When 1,380 employees got a $100,000 bonus each, the story should have made headlines everywhere. The brilliant bonus decision was a wonderful example of a … Read more
Take It From Taylor Swift: It’s High Time to End the Millennial Bashing
Taylor Swift doesn’t care if you think she’s part of the “Me” generation. She flew in the face of all of our careful quantitative analyses of the so-called … Read more
How to Limit Your Employees’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Days
When’s the last time you had a bad day at work? A recent survey by the Danish firm Woohoo, Inc., asked just this question of employees worldwide. The … Read more
Here’s Why Gratitude Is So Good For Your Employees (and Your Business)
Over the last 15 years, psychological science has made leaps and bounds in understanding the mental and health benefits of giving and receiving gratitude. … Read more
How to Build a Deeply Embedded Recognition Culture
Building or maintaining a positive work culture currently ranks among the top three goals for recognition programs, according to WorldatWork’s 2015 Trends … Read more
The Power of Peers: They May Be THE Most Powerful Means for Engagement
Want to know how to engage employees? Perhaps the best (and obvious) answer is to ask the employees. Oracle did just that. Results of their survey were … Read more
Want Higher Engagement? Multiple Recognition Channels Can Get You There
Here’s what I like about whitepapers from IBM’s Smarter Workforce Institute: They are short in length and long on data and context. I appreciate that they … Read more
Something You Should Know: 65% of Your Workforce Is Looking For a New Job
Why are 65 percent of employees actively looking for a new job? That is not a typo. We asked our customers and our readers three (3) questions: Do you hate … Read more
Looking For a New Work Challenge? Here’s a Lesson From Steven Colbert
This week marked the start of a new era in late night television in the U.S. with Steven Colbert’s debut as the host of The Late Show on CBS, long the home … Read more
Recognizing Employees For Good Work? You Need a Multiple Channel Approach
The IBM Smarter Workforce Institute (SWI) recently released a report showing the importance of using multiple channels for recognition. The report is based … Read more