It’s that time of year: the dreaded yearly performance review. When managers struggle to think of things to talk about...
Best Practices for a More Diverse & Inclusive Workplace
In a previous post, we found that organizations that are diverse and inclusive enjoy a higher level of employee...
What Does ESG Mean to Your Business? Part 2: Planet
ESG refers to business leader’s focus on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance in relation to their long-term...
What ESG Can Mean to Your Profitability – Part 1: Governance
ESG refers to business leader’s focus on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance in relation to their long-term...
Goal Setting is a Year-Round Activity – The Importance of Goal Setting
Did you know that fewer than 10% of those who make New Year’s Resolutions keep them? It’s so common that there is a...
Are Gift Cards the wrong choice for Corporate awards?
Gift cards have been gaining in popularity, for personal use but also for use in employee reward and recognition...
Measuring Success in Employee Incentive & Reward Programs
Although employee incentive, reward and recognition programs are popular, many program coordinators skip the steps...
How Reward & Recognition Programs can Leverage National Awareness Days
It seems like there’s a day for everything: National Pizza Day, National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, National Siblings...
High Employee Engagement + Positive Culture = Greater Profitability
Most companies have some sort of employee engagement initiative underway and company leaders expect tangible benefits...
The Role of Corporate Responsibility in Employee Engagement programs
Especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic, employees want to know that the companies they work for are...
Trends in Incentive, Rewards & Recognition Programs for 2020
The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) recently published their Trends report for 2020. The trends in incentive,...
How Artificial Intelligence is Impacting Employee Engagement
Artificial intelligence (AI) has made many business processes and initiatives easier. From chatbots that improve...
Designing Effective Employee Reward & Incentive Programs
Sounds easy enough, right? Any time you hear that a company tried an incentive program and “it didn’t work”, it’s...
Research-based Employee Incentive, REward & Recognition programs
Companies with defined incentive, reward and recognition programs enjoy a higher market share, lower turnover...
How Important is Choice in Employee Reward Programs?
What is the perfect reward for employee recognition programs that target performance in areas like safety,...
why not use cash to reward employees?
Attracting and retaining key talent has always been a top concern for business leaders and it is especially so in...
Company Culture & Employee Engagement: the Impact on the Customer Experience
Employee engagement, company culture, customer experience: These three components can’t exist in a vacuum. A company...
The Cost of Employee Turnover
A recent survey of Chief Executive Officers finds that retaining talent is the #1 internal challenge and concern. CEOs...
The care and feeding of industrial athletes
The concept of industrial athletes was born in the last decade or so and refers to those who employees who make their...
Can you Hire an Engaged Workforce?
“Don’t try this at home!” How many times have we heard that directive? In most cases, it’s because although something...