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The Great Resignation: Part 1
The Great Resignation: Part 1
Looking at work/life through the lens of the employee experience.
Anthony Klotz, a Texas A&M professor who came up with the phrase “the great resignation” back in May of 2021, believes that during the pandemic, people “re-imagined what normal could look like,” without commutes, with more family time, better pace, and less pressure. Comments like “Life is too short to be unhappy for five days a week in exchange for two days of freedom” have been posted; and hashtags, memes, and TikToks have emerged around “quit my job.”
So what can you do to avoid a great resignation of your own? What kind of experiences can you create for your teammates to ensure the benefits of your workplace outweigh the option to resign?
Check out some ways to keep your teams happy and dedicated to your organization!
#GreatResignation #EmployeeRetention #RecognitionStrategy
The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
Now is the most wonderful time of the year… to show appreciation!
Ahhh, the end of the year – Q4, the home sprint, time to take a breath. There’s a natural cheer in the air and uplifted spirits with feelings of progress. For many employees, the end of the year is synonymous with holidays and a time for reflection, giving, and sharing thanks across all areas of their lives – at home and at work. For others, the holidays may be difficult; employees may feel added pressure to close sales, wrap up inventories, use budgets, and some may be faced with the general anxiety that the holiday season may bring.
In either case, now is the perfect time to pause and share appreciation with your teammates. The closing of the year gives us the opportunity to celebrate accomplishments, recognize individual and team successes, offer special thanks, and inspire motivation for the new year.
Check out some tips for ensuring your employees know they are valued, showing them you care and inspiring them for an amazing 2022!
#RecognitionStrategy #EmployeeRetention #EmployeeRecognition
The Role of Recognition in 2022
The Role of Recognition for 2022: Rethinking Your Strategy.
Who’s looking forward to 2022? We are! As Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “keep moving forward.” While many organizations are focused on messages of optimism and “moving forward,” employee retention is still a major concern. The last two years have impacted virtually every company when it comes to retaining employees.
So how can you keep your invaluable team? Recognition is a powerful tool for strengthening engagement and helping people to feel motivated and appreciated so that they stay with your organization.
Check out some ways to create an effective recognition strategy for 2022 to drive the engagement your teams want and the commitment that your organization needs!
#EmployeeRecognition #CompanyCulture #RecognitionStrategy
Service Award Solutions
Using service awards to engage your employees and impact your bottom line.
Service awards have and always will be a key component for building employee loyalty and engagement. With companies having a more challenging time retaining employees than hiring them, an effective service award program supports a strong workplace culture and helps retain employees. A service award doesn’t have to be a one-time event – rather it can be something that can consistently inspire and motivate your team.
Find out some ways to bring more frequency and consistency into your service award program here!
#ServiceAwards #Milestones #EmployeeRecognition #OrganizationalCulture
Recognition – The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Recognition – The gift that keeps on giving.
It’s never too early to begin planning your holiday recognition strategies, because gratitude has never been more important than now. The holidays are a natural time for organizations to reflect on their employees’ past successes and a time to show team members just how important their roles and individual contributions have been. When you celebrate these accomplishments, you give employees the emotional energy and reasons to look forward for the next year. More than ever, your employees need your attention and recognition to make sure they know how much you value their efforts.
Check out some quick recognition “wins” to boost morale, celebrate the holidays, and build on your culture of recognition here!
#Holidays2021 #EmployeeRecognition #WorkplaceCulture
Leveraging Peer Relationships
Build a positive workplace culture by leveraging peer relationships.
Workplace culture, employee experience, diversity of workforce – these factors are converging to create new dynamics in our everyday work life. A common denominator for success across each of these is peer relationships, which can be fostered by peer recognition. As a major component of an overall recognition strategy, peer-to-peer recognition creates a sense of belonging, builds connections, creates a culture of trust and teamwork, and can help support your company’s business.
Learn how peer recognition is a key investment in your team and in the future of your organization!
#WorkplaceCulture #PeerRelationship #EmployeeRecognition
Managing and Bandaging Employee Burnout
Employee burnout isn’t new. But in 2021, it’s escalated to a whole new level with triggers and stresses from a number of different angles. Teams are creatively pivoting from work to family, office to home; choosing deadlines over wellness to manage their lifestyles. Plus, there are additional complications. Things like financial challenges, loneliness, fellowship, and doing more with less complicate the matter, making it hard for companies to manage everyone’s needs. According to many, burnout is the opposite of engagement. This is NOT what we want. So what can you do to manage and improve employee burnout?
Check out three ideas to help your employees thrive and achieve better balance here!
#EmployeeBurnout #BackToTheOffice #EmployeeExperience
Returning To The Workplace
{Re}opening. {Re}connecting. {Re}turning to the Workplace.
It’s a hot topic among employees today; “when are we going back to the office?” Returning to the workplace for people who have been working remotely for the past year can be considered either exciting or scary (or inconsequential).
Incentive Services University is always looking for positive examples in the workplace, and in the past year, there were many positive ways companies improved their employees’ experiences. Better yet, these evolutions morphed into changes for the better within the workplace.
Learn more about how to how to help your employees have a smooth transition back to the office, and how to keep your engagement efforts working here!
#ReturnToTheWorkplace #EmployeeEngagement #CompanyCulture
Generational Differences and Recognition
We often hear people discuss the challenges of planning their recognition strategy for well-rounded teams of different generations. But with challenge comes opportunity to better embrace the collective positive experiences of working alongside a team of people, no matter when they were born. It’s all about understanding motivators and what makes people tick. So, when you develop your recognition strategy, it’s a good idea to consider your audience, what is important to them, and how they like to be recognized.
Learn more about the diverse perspectives, motivations and needs of every employee within your organization here!
#GenerationalDifferences #EmployeeRecognition #EmployeeMotivators #CompanyCulture
DEI and Organizational Culture
There has never been a time in history when diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has been more important to company culture than now. The heightened focus, plus the desire of company leaders to directly address the impact on and for their teams, creates an opportunity to bring about change; and an opportunity to develop the strongest, best performing, and most engaged employees ever. This is a change for the better.
Learn more about why DEI matters to your culture and how to optimize the impact of DEI within your organization here!
#CompanyCulture #DiversityEquityAndInclusion #InclusionAndBelonging