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Today on Compensation Café * More Themes from WorldatWork “Trends in Employee Recognition” Report

Recognise This! – Old-school approaches to employee recognition do not deliver the business results companies need. Today on Compensation Café , I shared additional insight into the 2013 WorldatWork “Trends In Employee Recognition Report...

Published 17 Jun 2013 8:21 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: global recognition, WorldAtWork, trends in employee recognition, SHRM conference, The Crowdsourced Performance Review

Top 5 Employee Recognition Goals from the Latest WorldatWork Trends in Recognition Report

Recognise This! – More and more companies are realising the power of strategic employee recognition to reinforce and drive desired behaviours in the daily work of employees. WorldatWork just released its 2013 Trends in Employee Recognition report...

Published 14 Jun 2013 8:27 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, WorldAtWork, high performance, culture of recognition, behavior-based recognition, motivate employees, positive work environment, trends in employee recognition

Tattoo Your Culture on Your Employees’ Hearts, Not Hands or Heads

Recognise This! – While few employees will choose to permanently ink their skin with your logo, far more will indelibly tattoo your values and ambitions on their hearts and minds when recognised for their efforts, contributions and achievements...

Published 14 Jun 2013 1:06 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, loyalty, commitment, company brand, corporate tattoos, employee brand

The Importance of Behavior-Based Recognition and Reward – A Goldman Sachs Illustration

Recognise This! – Deeply embedding your core values in how employees are rewarded is critical to overcome too much emphasis on results achievement to the detriment of company reputation. A foundational tenet of strategic employee recognition is...

Published 13 Jun 2013 2:12 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: company values, performance review, core values, Golman Sachs, using values to measure employee performance

Creating a Culture of Recognition: It’s Simple, But Not Easy

Recognise This! – Balancing business goals and heartfelt recognition is the goal of strategic recognition and culture management. I have the honour of doing what I love for my job – I help company leaders transform their cultures into ones...

Published 10 Jun 2013 5:46 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: culture of appreciation, culture management, company values, strategic employee recognition, culture of recognition, thank you, heartfelt thanks

The Confluence of Happiness and Performance = Engagement

Recognise This! – Balancing employee happiness and performance is critical to long-term, sustainable employee engagement and impact. Earlier this week, I shared insight from Eventbrite Co-Founder and President Julia Hartz on the importance of helping...

Published 7 Jun 2013 8:01 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, recognition, performance, happiness, impact

Can Your Employees Achieve Your Vision or Just Quote It?

Recognise This! – The worth of a corporate vision statement is in employees’ ability to understand and contribute to achieving it every day. What’s your company’s vision? If that isn’t defined in so many words, what would...

Published 5 Jun 2013 8:43 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee recognition, mission, company vision, employee reward, achieving the vision

What Engages You?

Recognise This! – Sometimes, removing bureaucracy and getting out of people’s way are the most “engaging” things you can do. Last month, I wrote a post on 3 Good Reasons Employee Engagement Surveys Fail . I talked about the reality...

Published 4 Jun 2013 1:18 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, survey, eliminate bureaucracy, Laurie Ruettimann, make doing the job easier

Latest Globoforce/SHRM Report: Driving Stronger Performance through Employee Recognition

Recognise This! – Recognition can impact and even fix many aspects of HR. As regular readers can imagine, I’m a fan of research. Research from multiple angles and sources can lead us to better decisions and applications. In addition to the...

Published 31 May 2013 1:05 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: performance management, employee recognition, performance review, shrm, crowdsourcing, employee reward, HR research

Lessons from Leaders: The Importance of Being Present and Praising Failure

Recognise This! – Leading with clarity, in the moment and in alignment with core values is critical to employees achieving desired goals. Occasionally in Recognise This!, I like to share advice and lessons from leaders of well known companies. Today...

Published 30 May 2013 7:39 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: leadership, management, clarity of purpose, clear employee messages, leadership presence, recognizing and rewarding failure

Do We Need More Happiness at Work?

Recognise This! – Serious research is building a compelling business case for a positivity-filled workplace. I have been in Berlin this past week speaking at the Pan-Euro HR conference on a favourite topic — new social technologies that can...

Published 30 May 2013 2:48 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: positive psychology, social recognition, happiness at work, employee recognition and rewards, Crowdsourced Performance Review

Don’t Think Retention Is an Issue? Here’s Why You Should Reconsider

Recognise This! – Traditional approaches to retention may no longer be enough. Granted, the recover from the recession has been mediocre at best. In this reality, many company leaders have become complacent in regards to talent, assuming employees...

Published 29 May 2013 6:14 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee recognition and reward, recruiting, retention, employee engagmeent, recruit, attrition, high-performers, high-potential

3 Ways Employee Engagement Surveys Fail

Recognise This! – Don’t bother to survey employees on their engagement unless you’re willing to invest time and money to resolve difficult, deep, cultural challenges their answers may bring to light. Sometimes, we need to air our HR...

Published 23 May 2013 1:08 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, employee surveys, exit interviews

3 Reasons Why All Employees Must Be Company Strategists

Recognise This! – Strategy can only be executed by those who intimately understand strategic objectives and their role in it. Strategy is one of my passions. I’m fortunate that helping clients formulate strategy is also my job. Indeed, my...

Published 20 May 2013 8:13 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee recognition and reward, company strategy, helping employees understand and implement strategy, organization strategy

Why Most Companies Fail at Innovation (And What to Do Instead)

Recognise This! – Innovation is not just the big, market-transforming end result, but the little ideas along the way. What’s the most powerful word in business today? Innovation. Read any blog, any news source, any prospectus and you will...

Published 20 May 2013 5:57 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: strategic recognition, innovation, social recognition, employee recognition and rewards, how to encourage innovation

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