Tools to Help Manage and Motivate Employees

Details/Temporary Promotions	Both details and temporary promotions are tools that can be used to provide developmental opportunities for employees. Time limitations: Temporary promotions, or details to positions with known promotion potential, may be made non-competitively if they do not exceed 120 calendar days.
Awards:	There are a variety of awards, both monetary and non-monetary, available to supervisors and managers to be used as tools to motivate individual employees, team or organizations to sustain a high level of performance. Some examples of awards and their use follow. Consult your human resources specialist for a complete list of award tools.
Monetary Award	On-the-Spot Award - A cash award granted for immediate recognition of achievements. Net value between $50 and $500. Quality Step Increase - For sustained exceptional performance in achieving critical results with the expectation of continued high-level performance. It is the equivalent of a within-grade increase.
Non-Monetary Recognition	Time-Off Recognition - an excused absence award to an employee without charge to leave. Minimum amount of time off is one hour, there is no restriction on the maximum amount of time off. Length-of-Service Recognition - certificates and/or pins are awarded at various milestones in an individual's career. Informal Honors - letters of commendation, certificates, "thank you" notes, or similar items.