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Recognition & Reward Program Best Practices

Recognize This! – Reinforcing behaviors in a timely way will always be at the top of my recognition best practices list. Ascent Group recently came out with their annual Reward & Recognition Program Profiles & Best Practices . The report is well...

Published 15 Apr 2011 12:58 PM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: culture of appreciation, global recognition, recognition for all, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, performance management, reward choice, measuring recognition and engagement

The Golden/Platinum Rule of Business

Given unlimited resources (and unlimited understanding from the powers that be), what would you want to change in your organization? Knowing what’s broken, what’s not delivering desired results, what’s simply not registering high enough in employee surveys...

Published 10 Nov 2010 8:03 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, measuring recognition and engagement, Globoforce Recognition Book

Analytics & Employee Recognition: Finding the Recognition ROI

An article in the Harvard Business Review last month discussed the value of analytics in HR, describing how detailed analytics let, for example, Best Buy prove the value of a 0.1% increase in employee engagement at a particular store is an additional...

Published 5 Nov 2010 7:18 AM by Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward Commentary | Globoforce Blog

Filed under: employee engagement, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, measuring recognition and engagement, Globoforce Recognition Book

Employee Engagement Continues to Fall, along with Shareholder Return

Why should you care about employee engagement? Because it directly impacts shareholder return, EPS, financial improvement and competitive advantage. Hewitt research found a 63% differential in total shareholder return for companies with high employee...

Published 6 Oct 2010 9:21 AM by globoforce

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

Strategic Recognition * The Fastest Path to Talent Management Metrics that Matter

What do you think? Are we in for a double-dip recession? Seems to me that the economic pundits are waffling hard on this topic. In a Bnet article, Margaret Heffernan seems to think so, but she offers great advice for what to do in a double-dip – grow...

Published 25 Aug 2010 4:40 PM by globoforce

Filed under: Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, cash vs non-cash rewards, operational excellence, measuring recognition and engagement

Moving Beyond Engagement to Enablement

Why should you care about employee engagement and enablement? Hay Group in the UK recently released these numbers: • 59% of UK employees started 2010 planning to find a new job • Organizations that engage and enable employees reduce voluntary turnover...

Published 11 Aug 2010 8:44 AM by globoforce

Filed under: employee engagement, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, operational excellence, measuring recognition and engagement

BlogTalk Radio: The Difference between Compensation & Rewards (and bringing them together)

Last week I had the pleasure of participating in my first BlogTalk Radio show. Hosted by Paul Hebert of i2i , I joined a panel of fellow Compensation Café bloggers to discuss “Compensation & Rewards: What’s the Difference?” I truly enjoyed the experience...

Published 13 Jul 2010 7:11 PM by globoforce

Filed under: recognition for all, importance of executive buy-in, strategic recognition, motivating employees, Globoforce News, measuring recognition and engagement

Join Me at SHRM * 2 Sessions on CEO Role & Measuring Recognition

Join me at SHRM's 2010 Annual Conference and Exposition in San Diego, June 27-30, 2010. I'll be leading two sessions: In “The CEO’s New Role in Recognition,” Monday, 28 June, from 4:00-5:15, I will demonstrate to HR leaders how strategic employee...

Published 24 Jun 2010 12:39 PM by globoforce

Filed under: importance of executive buy-in, Globoforce News, measuring recognition and engagement

Defining Employee Engagement * It Is What You Need It to Be

I’ve followed and been involved in discussions too numerous to count on the proper definition of employee engagement, is engagement real or just the latest HR buzz word, and similar. The reality is well expressed by APQC in a recent Workforce Management...

Published 28 Apr 2010 8:21 AM by globoforce

Filed under: employee engagement, Comments on Articles and Research, measuring recognition and engagement

Excellent Recognition Guidance from the Corporate Executive Board

The Corporate Executive Board (CEB) recently ran an excellent three-part series on recognition and reward best practices. Highlights are below, but be sure to click through and read the full series. From Beyond the Bonus: Four Ways to Recognize and Reward...

Published 19 Apr 2010 8:03 AM by globoforce

Filed under: recognition for all, company values and recognition, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, cash vs non-cash rewards, measuring recognition and engagement

How Do You Know Your Recognition Program Is Succeeding?

Once you’ve aligned your strategic recognition program to reflect your changed company objectives to help communicate new strategies, approaches or even organizational structure, how do you know your efforts are succeeding? Disturbing results from a survey...

Published 14 Apr 2010 8:58 AM by globoforce

Filed under: Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, operational excellence, measuring recognition and engagement

The Role of Quotas in Employee Recognition

I recently received an email newsletter from Bob Nelson in which he advocates strongly against recognizing people on a quota. His point is: “You can’t manage by a formula. It just doesn’t work. You have to manage from the heart. You have to e real in...

Published 2 Apr 2010 9:04 AM by globoforce

Filed under: culture of appreciation, company values and recognition, importance of executive buy-in, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, measuring recognition and engagement

Understanding the Difference between Engagement and Satisfaction

Let’s be clear. The terms employee engagement and employee satisfaction are NOT interchangeable. This article is one of the worst examples I’ve seen of the terms being used interchangeably, to great confusion. Why does this matter? Employees can be quite...

Published 12 Mar 2010 8:51 AM by globoforce

Filed under: employee engagement, Comments on Articles and Research, measuring recognition and engagement

Governance over Global Recognition

Do you know where your recognition budget is going? Most multinational companies have multiple disparate recognition programs operating in different departments, plants and countries, contributing to increased risk, costs and confusion among the workforce...

Published 9 Nov 2009 12:45 PM by globoforce

Filed under: global recognition, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, operational excellence, measuring recognition and engagement

ROI of Employee Recognition

Have you ever been asked, “Yes, I see why recognition may be helpful in boosting employee morale, but what’s the value of the program? Where’s the ROI?” An interesting report on The Value and ROI in Employee Recognition , recently issued by The Forum...

Published 5 Oct 2009 2:09 PM by globoforce

Filed under: culture of appreciation, company values and recognition, Comments on Articles and Research, strategic recognition, reward choice, measuring recognition and engagement

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