Employee solutions

Make your people more highly engaged. And your business more high-performing.

We design and deliver engagement programs that work – motivating your employees, transforming your culture, and delivering results.

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Engagement plus alignment equals performance.

Nothing motivates people better than recognising and rewarding them.

Feeling valued is the essential foundation of engagement – that’s the human truth. And the more engaged people are, the better they perform – that’s the business truth.

But even with the best intentions, most employee engagement programs fall short or fail. With close on 50 years of experience, we know what works: a clear engagement strategy that aligns your people with your business plan, and gets everyone working towards the common goal.

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Benefits

Feel less pain. Get more gain.

Research emphatically proves that better engagement is better for business. Companies with highly engaged employees see superior performance on various indicators, according to Gallup.

Higher productivity

Companies with the most engaged staff show 14% better productivity than those with the least engaged staff.

Better work quality

Companies with the most engaged staff have 41% fewer defects and 64% fewer safety incidents, reducing the cost of non-compliance and rework.

Lower staff turnover

Companies with the most engaged staff see up to 43% lower turnover and 81% less absenteeism, meaning much lower recruitment and training costs.

More customer advocacy

Better staff engagement means better serviced and satisfied customers. Companies with the most engaged staff enjoy 10% more customer loyalty.

Higher profitability

Companies with the most engaged staff are 23% more profitable compared to those with the least engaged staff.

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Source: Gallup, 'The Relationship Between Engagement at Work and Organizational Outcomes' Report

Our solutions

Employee solutions that work.

Everything you need, from start to finish, to improve engagement, motivation, loyalty – and performance.

Employee engagement

When people are more engaged at work, they do better work.

Recognition gets results. We design and deliver programs that work, on a simple, proven truth: recognise your employees, and they’ll be more engaged. More engaged people perform better. And better employee performance means better business results.

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Employee incentives

Motivate employees to achieve specific goals and reward them when they do.

Employee incentives get the job done. Rewards successfully incentivise your employees to achieve specific deliverables, and drive performance on defined metrics. From deals to deadlines, from sales to safety.

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Service excellence

More engaged employees do better work and are happier at work.

When excellence is the end, engagement is the means. To elevate your organisation’s service levels, you have to understand what motivates your people. Engaged employees are more driven to deliver, in every way. Disengaged employees disengage customers.

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Operational excellence

Innovation, quality, productivity, safety — driven by engaged people.

Lead with how humans operate. And operational excellence follows. A healthy culture, characterised by engaged, motivated people, is fundamental to a high-performing business. We design programs that target specific outcomes and encourage the appropriate behaviours.

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Platform

Run your engagement program beautifully, bountifully.

bountiXP puts recognition at every employee’s fingertips, on desktop or mobile, making engagement easier, accessible, elevated and amplified.

A proprietary, purpose-built, award-winning recognition platform built to bring a suite of employee experience applications together in a single, simple, powerful system.

bountiXP is an affordable, accessible platform, making engagement solutions available to smaller or mid-size companies. For larger businesses, it is the heart and engine that makes a full engagement program run smoothly.

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Working with us

We design solutions that work. Here's how that works.

01

Research and consultancy

We identify the current state, then clarify the desired outcomes, analyse potential inhibitors, and implement key drivers to achieve them.

02

Solution design

We co-create best-fit programs by applying proven, people-centred design principles.

03

Measurement

We set clear goals and create the measurement framework to enable ongoing performance tracking and reporting.

04

Launch and communications

We design program branding, manage pre-launch campaigns, onboard and train, run events and ensure continuous communication.

05

Reward strategies

We determine optimal investment levels, balance intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, and ensure seamless delivery of an unmatched reward offering.

06

Reporting and governance

We establish measurement structures to drive continuous improvement and program optimisation.

Employee recognition ROI

Estimate the return on an employee recognition and engagement programme. Figures follow the model behind our published business cases; adjust them to match your organisation.

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Indicative ROI 5.4X
Total annual return R20,870,000
Staff turnover R1,495,000
Staff absenteeism R1,625,000
Staff productivity R6,500,000
Quality defects R2,250,000
Customer retention R9,000,000
Programme investment R3,250,000

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Business cases

The quantity value of quality engagement.

The following business cases are based on typical investment and results.

Assumptions
Number of employees1,000
Average annual salaryR325,000
Annual salary costR325,000,000
Annual revenueR900,000,000
Program investment @ 1% salary costR3,250,000
Returns
Staff turnoverFrom 10% to 8%R1,500,000
Staff absenteeismFrom 2.5% to 2.0%R1,625,000
Staff productivity2% increaseR6,500,000
Quality defects (% sales)From 1.0% to 0.75%R2,250,000
Customer retentionFrom 65% to 66%R9,000,000
Total ReturnR20,875,000
Indicative ROI5.4X
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Client voices

What our clients say.

  • Achievement Awards Group has played a crucial role in helping us recognize and celebrate our partners within the dealer network, fostering a culture of motivation and excellence.
    Annika Botha UD Trucks
  • Partnering with Achievement Awards Group on the Volvo Vikings programme has been a genuine highlight for our company. The programme keeps our people motivated, engaged and focused on the customer, and within two quarters we achieved the highest OSAT scores in our company's history. AAGroup's approach has been professional and responsive and I would happily recommend AAGroup to anyone looking to build a rewards programme that delivers real results.
    Chris Brittion National Sales Manager, Volvo South Africa
  • From strategic planning to execution, AAG ensures that every aspect runs smoothly, keeping participants engaged and motivated.
    Jaishree Singh Daimler Truck Financial Services
We've succeeded by helping our clients succeed.

The proof is in our performance.

Almost
50
years as an industry leader. Benefit from a culture of constant learning and innovation.
Over
1000
solutions and programs delivered. We know what works, what doesn't, and what works best.
More than
100
people on our team. Specialists include PhDs and certified human performance practitioners.

Bring out the best in your people, business, and bottom line.

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