Achievement Awards are one of the easiest ways to get employees moving on specific actions, like completing training, referring a friend, or hitting a step goal. Rather than building an award from scratch, Motivosity gives you a set of pre-made Achievement templates based on what works best across our customer base. Each one is fully customizable, so you can adjust the name, icon, dollar amount, and instructions to fit your company.
Achievement and Award Templates
When you go to create a new Achievement Award, you'll notice a handful of ready-to-use Achievement templates already built out with recommended settings. These are based on the most common and effective achievements our customers run, so you can launch one in minutes instead of configuring it from zero.
Below are the descriptions for the five templates included out of the box:
Template | Description | Frequency | Suggested Reward | Instructions |
50,000 Steps | Stay active and healthy by recording 50,000 steps per week. | Weekly | $5 | Track your steps and attach a photo or screenshot showing 50,000 steps in a week. |
Security Trained | Complete your annual security training and get rewarded for it. | Annually | $10 | After you complete your annual security training, submit a copy of the confirmation to claim your award. |
Employee Referral | Get a high-performing friend to join the team. | No schedule | $100 | Refer another employee. After they've been with the company for a month, submit notes on who you referred and what team they joined to claim your award. |
Glassdoor Review | Submit a positive review on Glassdoor to help others know what it's like to work here. | One-time | $10 | Attach a screenshot of your Glassdoor review submission to receive this award. |
App Store Review | Submit a positive review of our mobile app. | One-time | $5 | Attach a screenshot of your review on iOS or Android to receive this award. |
Each template can be customized to adjust the icon, dollar amount, budget, and eligibility to match your own program. From there, you can publish the achievement so it can be claimed by employees. They will just need to provide a response (such as a screenshot or written confirmation) to mark it as complete.
100 More Popular Achievement Ideas
Looking for more inspiration? Based on data from thousands of Motivosity customers, here are 100 of the most popular Achievement Awards, grouped by category.
Wellness
10,000 Steps Challenge: Recognizes employees for hitting a daily step goal, typically tracked through a fitness app or wearable during a company step challenge.
Monthly Wellness Challenge Winner: Awarded to the top performer in a recurring wellness challenge combining activity, nutrition, and mindfulness goals.
Hydration Challenge: Encourages and rewards employees for logging consistent daily water intake over a set period.
Preventive Screening Completed: Given for completing an annual biometric screening, flu shot, or other preventive health visit.
Sleep Habits Challenge: Recognizes participation in a challenge focused on building healthy sleep routines.
Fitness Benefit Milestone: Marks continued use of a subsidized gym membership or fitness reimbursement program.
Mental Health Awareness Participant: Awarded for engaging with mental health resources, an EAP campaign, or a related awareness event.
New Year Goal Tracker: Recognizes employees who set and follow through on a personal wellness or professional resolution.
Wellness Survey Completed: Given for completing an annual wellness assessment or open-enrollment health survey.
Smoke-Free Milestone: Recognizes employees who reach a tobacco-free milestone as part of a wellness incentive program.
Healthy Habit Streak: Rewards employees for maintaining a self-reported healthy habit (nutrition, exercise, mindfulness) over consecutive weeks.
Certifications & Training
Certification Earned: Generic recognition for completing an industry or role-specific professional certification.
Cybersecurity Training Completed: Awarded for finishing mandatory annual cybersecurity or phishing-awareness training.
Compliance Training Completed: Marks completion of required compliance coursework such as HR, ethics, or workplace-conduct training.
Onboarding Coursework Completed: Given when a new hire finishes all required onboarding training within a set window.
Continuing Education Credit Earned: Recognizes employees who complete CEUs or coursework required to renew a professional license.
Lunch & Learn Attendance: Awarded for attending an internal or guest-led professional-development session.
Learning Platform Milestone: Recognizes employees who complete a set number of courses or modules on a corporate learning platform in a given period.
Notary Certification Earned: Recognizes employees who become a certified notary to support the business.
Language/Interpretation Certification: Awarded for completing bilingual or interpretation certification used to serve customers or patients.
First-Aid/CPR Certification: Recognizes employees who complete or renew first-aid and CPR certification.
Reviews & Employer Reputation
Glassdoor Review Submitted: Recognizes employees for leaving an honest employer review to strengthen the company's public reputation.
Google Review Submitted: Awarded for posting a public Google review about the company's products or services.
Indeed Review Submitted: Recognizes employees who post a review on Indeed to support recruiting efforts.
5-Star Customer Review Earned: Given to an employee specifically named in a 5-star customer review or testimonial.
Employer Survey Participation: Recognizes participation in a "Best Places to Work" or similar third-party workplace survey.
Referral & Recruiting
Employee Referral Submitted: Awarded when an employee refers a candidate who is hired.
Referral Bonus Milestone: Given alongside a cash referral bonus once a referred hire completes their probation period.
Successful Referral Hire: Marks a referred employee's first work anniversary, crediting the person who referred them.
Refer-a-Friend Participant: Recognizes any employee who submits a qualified candidate referral, regardless of hire outcome.
Top Recruiter of the Quarter: Awarded to the employee with the most successful referrals over a quarter or year.
Safety & Compliance
Injury-Free Milestone: Recognizes an individual, team, or site for reaching a set period without a workplace injury.
Safety Training Completed: Awarded for finishing required safety certification or refresher training.
Good Catch Award: Recognizes employees who identify and report a hazard before it causes harm.
Safety Meeting Attendance: Given for attending scheduled safety briefings or toolbox talks.
Equipment/Vehicle Inspection Completed: Recognizes employees who consistently complete required pre-trip or equipment safety checks.
Security Awareness Trained: Awarded for completing data-security or workplace-security training.
