20. Gags and Gimmicks. Use different gimmicks as awards to help inspire performance increases from your people. The key to awards is establishing the perception of priceless value that is associated with them. They should be recognized as status symbols in your environment. Here are some of my ideas:
Plastic/rubber whale for "whale" of a performance.
Pillsbury dough boy for the person raisin' the most bread.
Cardboard stars for star-studded performances.
Plastic phonograph records for setting a new record.
California raisins for those with the highest percentage of "raisin" their productivity.
Special parking space for the person who drives the hardest.
Toy cymbals for those "symbolizing" total effort.
Special Mountain Dew can for that person who exemplifies the "can do" attitude.
A figurine of E.T. for out-of-this-world performance.
The Eveready Bunny for those that keep going, and going, and going.
Large Tootsie Roll replica for those on a "roll."
A drum for the person that "drums" up the most business.