Recognition your people actually use
Workstars is the employee recognition platform we have been launching and embedding for ten years. We handle the part that decides whether it works: the brand, the leaders, the launch and the year after it.
Most recognition schemes go quiet after month two
The software is rarely the problem. What decides whether recognition sticks is whether people know it exists, whether leaders use it, and whether anyone keeps it alive once the launch email has gone.
What Workstars does
Workstars puts recognition in your people's hands. A familiar, social style feed means colleagues can thank each other in the moment, with no training and no forms to fill in.
It goes well beyond peer to peer. Birthdays, work anniversaries and customer praise are built in, and you can run nominations and voting when you want to spotlight something bigger.
Rewards flex to your budget. Use perks, payroll integration or your own catalogue, or send virtual gift cards and virtual Mastercards for something instant.
It is live in over 90 countries with multiple languages, connects to more than 20 HRIS platforms, posts into Microsoft Teams and Slack, and supports single sign on. Built in analytics show you where recognition is flowing and where it is not.
The software is the easy part
Work out what recognition means here
Before anything is configured we find out what your people actually value being thanked for, and what would make them roll their eyes. That shapes everything else.
Give it a name and a look of your own
Recognition schemes land better with an identity that belongs to you rather than a supplier. We brand the scheme, write the language and design the assets.
Tie every thank you to your values
Recognition is the cheapest way to teach values, as long as the two are connected. We map the categories so every message reinforces something you care about.
Get the leaders ready first
Ready to Recognise sessions before launch, so managers know what good looks like. If leaders go first, everyone else follows.
Launch it like a campaign, not an email
Launch events, training and content, so the platform arrives as an occasion rather than a link in a newsletter.
Keep it alive after month one
Campaigns through the year, reporting back to leaders, and a nudge wherever the data shows recognition is not reaching. This is the step most schemes skip.
What you get
What Workstars brings
Where we have done this before
Ombudsman Services
We rebranded their scheme as Fanclub, ran Ready to Recognise sessions with leaders, trained the team and launched it properly. Over 2,000 messages of appreciation in the first month, and more than 90% of colleagues using it.
Read the case study
Inenco
Employee listening shaped a recognition programme designed with leaders and colleagues rather than handed to them, lifting engagement scores by 36% in six months.
Read the case studyQuestions we get about recognition
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