Rewarding means recognizing and rewarding employees, individually and as
members of groups, for their performance and acknowledging their contributions
to the agency's mission. There are many ways to recognize good performance,
from a sincere "Thank You" for a specific job well done to granting the
highest level agency-specific honors.
Provides information to assist agencies in designing and revitalizing their suggestion programs, including examples of successful programs from both private and public sector organizations.
Describes the government program that allows some Federal employees who frequently travel on Government business to participate in agency awards programs that reward employees for savings earned through use of frequent flyer miles and reduced lodging costs.
Describes presidential award winner Dr. Homer C. "Mac" McClure, recognized for his leadership of the Oklahoma City Federal Executive Board after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Describes the Red River Army Depot's award program that emphasizes team and organizational performance and breaks away from its traditional indiviual performance award culture where awards were distributed almoste soley based on performance ratings.
Describes an award program used in the General Services Administration (GSA) where employees are encouraged and rewarded for "sticking their neck out" in the interest of doing GSA work better, faster, easier, cheaper, or smarter.
