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Engagement Steady through the Recession

In my last post , I looked at the recent findings of The Conference Board on dramatically falling job satisfaction rates as compared to 20 years ago. But several other reports also show employee engagement rates remaining stable or even increasing during...

Published 29 Jan 2010 11:34 AM by globoforce

Filed under: recognition in an ailing economy, employee engagement, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition

Decreasing Employee Satisfaction & What to Do about It

Employee satisfaction is dramatically down, per The Conference Board . Clearly, employees are growing less satisfied in their work, which lays to rest that ridiculous claim that people should be grateful to just HAVE jobs. While that is in some part true...

Published 27 Jan 2010 11:22 AM by globoforce

Filed under: employee engagement, recognition for all, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, high performance culture

Definitions of DISengagement * “Resigning Inwardly”

I blog repeatedly on the topic of employee engagement , and I’ll be spending the rest of this week looking at seemingly conflicting reports on the status of engagement currently and the general effect of the recession on employee engagement. But first...

Published 25 Jan 2010 1:13 PM by globoforce

Filed under: culture of appreciation, employee engagement, Comments on Articles and Research

Peer-to-Peer Recognition * The Value of Empowerment

An article (membership required) in last month’s issue of HR Magazine (the publication of the Society for Human Resource Management or SHRM ) discussed “Peer to Peer Recognition Good, but Not Enough.” I have to admit the title caught my eye – not because...

Published 22 Jan 2010 12:35 PM by globoforce

Filed under: culture of appreciation, recognition for all, company values and recognition, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition

What Are Your Three Rules?

Think about your training program for new managers (or, if you don’t have such a program and wish you did, think about what you would want to do). What are the ideas, actions, methods, processes you would convey to them that they would need to do, accomplish...

Published 20 Jan 2010 12:32 PM by globoforce

Filed under: culture of appreciation, employee engagement, recognition for all, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, motivating employees, reward choice

Join Dan Pink & Globoforce for Free Webinar 1/28

I'm excited to be hosting a free webinar on Thursday, 28 January, with Daniel Pink , author of several best-selling books about the changing world of work, including his most recent: Drive, the Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us. The webinar...

Published 19 Jan 2010 12:44 PM by globoforce

Filed under: webinar recaps, motivating employees, Globoforce News

Are You Encouraging Your Stars to Quit?

In a very interesting article in Human Resources Executive Online , MBA professor Peter Cappelli discusses the change he’s seen in the last 20 years in these high performers and in their answers to the exam question: “Write about your last job, explain...

Published 18 Jan 2010 12:29 PM by globoforce

Filed under: recognition for all, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, motivating employees, employee retention

How to Foster and Manage a Powerful, Positive Company Culture

In my last post , I mentioned some wisdom from Roy Vallee, CEO of Avnet , on motivating, and creating a motivating environment for, employees. Today, I’d like to emphasize equally powerful advice from the same source on creating a strong, good company...

Published 15 Jan 2010 12:24 PM by globoforce

Filed under: culture of appreciation, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, high performance culture

Want to Motivate? Provide Clarity and Remove Obstacles.

Continuing on the topic of alignment and 2010 business plans , a couple of people I respect had some interesting insights recently. Blogger, author and coach Jason Seiden made these observations about motivation and retention in his predictions for 2010...

Published 13 Jan 2010 12:18 PM by globoforce

Filed under: culture of appreciation, employee engagement, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, motivating employees, Customer Stories

Nearly 75% Don’t Know What You Need from Them to Succeed

As we launch 2010, I’m sure your strategic objectives for the year are top of mind for you, as they are for me. Let me ask you, have you clearly communicated those objectives to your employees? Are you sure? If pressed, could they tell you what those...

Published 11 Jan 2010 12:16 PM by globoforce

Filed under: employee engagement, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, high performance culture

What Matters Now – to You?

Blogger, author, speaker Seth Godin published last month a terrific assemblage of 200 word essays from several dozen industry and thought leaders on the one subject, one word, that matters right now to them. Some of my favorites: Jacqueline Novogratz...

Published 8 Jan 2010 12:12 PM by globoforce

Filed under: culture of appreciation, recognition for all, company values and recognition, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, motivating employees, high performance culture

Are You Teaching Employees to Care Less?

If you subscribe to the belief – “My employees get paid for the work they do. That and just having a job in this economy should be appreciation enough.” – then you are training your employees to care less about their work, to want to invest less of themselves...

Published 6 Jan 2010 12:07 PM by globoforce

Filed under: employee engagement, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, motivating employees, performance management

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