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July 30, 2012 by Greg

Employee Involvement Campaigns

Employee Envolvement

Employee EnvolvementGetting employees’ ideas should not be an option. If your organization is going to be competitive, it is mandatory you involve the minds, hands, and ideas of everyone in your organization. Getting employees involved not only yields valuable ideas and suggestions, but also the increased morale of workers who feel like they are being listened to results in a more productive and satisfying work environment.

Peter E. Drucker said, “One has to assume, first, that the individual human being at work knows better than anyone else what makes him or her more productive…even in routine work the only true expert is the person who does the job.”

Recently, an organization I worked with conducted a powerful employee suggestion program called an Idea Campaign. In just three weeks this organization captured over 500 new ideas from the workforce. At the end of the campaign, they had substantial, bottom line ideas and employee suggestions on how to improve productivity, cut costs, and improve worker motivation.

The Idea Campaign concept is a revolutionary way of capturing new ideas and improving employee involvement. They are a highly effective, fun, and adrenaline charged version of the traditional employee suggestion program. The major difference between this and other employee involvement programs is there is a direct bottom line result. The campaign is the best way of getting hundreds of ideas from the workforce quickly. They have been used by many organizations and recently by Eglin Air Force Base.

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At Eglin Air Force Base, the campaign ran for two weeks where both civilian and military personnel were asked to submit ideas that could reduce waste and inefficiency or increase productivity. Eglin received a tremendous surprise when workers generated $400,000 worth of cost savings ideas and new ways to generate revenue. Harley-Davidson ran a similar program saving $3,000,000 in one 30 day program. The U.S. Park Service made over 12,000 suggestions with an approval rate of 75 percent. These are only a few of the organizations discovering tremendous results.

The goal is to get at least one idea from everyone in the organization. For the first idea, each person receives a custom designed coffee cup. The second idea is rewarded with a writing pen. In addition, each week there is a special award ceremony to recognize everyone’s ideas. At the end of the celebration management randomly draw names from a basket for one of several prizes. Other award items like baseball caps, gold rimmed coffee mugs, books and medallions can be provided. However, the most coveted prize was a reserved parking space in front of the building.

Bottom-Line Results

With most suggestion programs results are slow in coming and the really good ideas get screened out. On the other hand, idea campaigns take a different twist. All ideas are recognized and all suggestors receive instantaneous recognition. The vendor provides all materials, awards and the instructions.

What people discover is that the most powerful force was not the awards. What they learned from the campaign is people become more motivated when they know someone will listen to and do something about their ideas.

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