends some managers running for the hills. It doesn’t have to be this way – use Simply Thank You’s Eze technology for a no-admin, no-set up and no nonsense approach to sending meaningful Rewards this Christmas, even if you don’t have a program with us already.
With a range of Christmas Reward options available, you can also set up a program with Christmas themed company branding and wrap, a management-driven portal for allocating gifts to teams and individuals, or a full e-commerce site as a lead-in to an extended, year-round rewards program.
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The Importance of Christmas Rewards
Spirits are high at Christmas – the perfect opportunity to make an emotional connection with your employees by saying a sincere thanks for a job well done. Taking the time to recognise people for their contribution really resonates with employees, particularly at a time of year so associated with kindness. Tradition might dictate that bosses dig deep, but making the effort to choose a real gift – one that makes an impression - can be incredibly touching.
82% of employees say receiving an end of year reward means they’ve done a good job, worked hard and their employer values and appreciates them.
As a holiday so widely observed in the UK, Christmas is the perfect opportunity to reach out to people in a personal way and celebrate the end of the year, leading into the start of the new year on a high note; you could even take the opportunity to start a new practise and introduce a long term, year round recognition scheme. Two thirds of people say the motivation boost from a Christmas reward stays with them throughout the year and 45% say that more frequent recognition from bosses is actually more
important to them than a yearly bonus, which could translate into significant savings long term. 83% of employees say a reward would make them feel appreciated, motivated to work harder or more loyal to the company.Christmas is an opportunity to foster an environment of dedication and loyalty, especially because employees are satisfied with comparatively small rewards which imply a greater value than they carry. In other words, the value is in the gesture itself. 69% of employees don’t expect a Christmas gift, so utilise the power of surprise to create Christmas delight.
If you do choose a once-yearly formal recognition option, presenting it at Christmas allows your chosen reward process to represent an important occasion with which exciting opportunities are associated; achievement, progression, competition and acknowledgement – be imaginative, and encourage your employees to look forward to Christmas rewards, and work towards their recognition every year.
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Why Reward?
Employee reward is about saying thank you and well done, but it’s also much more than that.
Rewarding your workforce at any time of the year is an essential part of moulding a company culture that sees the workforce operate at a highly engaged level – reward and recognise preferred behaviour, and see employees align themselves with brand values and motivations. A recognition program can help you build an organisation in which people choose to go above and beyond because they feel invested in and responsible for its success.
At companies with formal recognition programs, employee engagement is significantly higher, and that contributes to operational improvements including better customer satisfaction, higher shareholder return and even safer working environments. At companies with higher levels of engagement, the staff are more loyal, less frustrated and believe they can positively impact product quality – so a small reward can actually go further than expected.
What with parties, food and presents, Christmas is an expensive time for everyone and it’s tempting to offer cash rewards – but cash is not the solution.
A Christmas gesture celebrates the end of the year, says thanks for hard work and deserves to be memorable – cash and equivalents can disappear straight into the budget without a second thought, defeating the object of your Christmas favours and seeming, in the long term, like they were never there to start with.
Choose a more personal gift option, and the whole experience is far more memorable – usually thanks to the memory of a tangible gift with a keepsake item to match. Select a gift the whole team or individual’s family can enjoy, and it’s a valuable shared memory which people will talk about in the future.
And talking is important – teams are reluctant to talk about a cash bonus; its value and how it was spent remain taboo. A gift, on the other hand, has communicable value, prompts stories and spreads good feeling – what more could you ask for at Christmas?
Why Reward? Gifts over Cash
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Getting PreparedReward
Structure
Timing Budget
What Staff Want Simple is Beautiful
Christmas Reward is all about saying thanks to your workforce for their contribution this year, so there a few ‘musts’ when it comes to using the right program.
• It must be employee-centric, with a great user experience and appeal to employees on an individual level• It must be meaningful and worthwhile – poor choice of rewards can do more harm than good • It must deliver a core message: thanks for a great year, well done on hitting that last target, congratulations on closing your 100th deal
Decide on the structure of your Christmas rewards program before you decide on the tools – that way you’ll get the timing right and you’ll deliver a cohesive Merry Christmas message.
Maybe you want to offer every member of staff an individual Rewards account with a predetermined catalogue to choose from and full MI reporting. Perhaps you’d prefer managers to select something appropriate for their team, or you want a super simple approach for employees to log in, choose a gift and pay for it with a digital code.
Take it all into account and consider how your new structure fits with your current reward program – if it’s a huge leap from your usual verbal pat on the back, consider using your Christmas rewards scheme as a lead-in to an extended program.
Year after year, companies fall into the trap of sending unsuitable and impersonal gifts (or no gifts at all) due to poor planning pre-Christmas, contributing to wastage of around 34% of the Christmas budget. Don’t leave it too late!