Incident-Free Team Milestone: Recognizes an entire team or department for reaching a safety-incident-free period.
Policy/Handbook Acknowledgment: Given for reviewing and formally acknowledging the employee handbook or a policy update.
PPE Compliance: Recognizes consistent, proper use of required personal protective equipment.
Peer Recognition & Appreciation
Above and Beyond: Awarded by a peer or manager for exceeding normal job expectations on a specific task or project.
Employee Appreciation Day Recognition: Given to staff company-wide as part of an annual appreciation day celebration.
Peer Shoutout: A lightweight, frequent form of peer-to-peer recognition for a specific helpful act.
Team Player Award: Recognizes strong collaboration and consistent support of colleagues.
First Recognition Sent: Awarded to new users of a recognition program for sending their first peer shoutout.
Gratitude Points Award: A quick, point-based recognition for everyday contributions and small wins.
Core Value Champion: Recognizes behavior that clearly exemplifies one of the company's stated core values.
Manager's Choice Award: Discretionary recognition given directly by a manager for standout work.
Morale Booster Award: Recognizes employees who consistently lift team spirit and workplace culture.
Attendance & Reliability
Perfect Attendance: Recognizes employees with zero unplanned absences over a set period (month, quarter, or year).
On-Time Champion: Awarded for consistent punctuality over a tracked period.
Reliability Award: Recognizes employees who are consistently dependable in meeting commitments and deadlines.
Attendance Milestone: Marks progressive attendance streaks (e.g., 30, 60, 90 days) rather than an all-or-nothing standard.
Schedule Coverage Hero: Recognizes employees who reliably pick up open shifts or cover for absent teammates.
Community & Giving
Blood Donor: Recognizes employees who donate blood at a company-sponsored blood drive.
Volunteer Hours Milestone: Awarded for reaching a threshold of volunteer hours, often tied to a paid-volunteer-time benefit.
Community Impact Award: Recognizes participation in a company-organized community service event.
Charitable Giving Participant: Given for contributing to a workplace giving campaign or charity fundraiser.
Food/Supply Drive Contributor: Recognizes participation in an internal food, clothing, or supply drive.
Community Champion of the Year: Awarded annually to the employee with the strongest record of community involvement.
Milestones & Tenure
Work Anniversary: Recognizes each year of employment, often with escalating rewards at 1, 3, 5, and 10 years.
New Hire Milestone: Marks the successful completion of a new hire's first 30/60/90 days.
Birthday Recognition: A simple, automated recognition sent to employees on their birthday.
Welcome Aboard: Given to new hires on their first day to mark the start of their tenure.
Retirement Recognition: Celebrates an employee's career at the company upon retirement.
Promotion Milestone: Recognizes employees when they are promoted to a new role or level.
Long-Service Legacy Award: A special recognition tier for employees who reach a major tenure milestone (10+ years).
Performance & Excellence
Employee of the Month: Recognizes one standout employee's performance and contributions each month.
Employee of the Year: An annual recognition for the top-performing employee company-wide.
Top Performer Award: Recognizes employees who exceed performance targets in a given period.
Quality Excellence Award: Recognizes consistently high-quality work output, based on audits or quality scores.
Most Improved Award: Recognizes an employee who shows the greatest performance growth over a period.
Rising Star Award: Recognizes standout performance from a newer employee.
Sales & Business Growth
Sales Goal Achieved: Recognizes employees who hit or exceed a defined sales target.
New Business Win: Awarded for closing a new customer account.
Upsell/Cross-Sell Achievement: Recognizes employees who successfully expand an existing account.
Sales Incentive Milestone: Marks progress toward a larger sales contest or incentive program.
Top Closer of the Quarter: Awarded to the top sales performer over a quarter.
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
Great Idea Award: Recognizes employees who submit a suggestion that gets implemented.
Process Improvement Award: Awarded for identifying and implementing a change that improves efficiency.
Problem Solver Award: Recognizes employees who resolve a significant operational or customer issue.
Continuous Improvement Champion: Recognizes ongoing contributions to process or product improvement over time.
Customer Service
Customer Champion: Recognizes an employee who delivers standout customer service.
Fast Response Award: Recognizes employees who consistently meet or beat response-time targets.
Customer Satisfaction Star: Awarded based on positive customer satisfaction survey feedback naming the employee.
Service Recovery Award: Recognizes employees who turn a negative customer experience into a positive one.
Leadership & Mentorship
Mentor of the Year: Recognizes employees who provide exceptional mentorship to colleagues.
Leadership Development Graduate: Awarded for completing an internal leadership development program.
Coach's Award: Recognizes managers or peers who excel at coaching and developing others.
Committee Member Recognition: Recognizes employees who serve on an internal culture, DEI, or events committee.
Culture & Engagement
Trivia/Contest Winner: Recognizes winners of internal engagement events like trivia, bingo, or seasonal contests.
Culture Builder Award: Recognizes employees who actively contribute to a positive workplace culture.
Engagement Survey Participant: Given for completing an internal employee engagement survey.
Event Volunteer: Recognizes employees who help plan or run internal company events.
Spirit Day Participant: Recognizes participation in themed culture days such as holiday themes or spirit weeks.
Onboarding
Onboarding Completion: Awarded when a new hire completes all required onboarding steps and documentation.
Buddy Program Completion: Recognizes employees who successfully mentor a new hire through an onboarding buddy program.
Profile Completion: Recognizes new employees for fully setting up their profile in company systems (HR, recognition platform, etc.).
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
DEI Champion: Recognizes employees who actively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
Inclusion Ally: Recognizes employees who support underrepresented colleagues and foster an inclusive environment.