Transit Pro Bowl
Posted by Fred Jandt
Editor, Mass Transit
The NFL announced its selection for the Pro Bowl this week. The Pro Bowl is basically the NFL’s All-Star game held in Hawaii a week after the Super Bowl for those who don’t know. As with all of this type of fan/player/coach voting, there are cries of foul when local players don’t get picked. But that’s not what struck me about this. What struck me was the idea of a Pro Bowl for transit agencies.
Well, specifically, for your agency.
Most agencies have some sort of employee recognition program be it an employee of the month/year. Some agencies even have their own roadeos with awards for their operators and/or mechanics. But what about everyone else? How about having a Pro Bowl for your agency!
Make a selection of positions in your agency: operator, engineer, mechanic, supervisor, customer service associate, public relations representative, secretary, assistant general manager, division manager … whatever you have.
Now have an open voting for the best person in this category for the year and announce your own Transit Pro Bowl. Does there need to be some sort of reward for this? No. Often times recognition alone is worth it to people. That said, an extra day off doesn’t hurt.
Don’t make it competitive. No one needs that. But it should be something desired. Put up pictures of your Transit Pro Bowl team. Let everyone know who they are. Teams in the NFL have found that players not selected for the Pro Bowl work even harder the next year to get in it the next year.
A little extra incentive never hurts.
I’d love to hear what employee recognition programs you have at your agencies. E-mail me and let me know what you’ve got going at your agency, or comment below and let everyone know.
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