USING BASEBALL HATS TO BOOST EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND JOB PERFORMANCE
Using customized, colored baseball hats to boost employee performance
It’s been some time since the baseball hat became a symbol of recognition and high-status. Wearing a baseball hat, especially one with the right color and embroidery design makes people feel important, appreciated, and unique.
Setting up a simple system for motivating employees to higher levels of performance and achievement doesn't have to cost the company a fortune. The idea is to gamify productivity goals in a way that increases employee engagement and motivation.
The idea is pretty simple:
Measure the performance of your employees based on four levels of achievement, using monthly productivity measurements or using data based on monthly sales performance for each employee.
For every level attained, the employee is elevated to the next level and gets a baseball hat associated with the achieved goal-level of performance as follows:
A white baseball hat is offered for the starters of the game, while baseball hats with yellow, green, blue, and red colors correspond to the first, second, third, and fourth level of achievement in job performance for the month.
Here is how the Baseball Hat motivation system works in practice:
1.White Hat--Game is on: Welcome to the game!
Initially, all employees wear a white baseball hat, regardless of their job productivity level or sales performance. The White Baseball Hat is a plain white hat intended for every employee at the beginning of the game-with no company signs, embroidery, or any design on it. It’s sole purpose is to welcome the employees and initiate them to the game.
At this level, instructions about the game’s rules for performance l...
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...rformer of the month- the employee of the month.
Along with a Red, baseball Hat and the option to design their own hat and polo or sweater the way she or he likes, the manager throws a pizza party to personally congratulate and thank all the employees for their outstanding performance.
You may customize the above system to fit your company’s needs.
The game can be customized and adjusted to fit your company’s unique conditions and circumstances. As employees level up, moving from one level to a higher one, it is important to increase the options and freedom in designing their own baseball hat using their own embroidery or stamp. By allowing employees to customize their own baseball hat, polo or sweater, their need for recognition, higher achievement, and self-esteem are deeply satisfied, improving in this way business performance, motivation and productivity.
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