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Values * The Glue Keeping Us Together during Change (Insights from HR Directors Business Summit)

I enjoyed dinner last night with several leaders of HR in various businesses. A common concern to all them seems to be the whirlwind of change currently blowing through these organizations. The forces of change I described in my post/report yesterday...

Published 25 Jan 2011 3:57 PM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: company values and recognition, strategic recognition, Customer Stories, culture management

Learnings from HR Directors Business Summit

I’m greatly enjoying my participation this week at the HR Directors Business Summit in Birmingham, UK. I’ve already learned a tremendous amount and am looking forward to some interesting sessions on Gen Y tomorrow. Today, Professor Lynda Gratton from...

Published 24 Jan 2011 7:04 PM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: culture of appreciation, employee engagement, strategic recognition, Customer Stories, culture management

Free Webinar: Recognition the KPMG Way: Driving Employee Engagement and Success

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Do you need to unify your culture ? If you want to hear tips and strategies for doing just that from a peer, join me and Sara Turner, the head of employee benefits and wellbeing for KPMG UK, Tuesday next week, November 30...

Published 24 Nov 2010 8:50 PM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: webinar recaps, Globoforce News, Customer Stories

Stop Creating Second-Class Corporate Citizens

On Monday this week, I wrote about Symantec’s incredible success with peer-to-peer recognition programs that span departments and teams. But the only reason Symantec is able to allow employees from any department to recognize each other is because they...

Published 22 Sep 2010 8:47 AM by globoforce

Filed under: culture of appreciation, global recognition, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, Customer Stories

Part 5: Catalog Providers Hate Gift Cards because Your Employees Love Them!

In my final look at why employees love gift cards in a reward program, we saw how, with the introduction of gift cards into an old catalog selection – within weeks 90-99% of employees will select the gift cards! That’s exactly why catalog providers hate...

Published 7 Jun 2010 1:38 PM by globoforce

Filed under: global recognition, recognition for all, strategic recognition, motivating employees, Globoforce News, Customer Stories

Part 3: Catalog Providers Hate Gift Cards Because Your Employees Love Them!

Continuing my look at why employees love gift cards in a reward program where we saw how if you introduce gift cards into an old catalog selection – within weeks 90-99% of employees will select the gift cards! That’s exactly why catalog providers hate...

Published 24 May 2010 8:31 AM by globoforce

Filed under: global recognition, motivating employees, Customer Stories, reward choice

Catalog Providers Hate Gift Cards Because Your Employees Love them!

Continuing my look at why employees love gift cards in a reward where we saw how if you introduce gift cards into an old catalog selection – within weeks 90-99% of employees will select the gift cards! That’s exactly why catalog providers hate them, because...

Published 17 May 2010 8:56 AM by globoforce

Filed under: global recognition, strategic recognition, motivating employees, Customer Stories, reward choice

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

Work Worth Doing with Quintiles

If you enjoyed the DHL webinar , you may also want to view the webinar with Quintiles on their Work Worth Doing strategic employee recognition program. IN 2004, new hire retention was a major priority for improvement for Quintiles. Leadership saw employee...

Published 31 Dec 2009 11:58 AM by globoforce

Filed under: webinar recaps, culture of appreciation, global recognition, employee retention, Customer Stories

First Choice Honors with DHL

DHL Global Forwarding ’s Senior Director of Talent Management, Brent Biedermann, recently joined me for a webinar on how they’ve applied the five tenets of strategic recognition within their First Choice Honors program, which was designed to improve the...

Published 29 Dec 2009 11:56 AM by globoforce

Filed under: webinar recaps, culture of appreciation, global recognition, Customer Stories, reward choice

From the Trenches * HR Leaders Discuss Strategic Recognition

I’m very excited to be hosting a roundtable discussion at the upcoming Total Rewards 2009 Conference (31 May to 3 June) in Seattle, Washington. This year’s conference is “Dealing with Today’s Challenges/Preparing for Tomorrow’s Opportunities.” If any...

Published 14 May 2009 3:29 PM by globoforce

Filed under: recognition in an ailing economy, employee engagement, global recognition, strategic recognition, employee retention, Globoforce News, Customer Stories

Globoforce/Symantec Webinar & Recognition Podcasts

This Thursday I’m hosting a webinar with Jennifer Reimert, senior director of global compensation at Symantec, discussing how and why Symantec overhauled their legacy recognition program to improve processes, save money, involve more participants and...

Published 3 Mar 2009 3:21 PM by globoforce

Filed under: Globoforce News, Globoforce podcasts, Customer Stories

What’s All the Recognition Fuss About?

Quite a lot, actually. The news headlines around the world in the last couple of weeks have been nailing bailed-out banks to the wall for trying to continue with traditional employee recognition junkets, senior executive bonuses and other schemes that...

Published 19 Feb 2009 3:53 PM by globoforce

Filed under: recognition in an ailing economy, culture of appreciation, Comments on Articles and Research, employee retention, Globoforce News, Customer Stories, cash vs non-cash rewards

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