Toby Beresford, CEO of Leaderboarded.com gives his 5 top HR Tips when gamifying your team including why you need to form a gamification committee...

1. FiveTopHRTips
WhenGamifying
yourTeam
Toby Beresford – Gamifiers Meetup – May 2013
CEO – Leaderboarded.com
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2. MAKEPARTICIPATION
EITHEROPT-INOROPT-OUT
Give players control over their participation, don’t make it
mandatory
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3. PRIORITIZENON-FINANCIAL
INCENTIVES
Don’t give away Ipads or offer cash bonuses
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4. FOCUSONNEW,POSITIVE
BEHAVIORS
Train people in something new to help with their work or an
organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)
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5. MAINTAINTRUSTBYBEING
UPFRONTABOUTDATA
Share with staff what data you are collecting, how you are
using it and what their rights are regarding it. Transparency
is key.
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6. FORMAGAMIFICATION
COMMITTEE
Stewardship of the program needs to be run by a
committee that has management, disinterested third party
(‘the steward’) and player representation
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7. PEERREVIEWEDBY
Thanks to all the Gamifiers who added
their thoughts to this list.
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