Editor’s Note

​Christmas and the New Year celebrations are over. The decorations are down, holidays are already a distant memory and employees are struggling to stay motivated – yes, welcome to January! It’s a long, dark month ahead and it’s hard to find employees coming back to work after a relaxing Christmas break. It’s time to wipe the slate clean for the year and make a commitment to motivate your employees to have fun and be productive at work.

Keep Your Employees Motivated This New Year

The first week back to work after a long break isn’t always easy. With new targets, new expectations and sometimes new managers, employees often spend the first couple of days trying to get back into the swing of things. Not to mention that motivation levels won’t quite be where it needs to be, so here are my top tips for keeping your employees motivated in the New Year.

Recognition and Engagement January 2017 Advertisers

Transforming Employee Engagement: The gamification of learning

Gamification platforms are one tool in the HR department’s arsenal that can quantitatively improve engagement in regards to e-learning of important information. These tools provide benefits to employers and staff when they offer real-time feedback in regards to employee performance and engagement.

The Power Of “Good Morning”

“My boss doesn't even say good morning to me. It's like she doesn't even see me,” my friend complained to me. And I knew that in that moment, my friend disengaged a bit. She felt unseen, unappreciated and unvalued. Over time, she disengaged a lot. 

Here’s Why Perks Don’t Drive True Employee Engagement: Tips for long-term engagement

There is no amount of holiday bonuses, travel perks, or free lunches that will guarantee employees’ engagement at work. Today’s workers are too smart—they aren’t going to base their loyalty on fleeting rewards. They’re in it for the long haul, but only if employers focus on engaging them rather than making them happy.

Create Belonging Through Celebrations: Tips for building a successful corporate community

​For over a decade I’ve worked with emerging and active leaders in tech, finance, government, social change, media, and more. No matter their industry, most leaders are interested in the exact same thing: how to cultivate a powerful, connected, productive community within their organization. If you have a team that you want to care about one another in success and failure, then you are creating community whether you know it or not!

Role Satisfaction Through Needs Fulfilment: Is it the key to employee engagement?

Managers want to fulfill their employee’s needs so that they are content with their pay, hours, and level of flexibility. These factors influence employee satisfaction. But does satisfaction influence employee engagement is the problem. An employee can be satisfied with a job without being engaged in the job. Employee engagement is much more than being content with pay and other perks.

Development Plans For Employees Engagement And Growth: Employee engagement starts with the manager

Traditionally, employee engagement programs have been developed by HR departments to survey employees, and create strategic employee engagement programs to reduce attrition. This a great first step; however a recent Gallup study shows that the top reason an employee leaves a company is due to their relationship with their manager.

Cultivating Stakeholder Active Engagement: A leader’s tool for excellence

It has been twenty years since this memorable customer experience; nonetheless, it’s as fresh in my mind today as it was on the day it occurred. We had purchased two vacuum cleaners from Costco. They never seemed to work right, so we decided to return them. For lots of reasons, it took us more than a year to act on our decision.