Polls are a great versatile tool for recognising team members and promoting peer-to-peer recognition. They also ensure that different individuals are recognised, rather than the same people being recognised all the time.
Our platform offers a variety of poll options to help you get started, and you can also create your own unique polls, here's a refresher on how to create a poll. Don't be afraid to get creative and have fun with it! There's no right or wrong when you're creating a poll but If you need some inspiration for new poll ideas, keep reading.
A few tips to create new recognition polls:
Base your recognition poll on a theme. Eg: "The Rock Award" where you recognise people who always have your back and are ready to lend a helping hand and give great advice when you need it most.
Is there a behaviour you notice that needs to be improved in the team? Eg: If you notice a few team members only care about their work and there's a lack of collaboration or teamwork, highlight Collaboration / Teamwork in a poll and take the opportunity to recognise team members who are doing it to influence the rest of the team.
Have the team members been putting in a lot of effort and maintaining a positive attitude? Show appreciation for their hard work by participating in a poll. For example, who has consistently worked diligently without complaints and brings positive energy to the team?
Be specific with your industry or what you do. Eg: if you work in the construction field, consider creating a poll about safety or which employees excel at using protective gear. If you work in healthcare, you could create a poll about the best bedside manner.
Here are some recognition poll examples you can use that have been tried and tested with the Perkbox community.
Who's a keen bean? Who has come into work every day ready to seize the day? Who's been offering help, learning new things, and all around just putting their head down and getting it done!?
Keeping us young. Who brings the youth to our culture? Who keeps us young at heart with their personality and outlook on life?
Who has impressed you with something new this week? Could be the speed of consuming a schooner or revolutionising their department processes - let me hear you!
Optimism. Through these tough times, optimism will win. Who has gone out of their way to avoid getting bogged down in negativity and always looks for the positives - the silver linings - the cup-half-full moments?
Hero. Who's been your hero this week? Who has given you help when you were in a pinch?
The Knowledge Bearer: Who in the team is always willing to share their knowledge and ready to teach us something new? You always have a valuable interaction with them and learn a thing or two after every conversation.
Champion and slick. Who has helped you out, sent you a lovely random message to brighten your day or simply answered all of your annoying questions via Slack/Teams/Zoom?