Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd.(Konica Minolta), is
proud to announce it has been named a finalist in two categories of
Ragan’s Employee Communications Awards, Class of 2024. The award
program celebrates the most outstanding internal communications
campaigns and initiatives from the past year, shining a spotlight
on companies and individuals that have excelled in cultivating
effective communication, engagement and collaboration within their
organizations. Konica Minolta was recognized in both the Employee
Recognition/Reward Program and Internal Event Strategy categories.
Finalist: Employee Recognition or Reward
ProgramKonica Minolta’s entry in the Recognition and
Rewards Program category outlined its lofty goals for its new
program, which included enhancing manager appreciation and employee
collaboration, providing a common design and delivery platform and
reinforcing Konica Minolta’s company values. It also sought to
address feedback from employees who were asking for enhanced
rewards and team member recognition.
Konica Minolta’s team wanted to provide a
solution that incorporated feedback from employees and required
their participation as a key to sustainable change. The team
leveraged knowledge from field-based employees and learnings from
existing programs, facilitated focus group meetings and surveyed
leaders to review current programs and systems in detail. Data
revealed that a culture of saying thanks via peer-to-peer and
leader-to-employee recognition is critical to ongoing engagement,
promoting expected values and performance and being an employer of
choice.
Following extensive reviews, an off-the-shelf
program that stood out was Bonusly, which offers
manager-to-employee and peer-to-peer recognition. The platform
provides points that can then be turned in for rewards including
apparel, services, gift cards, travel, groceries, entertainment and
donations to charitable organizations.
“Since the implementation of this program,
saying thanks and employee recognition has become a key component
of our culture and way of working,” said Vicky Ringwood, Senior
Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Konica Minolta.
“Today our employees receive an average of 3.5 recognitions each
month, reinforcing strong performance and demonstration of our
company values. The program is one of the ways we have enhanced the
employee experience while reinforcing a culture of inclusion. The
program helps us retain those who contribute the most to our
success through regular recognition of their impact.”
Finalist: Internal Event
StrategyKonica Minolta had a special opportunity for its
entry into the Internal Event Strategy award category, with 2023
marking its 150 Year anniversary. The overall anniversary campaign
was a global effort, led by marketing teams in each region who also
collaborated with cross-functional teams at their respective
locations to weave the messaging and imagery into daily activities.
The campaign honoured Konica Minolta’s rich history of innovation
and sought to evoke pride in the company’s heritage among employees
and customers alike. Konica Minolta incorporated the themes of its
historical achievement to create an exciting FY23 (Financial Year
2023) Kick-off General Session that transformed its traditional
employee town hall into a robust and virtual event.
The goals of the event included reigniting
employee enthusiasm behind one vision, engaging and exciting the
company’s employee community as well as kick-starting its internal
brand activation around the anniversary. These goals were ambitious
as the company had to engage employees in all offices across the
U.S. and Canada and optimize their participation.
To do this, the marketing team created multiple
touchpoints and activations to make everyone feel included, no
matter where they were located. A 90-minute general session – held
at the company’s U.S. headquarters in New Jersey and live-streamed
across all North American offices – featured a presentation
peppered with photos, videos and a live CEO award presentation. To
further the inclusive strategy, the team encouraged employees to
watch in groups together, and a 150-year anniversary microsite was
created, which included videos and a virtual museum. In the
post-event survey, 83 percent of the employees who responded rated
the FY23 Kick-off and activations as Excellent or Good, and when
asked how informative the General Session was, 91 percent said it
was Excellent or Good.
“The role of employee communications is ever
more critical in the post-pandemic work environment, for ensuring
everyone is marching toward the same goals, especially in
businesses that are transforming like Konica Minolta. Knowing this,
it was key that our kick-off activities inspired and activated our
employees to bring to life our corporate vision,” said Stacey
Sujeebun, Director, Corporate Marketing & Brand Communications,
Konica Minolta. “We have seen overall engagement with our Corporate
Strategy increase according to our employee survey, which is
fantastic to see.”
“Congratulations to Konica Minolta,” said
Brendan Gannon, Senior Marketing Manager for Ragan’s and PR Daily’s
Awards programs. “Your work showcases the impact of effective
communication and engagement in driving success for your employees
and organization.”
Konica Minolta will be honoured with the other
finalists during Ragan’s Employee Communications Awards Luncheon,
which will take place April 18 at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago.
View all the program finalists here.
About Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta’s journey started 150 years ago,
with a vision to see and do things differently. We innovate for the
good of society and the world. The same purpose that kept us moving
then, keeps us moving now. Konica Minolta Business Solutions
(Canada) Ltd. is reshaping and revolutionizing the workplace to
achieve true connectivity through the Intelligent Connected
Workplace portfolio. Its business technology offerings include
IT Services, intelligent information management, video security
solutions and managed print services, as well as office technology
and industrial and commercial print solutions. Through its ongoing
work, the company is fortunate to be continuously recognized for
its products and services. This includes, but is not limited
to being included on CRN’s MSP 500 list numerous times; named a
finalist in the IT Software Category by The World Technology
Awards; recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the
MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys and presented with
Keypoint Intelligence’s BLI 2021 A3 Line of The Year and BLI
2021-2023 Most Colour Consistent A3 Brand Awards for
its bizhub i-Series.
For more information, please visit Konica Minolta
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on LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
(@KonicaMinoltaCA), and Instagram!
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Solutions (Canada) Ltd.info@bt.konicaminolta.ca
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