A set of webinar slides discussing the way in which companies use service anniversary programs to drive employee engagement and connection. Slides talk through how programs have historically been created with the IRS rules in mind, how little variation there is in service anniversary programs and how today's companies need to consider time and talent together when rewarding and recognizing employee loyalty.
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Paul Hebert
Paul.Hebert@Symbolist.com
Betsy Nichols
Betsy.Nichols@Symbolist.com
@IncentIntel
3. SOCIAL MEDIA? SUREâŚ
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#RPIAnniversary
Image with thanks to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkhmarketing/8539048913/
4. POLL
Why do you run a service anniversary program?
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1.Drive employee engagement
2.Because we always have
3.Our employees want it
4.I donât know
5. THINGS WEâLL ADDRESS
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â˘Why the IRS shouldnât run your service anniversary program.
â˘The difference between time-based and competency-based awards.
â˘How to avoid âgenerationalâ issues in your program.
â˘To see the employee lifecycle in a different light. (Hint â itâs not linear.)
â˘How to re-imagine the employee service equation with an eye for engagement and todayâs employee.
â˘What needs to be included in every employee service recognition award program from now on.
â˘How to engage your managers in the employee service program process.
10. TRADITION RULES
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Some programs offer symbolic award + Points to redeem from traditional catalog
11. POLL
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Does your program resemble the previous example?
Yes No
12. THE IRS FACTOR
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Deductable Achievement Awards An achievement award is an item of tangible personal property that meets ALL the following requirements.
â˘It is given to an employee for length of service or safety achievement.
â˘It is awarded as part of a meaningful presentation.
â˘It is awarded under conditions and circumstances that do not create a significant likelihood of disguised pay.
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p535/ch02.html
13. THE IRS FACTOR
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http://www.irs.gov/publications/p535/ch02.html
Deductable Achievement Awards Length-of-service award. An award will qualify as a length-of-service award only if either of the following applies.
â˘The employee receives the award after his or her first 5 years of employment.
â˘The employee did not receive another length-of- service award (other than one of very small value) during the same year or in any of the prior 4 years.
14. TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS
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Designed to satisfy the government and the accountants.
Not designed to engage employees.
16. IN 2014âŚ
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Duck
Duck
Millenial
33% of work force is Millenial
17. IN 2025
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Duck
Millenial
75% of work force will be Millenial
Millenial
Millenial
18. MILLENNIALS AND TENURE
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91% of Millennials expect to stay in a job for less than three years
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeannemeister/2012/08/14/job-hopping-is-the-new-normal-for-millennials-three-ways-to-prevent-a- human-resource-nightmare/
That means 15 â 20 jobs over the course of their working lives!
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70% of Millenials leave their first job within two years of joining.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2011/11/22/whos-at-fault-for-high-gen-y-turnover/
22. GENERATIONAL ISSUES
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ââŚwhile there are some differences between the cohorts, there are more similarities than differences. ââŚthere may be greater heterogeneity within generational cohorts than between them.â âPeople are complex and cannot be summed up by a small set of statements or stereotype. In the end, there can be no substitute for managers engaging with employees individually to understand their particular values.â
http://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/4746
23. TECHNOLOGY = ACCESS
â˘Todayâs technology is democratizing employee rewards and recognition
â˘Many more companies â of all sizes â now have internal recognition and reward programs
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Objectives arenât being achievedâŚ
SoâŚ
Letâs do more!
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Insanity:
Doing the same
thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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27. WHERE WE WANT TO BE
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Programs that celebrate the commitment and personal effort of employees and rewards them commensurate with their contribution.
And link to other employee recognition initiatives.
28. EMPLOYEE LIFECYCLE
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Congratulations Darren⌠youâve been at the firm 5 years.
Hereâs a plaque for that blank spot on the wall behind you.
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CRADLE TO GRAVE
31. NEED TO CHANGE OUR PERSPECTIVE
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51. SERVICE ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMS ARE THE PUNCTUATION IN YOUR RECOGNITION STORY
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure We are met on a great battlefield of that war We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this But in a larger sense we can not dedicate we can not consecrate we can not hallow this ground The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth
60. EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE MAP
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Onboarding
Performance
Growth
Exit
Referral
Rentry
â˘First Month
â˘First Assignment
â˘âQuizâ on team mates
â˘âFilling out formsâ
â˘Reviews
â˘Peer2Peer
â˘Other Recognition
â˘Promotion
â˘Training
â˘Mentoring
â˘Job Change
â˘Good Luck
â˘Company Updates
â˘Alumni Activities
â˘Rewards for Referrals
â˘Support on social media
61. EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE MAP
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Onboarding
Performance
Growth
Exit
Referral
Rentry
â˘First Month
â˘First Assignment
â˘âQuizâ on team mates
â˘âFilling out formsâ
â˘Continued Tenure?
â˘Restart the cycle
â˘Reviews
â˘Peer2Peer
â˘Other Recognition
â˘Promotion
â˘Training
â˘Mentoring
â˘Job Change
â˘Good Luck
â˘Company Updates
â˘Alumni Activities
â˘Rewards for Referrals
â˘Support on social media
62. EXAMPLE MATRIX
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Years
1
2
3
5
10
15
Base Award
$50
$50
$75
$100
$200
$300
Self Determined Training
$25
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
Mentoring Activities
$50
$50
$100
$100
$150
$200
Volunteer for other assignments
$25
$25
$25
$25
$25
$25
Engagement with Social Media
$25
$25
$25
$25
$25
$25
⌠etc.
63. 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
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Base Award
$75
Self Determined Training
$100
Mentoring Activities
$100
Volunteer for other assignments
$25
Engagement with Social Media
$25
Betsy
Base Award
$75
Paul
65. ITâS A PROCESS
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66. ENABLE A BETTER PROGRAM
â˘Set systems in place to regularly monitor contributions of employees (performance review)
â˘Ensure managers are measured by this in their performance reviews.
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67. TRAIN MANAGERS TO
⌠prepare â donât wait until the last minute!
⌠review employeeâs performance
⌠ask employeeâs colleagues for testimonials about their major growth, accomplishments & contributions. (Peer2Peer)
⌠to create a protected and reflective gratitude moment
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68. SUMMARY
⢠Think width not just depth
⢠Think time AND competence
â˘Think about employeeâs total experience
⢠Use time as punctuation
⢠Enable the PROCESS
⢠Train Managers
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