During the times of COVID has employee recognition taken a backseat or has it become a priority in your organization?

In some organizations it has become a priority as they realize the need to recognize employees more as they are going through tough times and are working from home.They are introducing new recognition programs which are more apt for remote workforce. Companies are moving from manual recognition programs to using new employee recognition software. Some leaders are blocking their calendars to take time to appreciate employees. Some companies have created special badges to recognize employees. Some are using ecards to celebrate milestones.

The author Jayashree Venkataraman is the Founder and CEO of Appreiz Inc which provides employee engagement solution to maximize performance using social recognition. In her role as CEO, she is responsible for product management, sales and business development. Jayashree comes with an outstanding career spanning two decades in advanced and emerging markets of US, India and China as a technology leader. She has rich experience of delivering engineering and operational excellence with Microsoft, General Electric and start-ups. She is coauthor of the book Project Leadership by Management Concepts . Jayashree has a MBA from Xavier University, Ohio, USA. Jayashree received the Woman Super Achiever Award from World HRD congress and Femina in 2017. As a speaker , she speaks on Employee Engagement, Empathy at workplace, How to be a Resilient leader, How to lead today’s workforce .