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Recognition: The smart investment with lasting returns

Recognition: The smart investment with lasting returns

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A career in financial services is increasingly complex and demanding. 75% of financial professionals report high levels of burnout. This leads to challenges with retention and wellbeing that aren’t good for careers or business.

The recognition solution

You need a recognition solution that can keep up with your fast-paced industry. 83% of financial services workers say recognition is crucial to building a sense of community. Integrated recognition helps your people find seamless moments to connect and feel valued.

When financial employees experience recognition that's meaningful, specific, and frequent, the odds of several positive outcomes increase dramatically.

Interest in staying 2+ years: 4x

Sense of belonging: 10x

Fulfillment at work: 7x

High engagement: 7x

Thriving at work: 5x

Interest in staying 2+ years: 4x

Sense of belonging: 10x

Fulfillment at work: 7x

High engagement: 7x

Thriving at work: 5x

The Culture Cloud employee recognition platform provides the tools you need to support financial workers, including:

Offline tools

Access a full suite of flexible offline recognition features that make it easy for every team member to give and receive recognition—no matter how busy their day is.

O.C. Tanner's Culture Cloud offline recognition solutions including a physical Yearbook with personalized notes, physical reward cards, and gifts
O.C. Tanner's Culture Cloud dashboards for tracking major career milestones like job transitions and work anniversaries

Skill building

Track and reward learning initiatives, career milestones, and every accomplishment along the way.

Symbolism

Connect your financial workers to purpose with custom symbols of their work and your company story. We’ll help you craft beautiful custom awards that inspire and connect.

O.C. Tanner's custom designed, collectible employee awards
O.C. Tanner's Culture Cloud peer to peer recognition experiences including eCards, awards, and recognition reminders

Peer-to-peer recognition

In a shifting industry, financial workers are under high pressure to perform. They often face long hours and low morale. Culture Cloud enables frequent connection and authentic support to energize teams and improve retention.

Personalization

45% of financial workers say the recognition they receive at work feels like an empty gesture. Create tailored recognition moments for each employee and deliver them in personal and meaningful ways.

O.C. Tanner's personalized recognition experiences, including a Yearbook with comments from peers, gifts for celebrating life events, and hand-written cards

What our financial services clients say

“Through collaboration with 
our business partners and 
O.C. Tanner, we’ve been able 
to drive the necessary tools 
and change required to manage appreciation and recognition more effectively.”

Senior Manager

TD Bank Group

“[Culture Cloud] has brought a lot more prioritization of fostering a culture of recognition across the organization.”

HR Manager

Zions Bancorporation

“We can take the most important element of our culture—our purpose—and have it be visible throughout the platform.”

Senior Vice President, Rewards, Recognition & Performance

CIBC

“O.C. Tanner really provided a vision for us. They are amazing thought partners, and we always go to them with creative ideas.”

Employee Recognition Supervisor

Navy Federal Credit Union

“Through collaboration with 
our business partners and 
O.C. Tanner, we’ve been able 
to drive the necessary tools 
and change required to manage appreciation and recognition more effectively.”

Senior Manager

TD Bank Group

“[Culture Cloud] has brought a lot more prioritization of fostering a culture of recognition across the organization.”

HR Manager

Zions Bancorporation

“Through collaboration with 
our business partners and 
O.C. Tanner, we’ve been able 
to drive the necessary tools 
and change required to manage appreciation and recognition more effectively.”

Senior Manager

TD Bank Group

TD Bank used Culture Cloud to create more than 2 million impactful recognition moments

More financial recognition resources

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