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Fixing Your Total Rewards Mix: Tom McMullen Q+A (Part 2)

Get insights from Tom McMullen on finding the right mix of rewards for employees.

Which reward programs provide the greatest impacts and ROI for employees? What role does peer recognition play in driving engagement?

For the first part of our Q&A with Tom McMullen, senior client partner and North America rewards expertise leader at Korn Ferry Hay Group, we asked about the latest trends in pay practices and why salary increases have remained stagnant.

In part two below, we take a deep dive int...

Globoforce WorkHuman Research Institute and IBM Smarter Workforce Institute Unveil a New Employee Experience Index

Click the image to download the report and learn which practices create more human employee experiences.

Which factors contribute to a more human employee experience in the workplace? How can organizational cultures and practices be enhanced to become more human-friendly themselves?

These questions are even more critical as the boundaries between people and technology become blurred.

While machines are now able to learn, reason, and interact with humans naturally, people—humans—are at the fo...

HR Tech 2016: 2 Must-Attend Sessions and 5 Tips from Steve Boese

We’re now just four days away from the 19th annual HR Technology Conference & Expoin Chicago.And if you’re anything like me, you like to go in with a game plan. This field guide to HR Tech from John Sumser at HRExaminer is a great place to start. It includes session guides, a vendor directory, and tips & tricks.

Be sure to add Globoforce booth #1610 to your list (we’ve got some sweet treats for you). You can also check out both of our sessions at the beginning and end of the conference:

How...

The Fallacy of the Merit Increase: A Chat with Korn Ferry Hay Group’s Tom McMullen

We sat down with Tom McMullen, senior client partner and North America rewards expertise leader at Korn Ferry Hay Group.

When was the last time you looked at a breakdown of your total rewards spend? Are you getting the return—in engagement, motivation, retention—that you’re striving for?

Many HR professionals are asking themselves the same questions, wondering whether traditional reward strategies like the annual 3% pay bump really makes any difference.

To get some answers, we sat down with T...

WorkHuman 2017 Call for Speakers

Join the movement and apply to speak at WorkHuman 2017.

WorkHuman is unlike any HR or business conference out there.

And we’re looking for the forward-thinking humans—the thinkers, speakers, authors, academics—who can help us create a stellar agenda that leaves attendees feeling energized and armed with the tools they need to create a more human culture in their organization.

Do you have research, expertise, or a compelling story to share? Are you passionate about building a better future fo...

3 Smart Executives on Performance Management

We’ve covered the changing performance management landscape from several different angles on this blog—from the death of the annual review to the growing use of crowdsourcing and adoption of new, cutting edge practices that encourage continuous feedback.

But what do executives have to say about the latest trends? After all, much of the organizational change (or lack thereof) is driven by leadership and vision at the executive level.

Here are 3 executive quotes about what really motivates emp...

The ROI of Inclusion and Belonging

One indication that we’re experiencing a renewed focus on inclusioncan be found with a simple Google search. The top threequestions associated with “diversity and inclusion” are:

What is meant by inclusion in the workplace? What do you mean by inclusion? What is inclusive diversity?

There’s a lot of curiosity around inclusion—and for good reason. By 2025, less than 10 years from now, millennials will comprise nearly 75 percent of the workforce. And as with their approach to workplace flexi...

Running in Reykjavik: What Iceland Taught Me About Recognition

Some people lay on beaches for their vacation. We run road races.

This past week I returned from a vacation in Iceland with my boyfriend, Andrew. Yes, I am probably one of the only people who would choose to go somewhere colder for my summer vacation (the average temperature in Iceland in August is 55 degrees). But the trip was perfect for me.

You see, I love to run. Prior to this vacation, the longest race I had run was 10 miles and I was looking for something a bit more challenging. After...

WEBINAR: Feel Good Moments + Win a Pass to WorkHuman 2017

In preparation for our webinar with John Baldino this week, we’ve been exploring this idea of “feel good” moments at work. What is a feel good moment? What is its business impact? How can we capture and amplify those stories across the organization?

By the way, you can register for that webinar here if you haven’t already:

John Baldino & The Power of Feel Good Recognition Moments

Wednesday, August31stat 11:00 am ET| 10:00 am CT |8:00 am PT |4:00 pm BST

To me, feel good moments are instances...

The Dark Side of Collaboration

“Most of us now work in teams, in office without walls, for managers who prize people skills above all. Lone geniuses are out. Collaboration is in.” – Susan Cain, author and co-founder of Quiet Revolution

Do you agree with Susan? Has your office succumbed to the open office, collaboration-heavy trend? Do you think it helps or hinders productivity?

Susan calls it “The New Groupthink”—and argues that it’s taken over offices and schools. Seventy percent of Americans now work in open office plan...