Many companies have employees working remote or from home. This is a tremendous opportunity for companies to save money and increase their employee retention. However, it is not uncommon for many companies to feel that it can be difficult to engage their remote workers. One of the most effective ways to engage both remote and in-person workers, is through incentives programs that are geared to employees working from home that is attached to measuring milestones and outcomes that benefit the company and the employee.  A good example is a remote employee who sits for extended periods of time and does not have the daily water cooler activities that the office environment provides may need the encouragement to get up and move around.  A wellness program attached to 5,000 or more steps a day may successfully boost the morale, health, and productivity of the individual.   No matter what sort of organization or company you have, people are motivated by incentives. A study from the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) showed that 81% of the top-performing companies had non-cash reward programs. A 2016 study by DCRStrategies reported that 79% of companies that have used employee incentive programs say that their incentive program resulted in achieving […]

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