Editor's Note

Sometimes people don't want a bonus or pay hike. Instead, what they'd really appreciate is a genuine "thank you.” Good job. Well done. Fantastic. Well, we all certainly recognize the power of positive reinforcement. Feeling appreciated makes employees happy. Compensation and titles are good rewards, but so is the affirmation that they’re important to the company.

The Importance Of Employee Effort Analytics: Measuring employee productivity

Painter, and it seems unheralded productivity guru, Paul Gauguin said, “Stressing output is the key to improving productivity while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.” Doesn’t this read exactly like a note to the top managers and HR heads of today’s knowledge organizations?

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Designing Employee Recognition Programs: 5 critical factors to consider

Gallup tells us that employee recognition programs can increase individual productivity and customer satisfaction, enhance teamwork, and increase retention of quality employees, and lower negative effects such as absenteeism and stress. It all sounds great, but the path to employee happiness isn’t always clear.

A Performance Evaluation Refresher: Importance of evaluations

When I served in the US Army, I took away one very important concept that continues to hold precedence throughout my career. This concept is the usage and application of performance evaluations in the workplace. These performance appraisals can be either formal or informal and should reflect the employee’s performance for a specified period of time. Evaluations are a major cornerstone to personnel decisions.

What Do Millennials Want Most From Employers?

Millennials are the largest — and arguably most talked-about — generation of Americans. As regularly discussed in the media, Millennials’ wants, needs, and desires often show markedly different trends versus other age groups. Our new research study demonstrates that their workplace behavior is no exception (although, the differences aren’t as great as you may have imagined). Our study also shows that workplace rewards and recognition, a key component in increasing employee happiness, are not aligned with what makes Millennial employees engaged, comfortable and productive.

Cloud-Based Benefits Engagement: Why the software deployment model matters

HR executives may not be focused on the software deployment model, whether cloud-based or on premise, and may not see it as critical to their benefits engagement strategy. However, for companies that continue to focus on their benefits strategy as an important tool for talent acquisition and retention, the cloud software deployment model may be far more important than they realize. Cloud-based software, by its very nature, enables the flexibility, scalability, customization, and out-of-the-box third-party integrations required in the dynamic benefits engagement and communications landscape.

Improving Workplace Productivity: 3 easy ways to do it

We’ve all been there. Mounting tasks, competing priorities – sometimes, it’s hard to be truly productive. So, why not implement these three easy ways to help improve #workplace #productivity.

Communicating Appreciation

While we know that good things happen when employees feel appreciated, communicating appreciation to staff is not a miracle salve that cures all wounds. Sometimes, well-meaning supervisors (and sometimes lazy managers who don’t want to do the hard work of dealing with problems) try to use appreciation as a “quick fix” for deeper issues that need to be addressed.

Indulging Is Not Engaging: 3 steps to inspire your employees to care

It is fair to say that one of the biggest issues CEOs and employers are facing today is finding and keeping talented employees. Ask any CEO, small business owner, or C-Suite professional what their biggest challenge is and more often than not they will tell you that attracting and developing talent tops the list.