In an effort to encourage appreciation of employees, Recognition Professionals International created Employee Appreciation Day as a day to focus attention on the efforts of all employees, in all industries and thank them for their work. This isn’t enough. We know strategic recognition works in increasing employee engagement, productivity and loyalty. So what are you […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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St. Patrick’s Day, while superficially a religious holiday, is really a day on which everyone can celebrate the wearing of the green. In workplaces I have visited, activity committees have served corned beef lunches to staff. One company bought everyone shamrock sugar cookies with green icing. Dozens of employees wear green to work and, those […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Last week we looked at various attributes of recognition done well. This week will be a few examples of what recognition is not. First up, Paul Hebert over at Incentive Intelligence and the i2i blog recently posted a couple of interesting ideas on this topic. First, in a post on the differences between incentives and […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Periodically, a reader’s question has universal appeal and application so I am sharing both the question and my response. This particular question comes to me a lot, particularly from people who want to transition into the field of HR. With little to no formal education in HR and little job experience, what can the individual […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Do you know who the real power players are in your organization? I don’t mean your star salesperson, either. I mean those people who are the “go-to” people when you need to get something done. Who’s the mid-level associate who always brings the project in on time and under budget, even though he’s not the […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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For employers, March Madness, the men’s college basketball tournament, marks the arrival of several annual rituals: employee-organized office betting pools, a potential dip in employee productivity and a decline in Internet speed, as employees watch live streaming broadcasts of the tournament games during office hours. March Madness also provides a team building opportunity for your […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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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 satisfied with their job, your company and their place in it without ever engaging in […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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In the day-to-day business world, we go about a number of important things backwards. Aside from March Madness, which is occupying a lot of time and conversation this week, I’ve been thinking about how we sometimes approach important issues backwards. For March Madness, the games will happen every year. Why not turn the entire two […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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A week ago on Employee Appreciation Day, I issued a challenge to make recognition an ongoing effort and not a once or twice a year affair. With that in mind, let me offer you a few more cautionary tales on how not to recognize as you make recognition part of every day. Two common ways […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Interested in my picks for top trends of the past decade? Here goes. These are my top ten trends of the decade for Human Resources. They were far from clear cut and I still go back and forth on several and on the way in which I combined various HR trends. Several readers have already […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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