Celebrating the Employee

I was flying to a client this week and one of the flight attendants was on her last leg of a 40-year career with the same airline. The pilots and other flight attendants made a number of announcements to make her feel special. 40 years is unique in this day and age. In a way, I was expecting to see a banner when we were walking off the plane welcoming her home and I felt bad for her when there wasn’t.

A few years back Jordan’s furniture closed its doors one day and flew all of its ~1,200 employees to Bermuda for a beach day (here is a little more about it). Why would you send the money to charter four private jets and lose a day’s worth of business?

“We’re the highest-volume per-square-foot furniture retailer in the country because of our people,” says Barry. “We want to put a smile on their faces.”

If people are our greatest, why do we find it so difficult to reward them.

How do we treat our employees?
Do we do things to make them special?
How do we celebrate major milestones?
Are compensation plans created and distributed with a “take it or move on” attitude?
When was the last time you did something different for your employees?

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“We’re the highest-volume per-square-foot furniture retailer in the country because of our people,” says Barry. “We want to put a smile on their faces.”

If people are our greatest, why do we find it so difficult to reward them.

How do we treat our employees?
Do we do things to make them special?
How do we celebrate major milestones?
Are compensation plans created and distributed with a “take it or move on” attitude?
When was the last time you did something different for your employees?

Posted in Uncategorized

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