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12 tips to boost employee morale in retail during the holidays

Homebase

When corporate giant Walmart increased their hourly pay to $10 in 2015, the chain saw their sales figures increase by $5 billion during the next 6 months. We’re guessing that both employees and management was pretty thrilled. It lets you share shift notes , talk to dedicated groups or the whole team, and even schedule team meetings.

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12 Unique Examples of Employee Recognition in Action

Bonusly

Most of these examples are not complete strategies in themselves—they're part of a larger strategy incorporating the key characteristics of effective employee recognition : Timely. Employee recognition program Bonusly. When you wanted to give thanks and recognition to a fellow employee, where did you do it?”

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The importance of employee recognition

Interact-Intranet

The importance of employee recognition is often overlooked – are you aware of the impact? Employee recognition is essential for motivating, retaining and fully engaging our employees. What employee recognition is – and what it isn’t. Recognition is not one-size-fits all.

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Launching a New Employee Recognition Program: 4 Tips for a Great Start

Terryberry

Kicking off a new employee recognition program in 2015? Kicking off your employee recognition program is a terrific opportunity to communicate to your employees that they are valued and their contributions matter. Learn more about getting started with an employee recognition program.

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The Business Case for Employee Recognition and Rewards

Compensation Cafe

But compensation professionals (and readers of this blog) know the pay cheque is but one part of a very complex agreement between employer and employee to maximize a mutually beneficial relationship. Latest in these reports is Mercer’s 2015/2016 US Compensation Planning Survey, which is well summarized in this SHRM report.

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Trends in Employee Recognition Show Growing Importance in Results-Driven, Culture-Oriented Approach

Compensation Cafe

WorldatWork’s latest “Trends in Employee Recognition Report” is out. Key highlights from this year’s report: 1) Prevalence of recognition programs in organizations continues to grow. 89% of organizations offer some sort of recognition program with an average of 4.6 Employee recognition is not a nice-to-have soft-skill.

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5 Ways to Keep Performance Reviews From Becoming Boring

HR Bartender

Both the manager and employee knew what the conversation was going to focus on, but it was brief and to the point. According to the 2015 SHRM/Globoforce Employee Recognition Survey , employee retention and turnover is the number one challenge facing HR professionals today. Add a stay interview component.