1. Purpose . The purpose of this pamphlet is to assist managers and supervisors in planning for and awarding honorary recognition to deserving employees. This pamphlet is applicable to the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. The goal of the Total Army Awards Program is to foster mission accomplishment by recognizing excellence and motivating employees to high levels of performance and service.
Honorary recognition is one awards tool available to managers and supervisors.
A supervisor's nomination of his or her employees for honorary awards demonstrates a level of leadership beyond that evidenced by nomination for traditional monetary awards. Such recognition requires supervisors to identify employees whose career or technical or public service contributions best reflect the Corps ideal. Supervisors must continue this process throughout an employee's career, building a pattern of progressively more meaningful honorary awards. Managers and supervisors should review the honorary awards histories of subordinate employees and use this pamphlet in planning appropriate awards for the future. All award nominations initiated at the district or division level and submitted to higher headquarters will be approved and endorsed by the Division Commander.