In a guest post on the Great Leadership Blog, Dr. Paul White (coauthor of The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace), offered these statistics (I … Read more
Appreciation Matters, or the Problem With Cash for Employee Recognition
Last week I discussed why the end-of-year bonus practice should be ended. Then I read this post from Jill Geisler on Poynter.org. Jill is speaking more to … Read more
Why You Should End Your End-of-the-Year Bonuses
In my reader just yesterday, I had several articles pop up on bonus compensation plans for the end of the year. At first, I was hopeful. Have organizations … Read more
When It Comes to Workplace Incentives, Just Show Me the Money
Editor’s Note: This is only TLNT’s second holiday season, but there’s a lot of great content you might have missed at this time last year. So for the next … Read more
Good Stuff Happens: Why Your Organization Needs a Thank You Habit
I was doing a series of leadership workshops last week and one of the things we talked about was creating a thank you habit in the organization. What I … Read more
What Do Employees Want? 3 Simple Things That Will Improve Engagement
I don’t think any of us – manager or employee alike – could express shock at Gallup’s latest report that 71 percent of American workers are “not engaged” … Read more
$50K to Stay With a Job For 5 Years? It Might Not Be As Crazy As It Sounds
Companies are always looking for the latest way to retain employees. How about a $50,000 bonus for employees after they’ve been with your … Read more
10 Things That Your Employee Incentive Program Says About You
You probably don’t think about it too much. When you start a recruitment effort you look at your benefits package and whether or not you offer a … Read more
What You Need to Do to Take the Issue of Money Off the Table
Compensation Café and Compensation Force founder (and TLNT contributor) Ann Bares recently ran a survey looking into what level of pay (or pay increase) … Read more
Dumb Things Managers Say — And What You Can Do About It
Bnet recently published a list of “The 32 Dumbest Things That Real-Life Managers Said.” There is a lesson to be learned in all of them, but these three … Read more