Founder & President Roy Saunderson

Roy Saunderson is a leading North American expert on employee recognition. He is president and founder of the Recognition Management Institute.

A professional speaker for over 20 years, Roy founded the Recognition Management Institute over 12-years ago to address the difficulty managers have giving effective recognition to their employees. He has consulted and presented to clients across North America such as Bell Canada, Boeing, Ceridian, Disney Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, and 3M Canada as well as government departments and professional and trade associations. The Recognition Management Institute became a division of Rideau Recognition Solutions in 2006.

Roy is a judge for the Best Practices Awards for Recognition Professionals International, is a facilitator for their professional certification programs, and sits on their Education Committee. Roy is a member of Recognition Professionals International, Incentive Marketing Association, the International Federation for Professional Speakers, and the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers.

His overall message of “Real Recognition for Real Results” is built on solid principles and values, developing a clear articulated recognition strategy, and in providing skills to get everyone caring and recognizing one another more effectively.

Roy has authored GIVING the Real Recognition Way, 101 Ways to Give EVERYDAY Real Recognition™, and How to FOCUS on Success! He also publishes the monthly Real Recognition E-zine and has written numerous articles on employee recognition along with being a columnist for various trade magazines. He is currently writing additional books to assist senior leaders become more strategic with applying employee recognition and help practitioners in implementing recognition the right way.