In this blog I share 4 differences between incentives and recognition, helping you use them both in the most meaningful and effective ways.

John Good Group's 'Living the Dream' program offers employees the opportunity to make a dream a reality completely on them.

4 ways that First Bus use recognition to show appreciation to their employees, doing it in their own way.

When chatting to my 21-year old son the other day, I asked him how his first proper job was going. Expecting the usual one-word response,...

I’m a big believer that recognition is a team sport, with every employee having a critical role to play. In my book Appreciate it! The...

Building (or rebuilding) an employee recognition program can be one of the most rewarding things we have the pleasure of doing as HR...

How to understand and use informal recognition tools to deliver that appreciation feeling.

4 tips to help you design recognition programs looking through a diversity, equity and inclusion lens.

Verifile, a company that provides global resume verification and background screening services, is on a journey. A journey to expand...

One of the most challenging (and daunting) parts of designing a recognition program is determining the rewards. Get it right, and you...

In my last blog, I wrote about how to transform managers into champions of employee recognition by helping them understand why it’s...

No matter how great HR is at designing and delivering recognition programs, they'll never work without the support and ownership of your...

There’s no denying that we’re all different. But just like DNA, which is actually 99% the same between all humans, there is also much...

One of the biggest reasons that recognition (and recognition programs) fail is that important recognition moments are missed. Great...

In my latest book, Appreciate it! The Playbook for Employee Recognition, I share what I call the “Four Golden Rules of Recognition.” The...

Over the years, companies have come to understand the importance and power of employee recognition – to our people and to our companies....

Many societies and cultures have in place some version of what they call ‘The Golden Rules,’ which is a philosophy and way of treating...

We all have our own unique and special personality, something that shows to others the ways we think, act, and behave. And when it comes...

Over the years, employee recognition has moved from a ‘nice to have’ to a ‘have to have,’ with 87 percent of organisations now having...

Throughout the pandemic we’ve seen a change in why and how we recognise one another. Just look on social media, and you’ll see story...