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3 Critical Questions to Ask Before Implementing an Incentives Scheme

Recognise This! – Incentives and employee recognition are two very different programmes. Be sure you’re selecting the right one for your goals and then implementing it correctly. Once again, a theme seems to be running through my RSS reader...

Published 25 Feb 2013 3:26 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: recognition, incentives, employee recognition and rewards, recognize employees, incentivize employees

The Knock-On Effect of Recognition Done Right

Recognise This! – People are watching. Recognise what you want to see emulated in others. Yesterday, news broke that the leaders of Facebook, Google, Apple and DST Global have joined together to do something unprecedented in the world of medicine...

Published 21 Feb 2013 8:20 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: recognition, achievement, reward, Breakthrough Prize

How to Achieve Success: Rewire Your Brain for Positivity & Happiness

Recognise This! – We can train our brains for positivity, not negativity. And when we do, our brains function 30% more effectively, changing the formula for success. I enjoy Ted Talks. This most recent one is no exception. Given by Shawn Achor ...

Published 14 Feb 2013 3:14 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: recognition, happiness, praise, reward, formula for success, negativity, positivity

4 Questions HR Must Ask Itself in 2013

Recognise This! – Traditional approaches to HR roles and deliverables will not meet the needs of the 2013 workplace. Intuit’s Fast Tack blog did a great job summarising trends and predictions for 2013 based on PwC Saratoga’s 2012/2013...

Published 11 Feb 2013 4:08 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee recognition and reward, recruiting, retention, recognition, recruitment, HR, employee utilization, predictions, recruit, training and development, trends

Culture Drives Employee Engagement, Not the Other Way Around

Recognise This! – Executives are still missing the mark on understanding what employees need if they’re going to choose to engage fully in their work and achieving the organisation’s objectives. I greatly enjoyed the summary of Deloitte’s...

Published 8 Feb 2013 2:46 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: company values, recognition, deloitte, company culture, leadership, strategy, core values, organization culture, executive

Why You Can’t Rely on Compensation (nor Raises) for Employee Engagement

Recognise This! – Compensation and praise/recognition are very different and fulfill very different employee needs. Let’s be honest with each other and – more importantly – with our employees. Raises during the last several years...

Published 6 Feb 2013 3:03 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee recognition and reward, recognition, compensation, praise, pay, merit increase, raises, salary

The Need for Recognition at Work Is NOT Generational

Recognize This! – Everyone needs feedback and encouragement on the work they do, regardless of generation. It seems I’ve written a few posts recently on “Questions I’m frequently asked.” Here’s one more: “Derek...

Published 10 Sep 2012 6:46 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: strategic recognition, employee recognition and reward, recognition, gen y, generations at work

3 Recognition Lessons Observed in India

Recognize This! – The power of strategic recognition knows no boundaries. I recently had the opportunity to travel a bit in India. How excited I was to pick up a Times of India newspaper on my first full day in the country to encounter the article...

Published 8 Aug 2012 9:07 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: company values, recognition, rewards, recession, employee, India

Unintended Consequences of Incentives at the Olympics

Recognize This! – After-the-fact recognition delivers better results than if/then incentives, which can be easily gamed. I’ve written before about the difference between recognition and incentives . This is an important distinction to understand...

Published 3 Aug 2012 5:50 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: recognition, incentives, rewards, intuit, Olympics, badminton, London 2012, scandel

My DriveThruHR Debut: Everything You Need to Know about Employee Recognition in 30 Minutes

Recognize This! – You can learn a lot about recognition done right in just 30 minutes. Well, it’s not everything you need to know, but I’m impressed with how much ground we were able to cover thanks to William and Byran’s expert...

Published 27 Jun 2012 2:17 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, performance management, recognition, incentives, shrm, company culture management, wempen and tincup

What Exit Interviews Reveal

Recognize This! – Manager challenges still lead the pack on employee reasons for leaving. David Witt, writing in the Blanchard LeaderChat blog , recently highlighted the top 10 reasons why employees quit from the employees’ perspective. And...

Published 15 Jun 2012 7:01 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, recognition, Blanchard LeaderChat blog, david witt, exit survey, pwc survey

Happiness at Work – Is it even a goal we should try to achieve?

Recognize This! – We are all responsible for our own happiness, but we can easily contribute to the happiness of others as well. In a post on her Compensation Force blog , Ann Bares pointed me to this discussion by Carr Hagerman on happiness in...

Published 8 Jun 2012 6:12 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, employee satisfaction, appreciation, recognition, ann bares, engagement survey, happiness at work

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

How Recognition Effects Employee Productivity

Recognize This! – Excessively high productivity cannot be sustained without intervention. One of the major outcomes of the Great Recession is a dramatic increase in employee productivity. This is not surprising as the employees who survived round...

Published 25 Apr 2012 8:17 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: performance management, retention, recognition, employee productivity, jtinsite, Sakaar Anand, the economic times, winning with a culture of recognition workshop

Research Shows Recognition Increases Retention & Performance

Recognize This! –Without a truly strategic recognition program, you’re likely not doing all you can to retain employees, help them achieve and sustain maximum productivity, and engage them in your culture. This seems to be research reporting...

Published 18 Apr 2012 7:02 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, performance management, retention, appreciation, recognition, strategic employee recognition, productivity, culture, roi

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