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Continuing our look at recent industry research Aberdeen Group just issued “Beyond Satisfaction: Engaging Employees to Retain Customers.” A...
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I know, this sounds counter intuitive, the companies that build recognition programs based upon catalogs of their pre-selected merchandise i...
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And finally, our Grand Prize Winner in the Recognition Gone Wrong contest: “Here’s a great example about recognition gone wrong. I was work...
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DHL Global Forwarding ’s Senior Director of Talent Management, Brent Biedermann, recently joined me for a webinar on how they’ve applied the...
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Recognition Horror Stories * Today on Compensation Cafe
Categories:
Globoforce News,
strategic recognition
Have you ever received some form of recognition that makes you face-palm and sigh to yourself, "I can't BELIEVE he just did that!"
In my line of work, I tend to hear the stories rather often. You've shared with me your stories (some "winners" here, here and here).
Today, on Compensation Cafe, I wrote about some of the latest stories. Click over to read up on How NOT to Recognize * Mortification ≠ Motivation and learn why your recognition practices should not violate your sexual harassment and safety/health policies!
* Image credit: Wikimedia Commons
In my line of work, I tend to hear the stories rather often. You've shared with me your stories (some "winners" here, here and here).
Today, on Compensation Cafe, I wrote about some of the latest stories. Click over to read up on How NOT to Recognize * Mortification ≠ Motivation and learn why your recognition practices should not violate your sexual harassment and safety/health policies!
* Image credit: Wikimedia Commons











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