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Empuls allows admins to define a value statement per badge or award, which appears as a dropdown during the nomination or recognition process to reinforce organizational values.
Aligning employee recognition with company values is one of the most persistent challenges People teams face. When awards are given without a clear connection to organizational principles, recognition feels arbitrary and difficult to defend at a leadership level. Empuls solves this by letting admins attach a value statement to every badge or award and surface it as a structured dropdown at the point of nomination. Configuring Value Statements in Empuls Admins access the Awards section within Empuls settings to create or edit badges and awards. For each award, there is a dedicated field to define one or more value statements — short phrases that reflect the company’s core principles, such as “Customer First,” “Integrity,” or “Drive Innovation.” Once saved, these statements become selectable options during the nomination or peer recognition flow. How It Works During Nomination When a manager or peer nominates a colleague for an award, a dropdown appears prompting them to select the value statement that best describes the behaviour being recognized. This guided selection ensures every award carries a meaningful, values-aligned reason rather than a free-text note that varies by nominator. For example, a company using Empuls alongside Slack can have recognition announcements posted automatically to a team channel. The value statement selected during nomination appears alongside the award in the message, giving the entire organization visibility into not just who was recognized but why — and which company principle was demonstrated. Reporting and Strategic Value HR and People professionals increasingly need to show that recognition programs support broader cultural goals. When nominations are tied to defined value statements, it becomes straightforward to report on which values are celebrated most frequently, where gaps exist, and how trends shift over time. These insights are especially useful during performance cycles or culture reviews. For organizations integrated with Workday or SAP SuccessFactors, structured recognition data from Empuls can feed into performance records, ensuring the behavioural evidence behind an award is documented consistently rather than left to manager recall. Consistency Across a Distributed Workforce Large or distributed teams often struggle to maintain a coherent recognition culture. Empuls enforces value alignment at the point of nomination, so a team in Mumbai and a team in London both recognize people against the same organizational language. The dropdown removes ambiguity and ensures recognition programs scale without losing their intentional, values-driven character. Learn more: Empuls Help Centre — Awards

Configuring Badges and Awards in Empuls

Learn how admins create, edit, and manage badges and awards, including setting criteria, point values, and value statement mappings.

Recognition Analytics and Reporting

Explore how Empuls tracks recognition trends by value, team, and time period to help People teams measure cultural impact.