Achievers
Company: Achievers, San Francisco, CA
Company Description: The Achievers mission is to Change the Way the World Works. We are accomplishing this by helping companies recognize and reward positive employee behaviors on a daily basis resulting in higher employee engagement and better business results. With our award-winning technology, unmatched customer service and industry-leading expertise, we have powered the most successful recognition program.
Nomination Category: Solution Provider Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Incentive, Rewards, or Recognition Provider of the Year
Nomination Title: Industry Leader Achievers Devoted to Social Recognition and Employee Success
Tell the story about what this nominated organization has achieved since the beginning of July 2011 (up to 500 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms. Be sure to mention obstacles overcome, innovations or discoveries made, and outcomes:
Achievers helps companies around the world recognize and reward positiveemployee behaviors and drive higher employee engagement and better business results through our SaaS platform. But the heart of Achievers is the people, not just the proprietary technology. Achievers is committed to its people, their development, and cultivating them as the future leaders of single the company. This commitment is visible with an employee year-over-year growth of 165%. Every employee is an owner of the company through the Achievers’ employee stock option plan. Employees share in the success of the business and help create the culture of recognition and a customer centric environment that support the ongoing growth of the business.
Achievers developed the industry’s first single instance, multi-tenancy recognition platform. This SaaS solution plays an integral role in our customers’ employee engagement strategy and includes an easy-to-use Web application and extensive analytics capabilities. Achievers regularly evaluates the product and trends in the industry, alongside client feedback, to consistently enhance existing and develop new features.
Achievers has trademarked Social Recognition™ and coined it as a term that encompasses the significance of both peer-to-peer recognition in the workplace and the importance of enabling social sharing of that recognition so that employees can expand positive moments at the business outside of the company by sharing with their personal networks. Employees may then show the world how much the company values them, which in turns builds the company’s brand as a top employer. Social Recognition™ is an easy, strategic way to boost performance, increase engagement, turbocharge recruiting and build a desirable employer brand.
In 2012, Achievers launched the 5th largest SaaS implementation in history and the largest ever SaaS implementation for the incentive, rewards, and recognition industry. The implementation was the result of an organization-wide effort involving contributions from all levels and all departments to assess an incoming client’s environment, then design and develop a program, customize features to meet their workforce’s unique needs, and launch the program enterprise-wide.
Within the industry, Achievers continues to produce thought leadership content through different mediums including white papers, webinars, and industry events. Most recently, Achievers surveyed over 1,800 employees, 200 CEOs, and 640 HR professionals on their experience within their workforce or the experience of their employees within their workforce. The study was a first in its kind in shining a light on the frequent disconnect between employees and the HR organizations that support them and the CEOs that lead their organization regarding what motivates employees and what CEOs and HR thinks motivates employees. The results of the survey were used in a six city road-show that unveiled the information to Executives in the industry.
Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about the leader of this nominated company:
As the CEO of Achievers, David Brennan is also the hands-on leader of the business development and finance teams. David graduated from the University of Prince Edward Island in 1986 and earned his Chartered Accounting designation in 1988. Experienced in both large and small organizations, David has been an executive at organizations such as Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and high growth organizations such as PixStream Incorporated (acquired by Cisco Systems). David is a passionate leader and firmly believes that recognition has an infinite ROI.