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Making Recognition & Appreciation a Habit

Recognise This – Simply encouraging frequent “thanks” can mass mobilise your employees to achieve more than any manager could dream. Yesterday I had the opportunity to appear on TLNT Radio ( playback here ) with hosts John Hollon and...

Published 28 Jul 2011 7:20 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: motivating employees, high performance culture, employee recognition and reward, employee recognition, employee performance

Why Should I Thank Them for Doing Their Job?

Recognise This! – Simple acknowledgement and appreciation of hard work well done is something we all need if we are to keep delivering at the top of our game. Think back over your career, including jobs you may have done as a teenager like mowing...

Published 14 Jun 2011 2:36 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, recognition for all, company values and recognition, strategic recognition, high performance culture, performance management, employee recognition and reward, employee recognition, emplyee recognition, higher performance, rewards and recognition, workforce management

Why the Performance Appraisal Is Broken

Recognize This! – The traditional performance review process tries to accomplish too much. Have you ever wanted to rip your performance appraisal (or the entire appraisal process) in half? The only thing people can seem to agree on about the performance...

Published 16 May 2011 3:52 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: Comments on Articles and Research, high performance culture, performance management, operational excellence, talent management, feedback, performance appraisal, performance review

This Month on Compensation Café * Merit Increases Are Dead & 2 More

Today on Compensation Café I wrote about the possible death of merit increases as a feasible means of managing (and hopefully improving) employee performance . This year’s average merit increase is 3% -- barely a cost of living increase and not enough...

Published 28 Apr 2011 7:33 PM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, high performance culture, performance management, reward choice

3 Steps to Help Employees Find the Meaning in Their Work

Recognize This! – It really is as simple as Listen, Tell, Praise. Psychometrics Canada came out last month with a study on employee engagement . One of the findings buried in the report was more interesting to me, though: “Those working in government...

Published 26 Apr 2011 8:24 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

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

Top 5 Critical HR Priorities: #4 Managing Organizational Change

Recognize This! – Values + Strategy + Recognition = Effective Communication of Change Needs My fourth post in a series about the Top 5 Critical HR Priorities for 2011 from the Corporate Leadership Council HR global agenda poll, continues to bring together...

Published 7 Apr 2011 8:20 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, high performance culture, operational excellence, culture management

Fear or Excitement: Employee Attitude Closely Tied to Company Success

Recognize This: Stamping out fear of failure will help your company flourish. Richard Branson, serial entrepreneur, and head of Virgin Brands, attributes his success to the people on his team. There’s a reason he’s one of the world’s wealthiest people...

Published 30 Mar 2011 8:36 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: culture of appreciation, importance of executive buy-in, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, high performance culture, culture management

Why Focusing on Shareholder Value Is Wrong

Recognize This: Shareholder value will never guarantee customer satisfaction or an increase in their purchasing behavior. Is your company a slave to the quarterly analyst call? Are you focused, before all else, on increasing shareholder value as the best...

Published 29 Mar 2011 8:28 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: culture of appreciation, employee engagement, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, motivating employees, high performance culture, operational excellence, culture management

Performance Appraisal Games on Compensation Café

Recognize This: Performance appraisal/salary increase games make everyone losers. I blog regularly on Compensation Café . Last month, my posts dealt with the games we play with performance appraisals and salary increases. In my first post , I outline...

Published 17 Mar 2011 7:57 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: culture of appreciation, Comments on Articles and Research, motivating employees, high performance culture, performance management, culture management

Differentiation Creep

Recognize This: No one wants to be “the bad guy” in performance reviews and differentiation. Ever since “Neutron Jack” Welch popularized the “differentiation” approach to performance management in which employees have been segregated by their managers...

Published 14 Mar 2011 7:13 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: Comments on Articles and Research, high performance culture, performance management

Tell Your “Secrets” to Improve Your Career

Recognize This: If you’re not replaceable, you’re not promotable. Last holiday season, Steve Boese related a sweet story on traditional family recipes in his HR Technology Blog. In the post, Steve tells of his mother and her special stuffing that was...

Published 17 Feb 2011 8:43 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

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

Employees Don’t Know Your Objectives & Don’t Care

Recognize This: If you want your employees to care about your strategic objectives and work to achieve them every day, you better make it clear what those objectives are in their daily work. How about some frightening statistics to shake up the middle...

Published 16 Feb 2011 8:31 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: Comments on Articles and Research, motivating employees, high performance culture, performance management, operational excellence, culture management

How to Create a Culture of Recognition

Recognize This: A culture reflects a process that has become a habit. Now that we understand what a company culture is , how do you do it? Patty Azzarello in TLNT offered this tip: “ Say thank you. Creating a culture of recognition is a very powerful...

Published 11 Jan 2011 8:46 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: culture of appreciation, company values and recognition, importance of executive buy-in, strategic recognition, high performance culture, operational excellence, culture management

Say “Thank You” Unexpectedly to Motivate More Powerfully

Recognize This: Unexpected appreciation is a far more effective motivator than a predictable reward. A friend, trying to explain to me the joys of parenting immediately after venting about the challenges, sent me this article in Slate . To be honest,...

Published 28 Dec 2010 8:16 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

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

Knowing the Path to Your Destination * How to Communicate Your Strategic Plan

How’s your 2011 planning going? What changes do you see on the horizon for your organization’s strategic plan? There’s been a great deal of fluctuation in strategic plans during the last three years as companies have reacted to economic pressures in numerous...

Published 10 Dec 2010 8:22 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: recognition in an ailing economy, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, motivating employees, high performance culture, performance management, operational excellence

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