Finding what people think is a suitable reward is really difficult. Doing a good job != standing out "Recognise and reward" should be a tenet of good manageme

Finding what people think is a suitable reward is really difficult. Doing a good job != standing out "Recognise and reward" should be a tenet of good management, and you don't reward people for doing what they should be doing anyway. One good reward is seeing if there are any conferences in the person's specialist field. But so they know it's not a holiday, have them to a brief presentation about what they learned upon their return.