- Celebrating success in the workplace is extremely important
- Employees need to feel positive about their contribution to an organisation
- Generally money is not the solution to lack of motivation
- HR has a role to play in helping managers celebrate with their teams
It has been accepted wisdom for many years that the culture of an organisation can affect its performance. Throughout the late 80s and 90s organisations launched culture change programmes, with varying degrees of success. Whatever people believe about such programmes, one of the aspects most people agreed on – and something that has endured into the current trend of employee engagement initiatives – was the importance of celebrating success.
A great deal of effort was put into designing ways of celebrating, such as corporate events and pay and reward structures which linked individual and company performance. An industry even developed to provide managers with a range of creative ‘treats’ for high-performing staff including adrenaline packed activity days.
