The 20s are upon us, marking the end of a decade, a memorable milestone that always draws attention, pomp, and retrospection. Employee recognition has grown in leaps and bounds over the last ten years, filling new niches and leveraging technology to provide quality recognition to more employees in more places than ever before. Major Milestones […]
Continue Reading ...Black Friday and Cyber Monday get a lot of hype as the end-all be-all shopping days the holiday season, but they pale in comparison to the real busiest shopping day of the year. The final Saturday before Christmas Eve (Dec 21st this year), also known as “Super Saturday”, consistently logs higher online sales and foot […]
Continue Reading ...The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that cigarette smoking is the lowest it has ever been in the US, with only 14% of adults saying they smoke tobacco products. Additionally, nearly 7 in 10 (68%) smokers want to stop smoking, and over half (55.4%) have made a quit attempt in the past […]
Continue Reading ...October 21-25 is Medical Assistants Recognition Week, and Wednesday Oct 23 is Medical Assistant Recognition Day. Observed on the third week of every October, MARWeek is a time to say thank you and recognize the people in one of the fastest-growing healthcare support occupations.
Continue Reading ...Mental Health Awareness Month (aka Mental Health Month), and it’s a good time to examine how mental health issues impact the workplace.
Continue Reading ...It might sound like strange advice, but it bears repeating: don’t forget to recognize employees who are consistent top performers. Your best employees create such a sense of ease and comfort in their daily work we can sometimes mistake high performance for high job satisfaction and prioritize recognizing middle or low performers instead. Transactional Thinking […]
Continue Reading ...In the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), the World Health Organization officially acknowledged employee burnout as an “occupational phenomenon”. With due respect we say it’s about time! Burnout has been a serious workplace concern across the globe for at least the last four decades, making this official recognition long overdue. Finally, […]
Continue Reading ...We often get asked about how soon one should give employee appreciation, so here’s the long and short of it (pun intended).
Continue Reading ...Are you heading to SHRM19 Conference in Las Vegas this June 23-26? So are we! As always there are over 200 concurrent educational sessions going on this year hosted by some of the best minds in HR to help professionals in every stage of their careers. While we encourage attendance at as many sessions as […]
Continue Reading ...Employee recognition and rewards have come a long way even in just the last ten years. In a new Voice of the Market survey by the Incentive Research Foundation, 45 program managers and end users of employee reward programs were interviewed about the increasing scope of employee rewards, and “what they prioritize when designing, implementing, […]
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