INTERNAL AWARD PROGRAM ORIENTATION

 -  Introduction

INTERNAL AWARD PROGRAM PREPARATION

-  Evaluate the Award Receptivity Climate of Your Organization

-  Award Program Preparation

-  Verify the Integrity of State and Local Award Programs

-  Selection of an Internal Award Program Proven to be Successful

INTERNAL AWARD PROGRAM DESIGN and DEVELOPMENT

-  Focus on Enabling Organizational Excellence and Not Solely on Winning

-  Role of Senior Leaders and Management

-  Internal Award Program: Required or Voluntary Participation

-  Organizational Structure Considerations

-  Development of Future Organization Leaders

-  Training Requirements of Award Program Participants

-  Eliminating the Writing of Award Applications

-  Sub-Awards Establishment Consideration (e.g., Innovation Awards)

-  Determining Award Levels

-  Naming the Internal Awards and Award Levels

-  Ensuring the Award’s Integrity

-  Use the Complete Criteria to Ensure Calibration for Comparison Purposes

-  Selection and Modification of Award Criteria

-  Use of External Consultants

-  External Consultant Usage Axiom

-  Use of External Local Award Assessors

-  External Consultant Qualification Requirements

-  Advantages of Using External Consultants

-  Use of Internal Assessors

-  Advantages of Using Internal Assessors

-  Disadvantages of Using Internal Assessors

-  Combined Use of Internal Assessors and External Assessors

-  Use of Assessment Teams

-  Linking the Award to Compensation and/or Recognition

-  Award Administration Resource Optimization

-  Overall Award Program Administration

-  Use of an Independent Overseer

-  Importance of Consistency of Assessments

-  Work Time Allocation to Participants

-  Scheduling of Assessment Activities

-  Assessment Training Frequency

-  Award Achievement Recognition Benchmarking Trip

-  Award Recognition Types Monetary and Non-Monetary

-  Sharing Comparative Knowledge Organization Units and Groups

-  Award Differentiation Top Performer vs. Most Improved

-  Developing Internal Award Assessment Capability

INTERNAL AWARD PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

-  Conducting a Pilot Award Program

-  Require Acceptance of Feedback Findings

-  Celebrate the Achievements of Participating Units, Functions, and/or Groups

-  Annual Award Process Assessment and Improvement Cycle