Frequently Asked Questions

Employee recognition is the acknowledgment and appreciation of an employee’s praiseworthy performance. The goal of rewards and recognition is to reinforce positive behaviors and actions that produce personal and business growth. It can be anything from a “way to go” and a high five, to a high perceived value reward.

Recognition is non-tangible, relational, and experiential while rewards are tangible, transactional, and consumed. Recognition is the act of letting someone know that you appreciate them and are grateful for them and what they do. Rewards are what you physically give someone.

Yes. Recognition is essential to a great workplace. Recognition is a basic human need, and we all crave positive affirmations. It builds people up and motivates them to do more. If you are looking to create a positive culture and a top workplace with top employees, then employee recognition is critical.

Employee engagement can be tricky to measure because it is an emotion and can mean different things for everyone. The way we measure employee engagement through Elevate is through surveys, one on ones, and feedback. By providing frequent surveys to your ever-evolving workplace you can determine where engagement levels are at.

Making employees feel special on their anniversaries is our specialty. Something as simple as sending an eCard can make them feel important, or you can recognize with rewards and custom awards to really commemorate their dedicated service.

Common types of employee recognition include years of service, peer to peer recognition, manager-peer recognition, safety recognition, public and private recognition, and reward recognition. There is no right way to recognize, it all depends on your people and your culture. We recommend a combination to ensure that your employees all feel valued.

Elevate is a robust employee engagement platform that empowers and engages the workforce towards company goals and values. It is a highly scalable solution using the latest technology that captures powerful big data and replaces current fragmented, time and cost consuming offerings in the marketplace.

Levy Recognition provides continued support throughout your time using Elevate. We have an efficient help desk ticketing system that our Account Managers use to help solve any issues in a timely manner. Our IT and Marketing departments are also available for support.

You set your own rewards budget. We provide you with example guidelines on how to set this up, but ultimately you can set whatever budget you would like. For tax purposes, we recommend keeping it under $400 per employee per year.

Our analytics and business intelligence delivers real-time behavioral insights and trends with ROI analysis that help organizations and employees highlight and uncover strengths, and make recommendations on areas that need improvement.

Levy’s approach to recognition is unique in the sense that we want to be your partner, not just a supplier. We believe in a consultative approach to not only implement but continue the success of your program. You will have a dedicated Account Success Manager who is there to meet with you and your team to interpret results and create a plan of action based on those results.

Elevate is a cloud-based platform that is compliant with GDPR, SOC 2 Type 2, and PCI Level 1.

Make the moment matter. Special event awards are designed around a single occasion, so the piece reflects the event brand, the audience, and the reason people are being brought together.

Honor the people behind the progress. These awards recognize sponsors, partners, and collaborators whose support made the work possible.

Celebrate loyalty over time. Service awards are built as a tiered program, so each milestone feels like a step up rather than a repeat of the last one.

Recognize work that moves the business. Performance awards are shaped around the behaviors and results you want to reinforce across the organization.

Build a trophy worthy of the win. Championship pieces are engineered for presentation moments, photography, and long-term display.

Make their impact last. Legacy awards mark a career, a founding, or a contribution that should still mean something decades from now.

A supplier diversity program is a proactive business program that encourages the use of minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, LGBT-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, historically underutilized business, and Small Business Administration (SBA)-defined small business concerns as suppliers.

As a certified woman-owned business, Levy Recognition can be your diverse supplier. We proudly display our certificate and proudly state that women are at the forefront of our company.