In some workplaces, Christmas holidays start well before the 24th – do you want to present rewards at the start of the month, or send them home to wait under the tree? Have you arranged for managers to plan a ceremony, take time to thank each individual for their contribution, or allot an hour to signing cards?
Planning ahead means Christmas can go without a hitch, and shows the team that you’ve invested some real thought and effort into their recognition. Start now, and you can have a well-planned Christmas ready to go in a matter of weeks.
The right reward program will make your Christmas budget go the furthest: go for good value for money and top quality products to make sure staff get the most Christmas bang for your reward buck.
Think about consistency too – make the most of the resources by thanking every member of staff, and offering fair rewards for their contribution. Although it might be a little too early to start thinking about next Christmas, will you be able to do the same again next year after you set the bar this December?
Christmas rewards are all about saying a meaningful thank you for another year’s hard work – so you know you have to give people something they want. Although ‘what people want’ differs vastly from person to person, but there are some reward facts you really can’t ignore
• People love personalisation• People want to have their individuality acknowledged• People love to feel valued
Think about your company culture, brand identity as an employer and reward history. Your Christmas rewards should reflect your brand personality, and capture employees’ imagination by sincerely reaching every person as an individual.
Simple is better. If you’re rewarding staff, remember the whole process should be enjoyable: easy to access with a great user experience that makes browsing, choosing and redeeming gifts a pleasure, not a chore – they’ll remember it for all the right reasons and look forward to using it again next year.
A rewards program with a simple set up, user experience and redemption is easier to administer and holds more users’ attention - which means better take up and outcome overall.
Choose a program that cuts out long-winded administration and data transfer to keep it simple for management too: simply set up reward codes, distribute to staff and enjoy Christmas.
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Online Solutions
Eze Christmas shopThe Simply Thank You Christmas Shop is a one-stop-portal with everything you need to make Christmas reward and recognition easy, effective and memorable for every member of staff.
Designed for easy use to maximise take-up engagement, the Christmas Shop is accessed online and equipped with festive gifts for all tastes, to make each experience easily but truly individual. It’s also administration-free: simply request the number of unique digital Christmas codes you need, and distribute to staff with a personal greeting card.
We’ll send a Christmas email to every employee and using their unique code, they can log in to the Christmas Shop, browse a catalogue of gifts up to the value of their code, check out by inputting personal delivery details and receive a Christmas-wrapped gift through the post.
Eze Christmas:
• 10,000 items to choose from• Employees can top up their reward value with cash• No set up costs• No additional fees• Christmas branding• Hassle free and quick
Branded Christmas ShopFor an immersive company Christmas, the fully branded Christmas Shop is for you: a festive online store in line with your brand guideline, and gifts that arrive in logo- and pantone-matched wrap and ribbon. A great lead-in to a year-round rewards program, the branded Christmas shop can be accessed with a unique digital code, or with personal accounts created from employee information. The latter choice is ideal for creating usage reports and looking, long-term, at boosting engagement by studying management and employee take-up and preferences.
Branded Christmas:
• 10,000 items to choose from • Employees can top up their reward value with cash• Company branded wrap, ribbon and card with logos• Fast build turnaround by experts
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Offline Solutions
Offline SolutionsGot offline employees? Not a problem. We make offline solutions available as standard – send a paper voucher and printed catalogue to employees who don’t use the web. They can place orders by telephone, fax or post and receive their brand wrapped gift of choice in return.
Christmas MaterialsComplement your STY Christmas Shop with a selection of marketing materials designed to introduce, explain or deliver your festive reward scheme to managers, employees or customers.
Leaflets & PostersRoll out your Christmas Rewards program with a brief introduction in the form of a branded resource. Outline the purpose of your program and how it’s going to work so your employees know what to expect when it goes live.
BrochuresOffer a Christmas gift preview or provide an offline ordering solution with a branded Reward brochure distributed to teams or individuals – a great way to drum up anticipation for your company Christmas celebrations, or an inclusive option ideal for the less tech-savvy.
Additional TrainingOur Rewards experts offer user training on all of our programs. Arrange for managers to take some Rewards training and learn how to get the most out of your Rewards solution, then cascade it to staff who’ll use the program at all levels.
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Your SolutionReady to end 2015 with a bang, and start 2016 on a high?
Get started on your STY solution to have rewards wrapped up by the time Christmas rolls around: it’s simple, hassle free, and acknowledges your valuable staff as individuals.
We’ll help you say thanks in style.
Give us a call or email for a no obligation quote, or more information about how STY can make Christmas Eze for you.
Ready to end 2015 with a bang, and start 2016 on a high?
Get started on your STY solution to have rewards wrapped up by the time Christmas rolls around: it’s simple, hassle free, and acknowledges your valuable staff as individuals.
We’ll help you say thanks in style.
Give us a call or email for a no obligation quote, or more information about how STY can make Christmas Eze for you.
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