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There are different ways of motivation to achieve goals, there are of course some kind of reward or incentive in exchange for this achievement. Most reward are given in either some kind of monetary or material gifts, while there are also recognition given for an employee's or students exemplary performance.

Employee incentive programs gives employees something to look forward to as a result of exemplary office performance, be it in the area of employee attendance (i.e. free of absences or tardiness in the past month or during the last six months), sales (i.e. meeting the quota consistently or surpassing a sales mark consistently in a span of time) or even in little things like cleanliness in the workspace and office courtesy.

Money is one of the common forms of employee incentives, although non-monetary rewards and incentives given to an employee or to a group or team are also appreciated. These can be in the form of group activities such as dinners or even group billiards, poker or bowling night or activities that are sometimes an all-expense paid event courtesy of the company management.

Incentive programs are designed to rewards those who are performing above and beyond the average expectation, as they are made to inspire others to do the same, ultimately making the company not just more productive, but also teeming with positive and professional attitude. There are several ways for designing incentive programs. These designs may be based on point programs (i.e. points being earned for point-generating achievements with the accumulation of points equivalent to rewards) or sales incentives (i.e. reaching, and if possible, breaking of sales quota), for example.

The implementation of incentive programs can now be done either internally through a task force composed of the company's HR as well as other groups involved, or through outsourcing to develop and implement a sound incentive program that can really work inside a specific company. There are companies today that specialize in designing incentive programs, including custom-made reward and recognition programs suitable to the personality of the company.

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