NICE Performance Management Solution Boosts Employee Engagement with New Gamification Capabilities

The new release of NICE Performance Management helps organizations focus employees on important performance metrics and reward good work

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Apr 09, 2014, 07:00 ET

RA'ANANA, Israel, April 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) today announced that it is helping companies better engage employees with enhanced gamification capabilities in its latest release of NICE Performance Management. This release expands on the gamification tools introduced in June 2013, going beyond the basic colored icons and charts currently offered in the market.

In the new release of NICE Performance Management, organizations can award points for good performance. Employees can 'cash' these in for goods and services. (PRNewsFoto/NICE Systems) (PRNewsFoto/NICE SYSTEMS)

According to Gallup's report discussing employee engagement, more than 70 percent of American service workers are "not engaged" or "actively disengaged." Gallup defines engaged employees as those who are involved in, enthusiastic about, and committed to their work, and contribute to their organization in a positive manner. The Contact Center Association estimates that each disengaged employee costs their company 46 percent of their pay in lost productivity. Gamification is one way more organizations are addressing waning employee engagement.

Focusing Employees on the Right Behaviors

Expanded gamification capabilities in the new release include:

The addition of points as a means to recognize performance and achievements, and an in-product marketplace to convert those points into goods and services
Both individual and team-level challenges so organizations can drive healthy competition and collaborative teamwork
Simplified back-end administration to make it easier for organizations to design, introduce and measure the impact of gamification challenges

Yochai Rozenblat, President of the NICE Enterprise Group
"Gamification is a powerful tool to drive performance improvements, reward top performers, and lower turnover and training costs. That's why our customers have been quick to adopt these capabilities within NICE Performance Management. We believe that this latest release reinforces our position as the Workforce Optimization market and product leader. We continue to innovate so that companies can foster engaged employees who will get them closer to their customers, and ultimately deliver an exceptional customer experience."

Click here to download the NICE Gamification Playbook, and learn more about how gamification can help engage and motivate employees.

About NICE Systems
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) is the worldwide leading provider of software solutions that enable organizations to take the next best action in order to improve customer experience and business results, ensure compliance, fight financial crime, and safeguard people and assets. NICE's solutions empower organizations to capture, analyze, and apply, in real time, insights from both structured and unstructured Big Data. This data comes from multiple sources, including phone calls, mobile apps, emails, chat, social media, video, and transactions. NICE solutions are used by over 25,000 organizations in more than 150 countries, including over 80 of the Fortune 100 companies. www.nice.com.

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