RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL incentive program can be difficult enough, but summoning up the confidence to plan and implement one for the first time can be downright terrifying...

As if it weren't exciting enough to earn her company's Chairman's Award, Janice Clerkin felt her heart jump when the company president announced her prize: a two-year lease of a new BMW...

LANDS' END, the Wisconsin-based clothing and merchandise catalog and Internet re- tailer, keeps employees excited throughout the year with activities and celebrations, all designed around a theme. Last year's was Going for the Gold; here's some of...

Picture a workplace in which everyone treats each other with respect and daily pats on the back are a way of life. In A Carrot a Day (2004, Gibbs Smith), Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton give you the tools to make that workplace a reality by...

Recent research of 55 member companies from the Business Travel Coalition, based in Radnor, Pa., found that 52 percent of respondents plan to increase their incentive budgets in 2005, with the average increase estimated at 8.9 percent. The average...

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Fifty-three percent of corporate meeting planners named Orlando, Fla., as the top destination for future meetings, according to a survey by Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown and Russell, an Orlando-based marketing services company. San Diego was the...

Ever wonder why companies throw parties and give gifts to people when they leave, but not when they start? Here are a few ideas for making new hires feel welcome...

SOMETIMES, THE BEST INCENTIVES are the things that employees need, not the things they want. Meridian Health, a leading hospital system in central New Jersey, has created WIN (When In Need), an emergency fund to assist employees during crises...

FOR A SINGLE EVENING in spring 2003, the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., was transformed into “Rancho Chevrolet,” a setting of Old West buildings and cacti against a dramatic mountain backdrop. Since the visitors to Rancho Chevrolet were...