This document discusses establishing an employee of the month rewards program to improve employee motivation and morale. It recommends nominating top performing employees each month and presenting them with an experience gift box in front of colleagues. This recognition strengthens employee-employer relationships, boosts loyalty and productivity. A case study shows how retailer ASDA Walmart successfully implemented this program at their 400 UK stores, improving customer satisfaction while only costing £0.16 per employee per month.

1. Employee of the Month
Rewards

2. Why do I need to reward my employees?
Whether a large multi-national or small business employer your
staff are the future of your business. If you believe motivation in
your business is high, YOU MUST maintain that. If you’ve
highlighted morale is low, YOU NEED to improve it.
1. Would you like to improve motivation but have a limited budget?
2. Do you have a challenge to keep your best staff delivering
results for your business?
3. You value that your team could benefit from greater direct
recognition from management and directors
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02392 681484
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3. How does it work?
The objective of the Golden Moments ’Employee of the Month
Reward’ is to maximise return on investement by motivating
employees to deliver results that exceed their objectives and
recognise this achievement with a gift experience.
1. Each department manager completes the monthly nomination
form either online, fax or via email.
2. The completed nomination form is presented to the reward
sponsor eg Store Manager or Sales Director to review the
comments and nominee’s. This serves as a recognition point for
all those nominated and ensures that the reason given for the
nominations fit with the companies core business values.
3. Golden Moments sends the gift box to the manager who will
present the reward personally to the employee in front of his/her
colleagues to maximise recognition.
corporate@goldenmoments.se
02392 681484
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4. Benefits
By launching an ’Employee of the Month’ reward throughout
your organisation our experience shows that the business
benefits are greater than the small investment required.
 The colleague – employer relationship will strengthen greatly
within the company.
 The employees will enjoy satisfaction for their achievement,
which will create more loyalty from staff, saving on recruitment
and induction costs in the future.
 With any incentive, evidence shows that productivity increases
per employee, leading to increased revenues.
 An ’Employee of the Month’ reward is an excellent programme
to identify the key performers that are likely to make the best
managers of your business in the future.
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02392 681428
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5. Case study – ASDA Walmart
 ASDA Walmart
– A world leading grocery retailer
– 400 UK stores
– 170 000 employees
– An annual average turnover of £17,468M
 Brief
ASDA’s objective was to increase their customer’s satisfaction with happy staff and reduce
attrition amongst their personnel, which in turn should prove profitable for the company in the
long term. Their available budget per month was £50 per store.
 Solution
Golden Moments proposed a nomination form for the “Employee of the Month”, which meant
that each department manager nominated one member of their team whom had achieved
excellent results during the month or performed an example of going beyond their job role.
The final nomination list of employees gave a specific reason why they should receive the gift
box. Finally the General Manager reviewed and selected a winner. The announcement and
presentation was made at the monthly store meeting.
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6. The nomination form
THE THE
THE REASON EMPLOYEE OF
EMPLOYEE THE MONTH
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in the freezers that hs
Marc Jones /
reduced waste and
Food & Wine
improved fresh food THE
THE EMPLOYEE
rotation. THE REASON
OF THE
EMPLOYEE
MONTH
Jennie has supported new
Marc sugested a new
Jennie Smith colleagues into the team layout in the freezers
Marc Jones /
/ Household and reduced their induction Food & Wine
that hs reduced waste
and improved fresh
time. food rotation.
Sarah presonally took up Jennie has supported
Jennie Smith new colleagues into
Sarah Foster the challenge of resolving a / Household the team and reduced
/ Electrical complaint for a customer their induction time.
with a supplier. Sarah presonally took
up the challenge of
Sarah Foster
resolving a complaint
/ Electrical
for a customer with a
supplier.
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7. The result – ASDA Walmart
 Using the nomination form to organise and manage the reward programme
was simple, effective and saved time.
 The purposefullness, motivation and satisfaction of the employees
increased. Staff attrition was reduced.
 A positive impovement was seen in the colleague – employer relationship.
 Future key performers of the store were highlighted to the General
Manager.
These benefitial results were achieved with an investment of only
16p per employee per month.
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8. The gift experience
 Luxury packaging
Golden Moments has a packaging option
that matches the uniqueness of our
experiences.
Each voucher is presented in a stylish
box that invites the recipient to become
an ‘Experience Hunter’! The experience
starts by plugging in their 1GB USB stick
to launch a digital introduction to their
experience with music and video.
We also have a traditional paper voucher
and instant email options.
supplier@goldenmoments.se
www.goldenmoments.com
02392 681428
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9. Co-branding
Our solution provides for further
enhancement opportunities to
continue promoting the brand
sponsors message:
The wrap – our quality printed wrap
presents the box with your brand
message.
The digital page – Within the USB
flash animation we can create a
dedicated page to highlight your
brand campaign, whether it is for a
product presentation, overview of your
brand or endorsement management
message.
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