Badges

Badges your people will be proud to earn

Create badges around your values and big milestones. Everyone can see what each one takes and who's earned it, and anyone can nominate a colleague.

Designed around your valuesAnyone can nominate anyoneReviewed by people you trust
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Badge details
TeamworkValue badge
What it takes

Goes out of their way to help teammates reach a shared goal.

MJDRPP+15
Earned by 18 people
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Maya Johnson earned Excellence badgeApproved by HR · just now
Award-winning P@SHABest of HR Excellence BPIR.comCategory Excellence Award Top 50 Best Practices in the World
Company badges

Every badge, every winner, all in one place

The Company Badges page lists every badge you offer, what it takes to earn it and everyone who has. It goes all the way back to the day you started with nGAGE.

Clear criteria

No guessing. Everyone knows what each badge stands for.

Full history

See every badge ever awarded and who earned it.

Visible to everyone

The whole company can browse and celebrate.

Company BadgesMy BadgesRecommendations
Teamwork

Goes out of their way to help teammates reach a shared goal.

MJDR+16
18 earned
Excellence

Sets the bar for quality and keeps raising it.

PPML+9
11 earned
Innovation

Brought an idea that changed how the team works.

SKJC+4
6 earned
Expert

The go-to person for a skill the whole team relies on.

DR+2
3 earned
Value badges
Integrity
Teamwork
Customer Value
Excellence
Achievement badges
Milestone Completed
Project Completed
Punctuality Pro
Expert
Your colors, designed by the nGAGE team
Your values, your designs

Built around what your company stands for

Mix value badges with achievement badges. We design them to match your brand, so they feel like yours from day one.

Value badges

One for each of your values, like Integrity, Teamwork or Customer Value.

Achievement badges

For wins like hitting a milestone, finishing a project or always showing up on time.

Custom design

Your colors, your style, designed by our team.

My badges

A badge collection to be proud of

Every employee gets their own badge shelf showing what they've earned, when they earned it and how many times.

Company BadgesMy BadgesRecommendations
Teamwork2 weeks ago
Excellence46 months ago
Expert7 months ago
Innovation210 months ago
Punctuality Pro1 year ago

Badges count at review time

Every badge someone earns feeds into their annual review automatically, so the big moments from March are still there in December.

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Nominations

Anyone can nominate anyone

Saw a colleague go above and beyond? Nominate them for a badge. You can follow every nomination in the Recommendations tab.

Pending

Your nomination is waiting for review.

Approved

The badge is awarded and shows up on the Newsfeed.

Declined

Not this time. You'll see the update in the Recommendations tab.

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WhoMJMaya Johnson
BadgeTeamwork
Maya stayed late three nights to help the support team clear the launch backlog. Nobody asked her to.
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Company BadgesMy BadgesRecommendations
MJ
Maya JohnsonTeamwork · Today
Pending
DR
Daniel ReyesExpert · Oct 2
Approved
ML
Marcus LeeInnovation · Sep 18
Declined
For HR and admins

You decide who approves each badge

Every nomination goes to a reviewer before a badge is awarded. Give admin rights to your HR manager, or to a few people you trust, and they look at each case and decide.

Nomination review

Admin
NomineeMaya JohnsonProduct Marketing · nominated by Daniel Reyes
Why Daniel nominated her

Maya stayed late three nights to help the support team clear the launch backlog. Nobody asked her to.

Teamwork criteria

Goes out of their way to help teammates reach a shared goal.

Approvers SKSarah Kim · HR Manager JCJames Carter PPPriya Patel
DeclineApprove

HR or a review panel

Make your HR manager the approver, or give admin rights to several people who can weigh in.

Every case in one view

Approvers see who was nominated, who sent it, why, and what the badge asks for.

Approve or decline

Approved badges land on the person's shelf and the Newsfeed. Every decision shows up in the Recommendations tab.

Teams and Newsfeed

Celebrate together

Team badges

Award a badge to a whole team when everyone pitched in.

Design Team earned Project Completed badge
MJSKJCPPAT
5 teammates
Approved by Sarah Kim, HR Manager

On the Newsfeed

New badges show up on the company feed, so everyone can cheer.

SK
Sarah KimHR Manager · 5 min ago
Badge
Maya Johnson earned Excellence badge
509 comments
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FAQ

Questions, answered

Who can nominate someone for a badge?

Anyone in your company can nominate anyone else.

Who approves badges?

You decide. Give admin rights to your HR manager, or to several people who can evaluate each case. They review every nomination against the badge's criteria and approve or decline it.

Can we create our own badges?

Yes. Create badges for your values and milestones, and we'll design them to match your brand.

Can a team earn a badge?

Yes. Badges can go to individuals or whole teams.

Do badges show up in annual reviews?

Yes. Badges feed into each person's annual review automatically, right alongside their work feedback ratings.

Can someone earn the same badge more than once?

Yes. My Badges shows how many times each one was earned.

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