Recognition goes wrong all the time. Between Steve Harvey crowning the wrong Miss Universe and John Travolta butchering Idina Menzel’s name pronunciation, formal recognition has at times earned a laughable reputation. While the ceremony slip-ups your organization has may be less public than that of our friends Steve and John, your employees will take note of and remember a few faux pas.

At Baudville, we love a good healthy competition, so earlier this year we launched the For My Dream Team contest encouraging customers to share pictures with us of the teams they work with every day. The winner of this randomly selected contest would walk away with a $500 shopping spree at Baudville! While we had some amazing entries, but our grand-prize winner went to Natalie Holden, the HR Coordinator at Shamrock Financial Corporation for sharing this fun photo of her team.

As masters in all things recognition, we know it can be a challenge to keep things fresh in your employee recognition programs. Earlier this week, we gave five ways to spark new life into your employee recognition program to give it the little boost it needs to get back on track and meet your goals.

Picture this: You started a new employee recognition program earlier this year, and it started out with a bang! Employees were on board, engaged, and loving it.

Planning for your company’s holiday party can be a bit daunting, even when you’ve done it a bunch of times. That’s why we’ve put together this handy dandy checklist to keep your party planning on track!