When completing your nomination, please take the time to thoughtfully reflect on the nominee’s contributions. Strong nominations include specific examples and connect the employee’s actions directly to the award criteria. Use the prompts to help guide your response.
Tips for Writing a Strong Nomination
- Be Specific: Describe what the employee did, not just general traits.
- Provide Examples: Share a story or situation that highlights the nominee’s impact.
- Connect to Criteria: Reference the bullet points under the award question to show how the employee meets the requirements.
- Focus on Impact: Explain how their actions benefited customers, coworkers, or the organization.
- Be Authentic: Write in your own words. Honest, thoughtful recognition is the most powerful.
Question: Describe how this employee consistently demonstrates Porta Kleen’s core values of Respect, Innovation, Teamwork, Excellence, and Stewardship in their work.
- How to Respond Thoughtfully:
- Share examples that show how the nominee lives out one or more of the RITES values in daily work.
- Describe how their behavior positively influences coworkers, customers, or workplace culture.
- Explain how they support teamwork and collaboration beyond their own role.
- Highlight how they uphold excellence and integrity, or how they model stewardship by using resources responsibly.