Achievers Honors Global Leaders in Recognition and Rewards in its Inaugural A-List Awards

Awards honor leaders using science-backed recognition and rewards programs to shape culture and drive tangible business impact

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Achievers, the world’s most utilized recognition and reward software, is proud to announce the winners of the first Achievers A-List Awards, celebrating organizations who drive business success through creative and impactful approaches within the Achievers recognition and rewards platform.

Achievers celebrated the winners of the 2025 Achievers A-List Awards at its Recognition Next event in Toronto, Canada, earlier this month. The A-List Award for Innovation category honors creative, high-impact strategies that are transforming company culture, driving business performance, and setting a new standard for employee recognition and engagement.

The Achievers A-List Award Winners of 2025 are:

• Cineplex – By creating a dynamic and inclusive recognition system rewarding both high and low performers through a weighted scorecard, Cineplex improved NPS at 45% of locations and mitigated the typical guest satisfaction decline, achieving gains across key metrics.
• Coles – Coles creatively turned Employee Appreciation Week into an extraordinary feel-good spike in recognition activity that celebrated the actions of more than 100,000 team members across Australia.
• ECI Software Solutions – ECI Software Solutions redefined and strengthened its culture by embedding recognition into the employee experience, seamlessly integrating team members from over 55 acquisitions into a single, value-driven community. Since launching the recognition program, employees have exchanged more than 700,000 High5s, showing just how connected and appreciated people feel across the company.
• GoDaddy – GoDaddy’s 2024 Customer Service Week campaign redefined employee recognition through a bold blend of gamified engagement, interactive leadership involvement, and themed daily celebrations—driving a 51% surge in engagement and setting a new benchmark for recognition-driven employee experience excellence.
• Kellanova – Kellanova’s Nourishing Resilience emotional health focused campaign sparked a 460% YoY increase in social recognition by empowering their employees to support one another amidst a time of uncertainty and transformation. This campaign was also supported by Achievers Managed Services.
• Prisma Health – By incorporating patient feedback from CipherHealth into their Inspire recognition program, team members gain a clearer understanding of the meaningful impact they have on the lives they touch.
• Quest Diagnostics – Quest Diagnostics credits a pilot program that used the Achievers platform to recognize top employees in patient services for helping to deliver triple digit growth in online customer reviews and improved customer ratings.
• Taylor Morrison – America's Most Trusted® Home Builder, Taylor Morrison, was selected for its two-year anniversary campaign, which prompted team members to share the meaningful, unique ways they’ve used their Applause points and resulted in a nearly 50% increase in recognition activity.
• Zurich North America – Zurich North America's 2024 U.S. National Accounts Results Driver campaigns promoted solution-oriented and customer-focused underwriting behaviors that helped to achieve a 30% increase in new business, improve product density, and recognize 62% more colleagues than prior years.

“Achievers launched the A-List Awards to recognize organizations that don’t just talk about valuing their people but embed employee appreciation into the very fabric of their culture," said Kristian Gaetano, Chief Operating Officer at Achievers. “This year’s winners demonstrate that when leaders fully commit to recognition from the top down, it becomes a powerful catalyst for lasting organizational change and business results. These companies aren’t just using the Achievers platform to drive a culture of appreciation, they're pushing the envelope on how recognition innovation can drive stronger business results, allowing them to thrive in a challenging talent market.”

The A-List Award winners were evaluated by key criteria including innovative contributions, strategic impact, and outcome measurement. Winning initiatives ranged from sales campaigns that drove new business, recognition efforts that elevated engagement scores, and inventive strategies that fostered cross-team collaboration and raised brand awareness.

For more information about the Achievers A-List Awards, please visit the Achievers LinkedIn page. Follow the conversations on social using the hashtag #AListAwardWinner.

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