Do you want to improve employee morale? Would you like greater teamwork, especially across departments? How does elevating your customer service quality — … Read more
How to Properly Recognize Employees During the Holidays
During the last couple of weeks, I’ve seen several media articles and blog posts on this topic. None are worth pointing back to as the advice is the same … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Women Get More Raises, Still Get Less $$$ Than Men
There’s good news and bad news on the workplace gender gap front. Here’s the good news, according to a new Pay Raise Index from “social … Read more
What Motivates Workers? Most Employers Seem to Guess Wrong
What motivates us at work is ultimately a very personal and individual topic, though generalities do apply. That’s why I get a chuckle out of research … Read more
A Workplace Truism to Remember: You Get What You Reward
One HR blogger I enjoy reading is Mike Haberman. He recently boiled down the entire discussion of employee rewards to this salient point: The whole concept … Read more
Choosing the Right Incentives For Your Corporate Culture
The air is getting cooler and storefronts are beginning to display Thanksgiving and Christmas decor … which means another year is almost over. The time has … Read more
When It Comes to Workplace Incentives, Just Show Me the Money
Editor’s note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles that they have heard about but may have missed. That’s why every Friday we’re republishing a … Read more
Peer-to-Peer Recognition: It Only Works If You Also Have Real Rewards
During the last few years, I’ve noticed an increase in an unfortunate trend. More and more HR Pros and employee recognition program managers are equating … Read more
A Losing Proposition: When Employee Recognition Goes Terribly Wrong
On a near daily basis, I read lots of examples of employee recognition and reward practices, some good and some bad. And then some days, I see examples of … Read more
Employee Recognition: It’s About Focusing on “How,” Not Just “What”
I’m often asked questions like, “Derek, what do you think is the key to effective employee recognition?” The answer, frankly, depends on the situation of … Read more