Employee Recognition Platform for Outlook

Recognize is the first employee recognition platform inside Outlook.

  • Send recognition with value badges and redeemable points.
  • Give rewards, such as a Starbucks gift card or an on-site massage.
  • View badges staff have received.
  • All recognitions propagate to MS Teams, Sharepoint, Yammer, and more.

Engage Outlook users from their home office

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Redeem rewards from Outlook

With two clicks from the Home tab, staff can access the Recognize employee recognition platform rewards catalog. This can include gift cards Recognize provides and/or company-fulfilled rewards. Company-fulfilled rewards are also available in Outlook. Employees redeem any item you can think of, such as dinner for two, vacation, or house cleaning.

Send social recognition from the Outlook composer

Automatically recognize the recipients of an email your staff are composing. This makes change management very easy. Instruct your staff, if you are saying thanks or showing appreciation, click 'Send Recognition'. It is that easy!

Collaborate across groups on the success of your company

Staff can comment, like, and recognize staff from the Home tab of MS Outlook. Admins can search comments and remove comments for content control. Managers are notified via push notification or email of staff recognitions and activity. We've got everyone covered.

Administer from Outlook

The Outlook app isn't just for staff and managers. The app allows access to the Company Admin to run reports on rewards and recognitions. Configure your entire off-the-shelf recognition program from Outlook.

IT setup in <60min

Since Recognize is in the Office 365 app stores, that means it is a standard process to install the Outlook app, Azure, Sharepoint, Teams, or Yammer. Check out our Resources for integration and technology documents.

Manager recognition from Outlook Composer

Set Up

  1. Make sure your company admin has installed the Recognize Outlook app from the Microsoft App Store.

If you haven’t already, you’ll want to purchase any subscription from Recognize to customize the employee recognition, rewards, and manager data.

  1. Once installed, open the new email composer in Outlook

There will be an icon on the right side of the new email composer to send a recognition to the recipients of the email.

  1. Add recipients to the email

Add a few emails of people in your company to the email.

  1. Send a recognition

Choose a badge that symbolizes the company values exhibited by the direct report. From there, the manager can always check out their manager reports at Recognizeapp.com.

Connect with Staff Where they Are

9 out of 10 employees agree, Recognize increases staff retention, employee satisfaction, and employee engagement. An automated employee rewards platform frees up cycles for HR. The secret is connecting with staff where they work no matter what their role is in the company.