What's in this template
Multi-select so people can nominate more than one person, plus an 'someone else' option with comments enabled so nobody outside the list gets missed.
Why peer recognition works better than top-down
Managers see the visible work
The person who unblocked a colleague at 6pm, or quietly fixed something before it broke, doesn't appear in any status report. Their peers saw it.
Peer praise carries more weight
Recognition from someone doing the same job reads as earned. Recognition from a manager reads as management, which is not the same thing.
It surfaces your actual culture
Whoever gets nominated repeatedly tells you what your team genuinely values, which is often not what your values page says.
Enable comments or it's just a popularity contest
The vote alone tells you who. The comment tells you what they did, and that's the part worth reading out.
Run it in three steps
Add your team members
Include an 'someone else' option with comments on, so people outside the immediate team can be named.
Run it before your team meeting
Send it the morning of, so results are fresh when you read them out.
Read the reasons, not just the names
The comments are the recognition. The tally is just how you order them.