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Any Reward Scheme That Ignores Culture Will Fail

Recognize This! – The best laid reward schemes of mice and HR Pros go often awry . (With a nod to Robert Burns) What employee recognition or reward program have you put in place that you later regretted? Would unlimited vacation or paid time-off...

Published 31 May 2012 8:20 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: performance management, employee recognition, engagement, company culture, culture of recognition, social recognition, lance haun, R&R programs, robert burns

Spring 2012 Workforce Mood Tracker Results

Recognize This! – The only qualifier for needing recognition in the workplace is being a member of the human race. Last week I had the pleasure of co-presenting with Thad Peterson the results of the Globoforce Spring 2012 Mood Tracker survey (which...

Published 30 May 2012 7:18 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, performance management, appreciation, thad peterson, Globoforce Spring 2012 Mood Tracker survey

Preserving Your Culture during Mergers and Acquisitions

Recognize This! – A formula for M&A success: “People + Culture + Numbers = Success.” Why do 83% of mergers or acquisitions fail? Because too much emphasis is put on the financials and not enough on the people and the culture. That’s...

Published 25 May 2012 6:08 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, tlnt, culture, winning with a culture of recognition, symantec, webinar, ron thomas, Acquisitions, Mergers

The Power of Creating a Positive Culture at Work

Recognize This! – You can get more done, more effectively, with a few kind words and good humor. One of my colleagues is from the Southern U.S. She tells me she was raised to be Southern Belle. Now, being from Ireland, I’m not entirely sure...

Published 24 May 2012 7:00 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, performance management, company values, culture, Bruna Martinuzzi, Corporate Leadership Council, Feras Banna

2 Reasons Why Culture Matters to Recruitment

Recognize This! – Strong talent always has a choice of where to work and increasingly is choosing an organization with purpose. On Monday, I wrote about the importance of culture for organization success and how to do that through consistent, frequent...

Published 23 May 2012 7:06 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, performance management, talent management, appreciation, tlnt, recruitment, culture, employee productivity

What Could Steve Jobs Have Accomplished with More Attention on the B Players?

Recognize This! – There are always B players in any organization who are just as important to your success as A players, if in a different way. During the last few months, one of the top books has been the Steve Jobs autobiography . It’s a...

Published 22 May 2012 6:03 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, performance management, talent management, appreciation, leadership, motivation, encouragement, steve jobs autobiography

Thoughts on Company Culture from Knowledge Infusion

Recognize This! – Creating the culture you want and need for organization success takes sustained hard work. Suzanne Rumsey from Knowledge Infusion wrote last month in Fistful of Talent about company culture. Her post is spot-on and deserves to...

Published 21 May 2012 3:46 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, performance management, company culture, hr initiatives, Knowledge Infusion, Suzanne Rumsey

Positivity at Work Must Have a Strong Foundation in Your Values

Recognize This! – Focusing on positivity at work must be based on more than just “good feelings” to be successful over the long term. What do you think about the positivity at work movement? I’ve written about positivity psychology...

Published 18 May 2012 8:50 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, performance management, company values, appreciation, company culture, motivation, positivity at work

Stop Rewarding People for Just Showing Up

Recognize This! – Perfect attendance awards are a bad idea. Can we talk about a dirty little secret of employee recognition? “Perfect Attendance” awards are a really bad idea. Yes, we want our employees to come to work. But we already...

Published 18 May 2012 2:58 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: performance management, employee recognition, appreciation, incentives, lisa haneberg, management craft blog, perfect attendance

8 Predictions (with 4 Main Themes) for HR Tech from Knowledge Infusion

Recognize This! – Talent is indisputably fluid. So are business objectives. HR must deliver a way to align fluid talent with fluid business needs. I’ve just finished reading a very interesting report from Knowledge Infusion CEO and Co-Founder...

Published 16 May 2012 6:21 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, performance management, globoforce, hr tech, social recognition, mobile recognition, Heidi Sprigi, Jason Averbook, talent maps

Employee Loyalty Is Not Dead, It’s Just Changed Hands

Recognize This! – Join me for a webinar discussion of the latest Globoforce Mood Tracker Survey results. Employee loyalty is one of those topics that can divide a room. Well, at least room full of HR Pros who live and breathe recruiting, retention...

Published 15 May 2012 8:10 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, retention, company culture, productivity, employee loyalty, globoforce mood tracker survey, recuiting, strategic recognition programs, thad peterson

Brain Research Proves Incentives Are Good, But Recognition Is Better

Recognize This! – The unexpected surprise delights us more than the expected reward. I’m often asked about the difference between incentives and recognition (and if there really is one). Let me be clear – there is a very great difference...

Published 11 May 2012 7:47 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, appreciation, recognition, incentives, competition, Alexander Kjerulf

Do This If You Want Your Employees to Quit on the Spot

Recognize This! – Trying to use recognition as compensation will not only fail, it will confuse and possibly anger the people you are trying to “recognize.” I’ve been having an interesting email discussion with a UK doctoral candidate...

Published 10 May 2012 7:52 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, performance management, retention, strategic employee recognition, compensation

3 Rants on Employee Engagement & Performance

Recognize This! – Avoid these common prejudices and misunderstandings if you want to engage employees for increased productivity and performance. I’m all for a good rant now and again. I’ve been known to go on a few myself. This morning...

Published 9 May 2012 4:14 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, performance management, talent management, retention, leadership, john hollon

3 Things You Should Never Do in Employee Recognition

Recognize This! – Misguided recognition efforts can do more harm than good. Case studies provide an exceptional opportunity to learn – both the good and the “misguided.” Here are three misguided employee recognition case studies...

Published 8 May 2012 7:46 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic employee recognition, eric mosley, “The 7 Deadly Sins of Recognition”, Campbell’s ‘Healthy Lifestyle Award, US Airways’ “Above & Beyond” program

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