Episode 116

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Published on:

1st Apr 2025

The Power of Employee Recognition featuring Aaron Johnson

“Sometimes the greatest memory an employee might have in their career is receiving direct recognition from a C-level employee or a leader in an organization.”

In this episode of Lead with Culture, Aaron Johnson, Culture Advocate at Bucketlist Rewards and Recognition, joins Kate Volman to discuss the powerful role of recognition in creating a dynamic culture and retaining top talent. Aaron explains how personalized rewards and real-time appreciation make employees feel truly valued, whether they work on-site, remotely, or across multiple locations. He also shares strategies for gathering the right data, tailoring rewards to each person’s life stage, and ensuring leadership sets the tone by actively participating in the recognition process.


In this episode, you’ll discover:

  • The importance of personalized rewards that adapt to different life stages
  • Ways leadership involvement amplifies the impact of any recognition program
  • Simple methods to start building a culture of appreciation today


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Things to listen for:

(00:00) Intro

(01:01) Meet Aaron Johnson: culture advocate

(01:10) The Bucket List Rewards program

(03:16) The impact of recognition on employees

(04:47) Challenges in employee recognition

(07:32) Personalized rewards and employee surveys

(09:56) Retention and engagement strategies

(11:36) Remote work and communication tools

(13:09) Creative recognition ideas

(13:21) Leadership involvement in recognition

(14:14) The Dream Manager Program

(14:53) Identifying key roles in recognition

(15:19) Successful recognition practices

(20:42) Implementing recognition programs


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About the Podcast

Lead with Culture
A company can only become the best version of itself to the extent that its people are becoming better versions of themselves. What’s the key to making that happen? Building dynamic cultures so people love coming to work and accomplishing great things together.

Hosted by Kate Volman, CEO of Floyd Coaching, Lead with Culture is a show dedicated to exploring how great leaders create workplaces where people can thrive both personally and professionally.

Conversations are inspired by Matthew Kelly's bestselling books The Dream Manager, The Culture Solution, and Off Balance. Guests include incredible leaders as well as Floyd executive coaches sharing stories and providing insights into real strategies used to attract and retain great talent, execute effectively, become better coaches, build teams and grow businesses.

Whether you're a CEO, HR executive, manager, or simply part of a team, this show will help you become a better leader.

About your host

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Kate Volman

Your dreams are yours for a reason. What are you doing about them?

Our vision at Floyd is to make work fun and engaging for as many people as possible, by delivering world-class training and creating cultures that lead to thriving businesses that are profitable, scalable, and sustainable. My team and I show up every day excited to make this happen.

My team and I can help you build a dynamic culture so people love coming to work and accomplishing great things together.
➡️ Coaching. Everyone needs a coach. We have a coach for everyone.
➡️ Training.
➡️ Speaking.

I love my career and the journey it took to get here.
⭐️ I led the sales team, improved company processes, and created programs, workshops, and initiatives to help business owners build better relationships and execute results-driven marketing strategies during my eight years at the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce.
⭐️ I initiated content marketing strategies that drove more traffic and increased brand awareness while in my role as Marketing Director for the City of West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency.
⭐️ I started a boutique marketing agency and helped business owners leverage digital marketing and video.
⭐️ I founded and facilitate Inspired Action, a goal-setting workshop specifically designed to help women achieve their goals.
⭐️ At Floyd, I lead a team of incredible people dedicated to helping people and organizations become the best version of themselves.

My mission is to help as many people as possible live a more joyful life doing more of what they love.
🎤 Check out my podcast Create for No Reason, a show about making something for the pure joy of it.
https://anchor.fm/createfornoreason

I love to network, collaborate, and help people achieve their dreams. The best way to connect with me is at kvolman@floydconsulting.com