Anderson Performance Improvement Company Wins Fifth "Circle of Excellence" Award from Incentive Marketing for Employee Recognition Program

Online, September 14, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Anderson Performance Improvement Company (APIC), the leader in behavior-based incentive and recognition systems is pleased to announce its latest honor, the prestigious Circle of Excellence Award from the Incentive Marketing Association (IMA) for their best-in-class employee recognition program. APIC along with their client, Assurant Specialty Property, was honored to receive the first-ever employee recognition category sponsored by the Recognition Council, a strategic group within the IMA.

The Circle of Excellence award showcases organizations like APIC for effectively designing and implementing high-impact incentive and recognition programs to motivate and engage employees. The award focuses on a number of criteria - strategy, program design, communication, training, results, program management, award selection/fulfillment, reporting, and technology.

"The award is a great accomplishment for Assurant Specialty Property (ASP), and we are honored to be their partner," states Louise Anderson, CEO/President of Anderson Performance Improvement. "This program supports the excellent culture and high growth at ASP."

STAR, the Assurant Specialty Property recognition program, is a company-wide program designed to give employees at all levels of the company the opportunity to recognize each other for their contributions. This is an excellent example of how a recognition program can be used as an effective business tool to meet specific corporate objectives.

The IMA Circle of Excellence Awards will be presented at the 2012 Motivation Show conference on Thursday, October 25 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The program will be showcased during a session at the Motivation Show entitled "Anatomy of a Results-Based Incentive Program & 2012 Circle of Excellence Award Presentation."

The award session will feature a video overview of all four award-winning programs, the actual award presentation, and a 30-minute panel discussion where award recipients will be asked to share insights as to why their program is so successful.

This is Anderson Performance's fifth time receiving the Circle of Excellence Award. These awards are a clear indication of Anderson Performance Improvement's team members' ongoing commitment to creating award-winning employee incentive programs.

About Anderson Performance Improvement Company:

Founded in 1994, Anderson Performance Improvement Company (APIC) is dedicated to changing the way companies look at employee performance. As a full-service performance improvement company, APIC creates and implements behavior-based incentive and recognition programs for Fortune 500 companies, and delivers motivational solutions from start to finish including analysis, program design, communications, measurement, reinforcement, reporting, rewards, and administration. These programs are designed to produce lasting performance improvement and ultimately improve a company's bottom line. APIC's people, process, and technology will get you results. In fact, APIC is so confident of its ability to improve efficiency, cost-effectiveness, productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability that it guarantees clients a 200 percent return on investment when programs are designed in partnership with the client.

About IMA:

Business improves when employees and customers are recognized, rewarded, and engaged through effectively structured programs with defined goals and proven returns. The Incentive Marketing Association (IMA) is comprised of the companies who are leaders in the incentive industry. Headquartered in Naperville, IL, IMA provides education, resources, and research to promote the use of incentive programs to the business community and is the umbrella organization for the Global Incentive Council (GIC), the Incentive Gift Card Council (IGCC), the Incentive Manufacturers & Representatives Alliance (IMRA), the Incentive Travel Council, the Performance Improvement Council, the Promotional Products Provider Council, the Recognition Council, IMA-Australia Council, IMA-Canada Council and IMA-Europe Council. More information about the IMA and the incentive marketplace is available on its website at www.incentivemarketing.org.
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