VOLUME 13 ISSUE 3, APRIL 2017
Celebrating the key to CoxHealth’s success: You
We all own ‘The Best’
Your care changes lives for patients and an enhanced focus on recognition helps celebrate all you do.
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s we prepare for the 2017 Employee Recognition Banquet, Human Resources Vice President Andy Hedgpeth says it’s an annual chance to take a step back and offer something we all value: recognition for a job well done. “We’re so fortunate to have long-term employees who want to make this their second home,” he says, noting that over a career most of us will spend as much time here as with our families. “It’s so cool to see people with decades of service. You don’t often see that in other institutions. For people to want to stay in our culture speaks volumes about where we are as an organization.”
More Inside A new recognition program lets employees earn points toward the gifts of their choice: Page 2 Meet a few of the employees being honored at the Employee Recognition Banquet: Page 4 Meet our Prestigious Partners honorees: Page 7 In recent years, CoxHealth leaders have made recognition a major part of our culture, and Hedgpeth says expanding recognition even further is a top priority. “The hallmark of a great culture is recognizing what you do well and celebrating it,” he says. “We’ve always budgeted for awards and
recognition and we’re amping that up going forward.” The most recent cause for celebration: CoxHealth’s recognition as Best Place to Work by 417 Magazine. The honor, which was announced in the February issue, is based on the votes of 417 readers across the region. “We were absolutely ecstatic to receive the award,” Hedgpeth says. “It proved to us that people are noticing that we’re committed to this community and to improving health. To see people in the community say, ‘That’s the place I want to work’ – what an awesome thing to celebrate. It’s great for recruitment and See RECOGNITION, Page 2