Eric Mosley's Blog: The Globoforce Blog, page 23
August 27, 2015
In Search of Happiness at Work
Did you know that Scandinavians actually have a word for happiness at work? In Danish, the word is arbejdsglaede—pronounced ah-bites-gleh-the.
Alexander Kjerulf, a Danish expert on happiness at work, says it’s the feeling you get when you really enjoy what you do—when you do great work that you’re proud of with people you enjoy being around. It’s being appreciated and knowing that what you do directly contributes to the goals of the organization. Simply put, it’s waking up on a Monday mornin...
August 25, 2015
Guest Blog: Before You Hit ‘Send': 5 Tips for Mindful Communication
Hasty communication can break relationships and ruin careers. Too often we write an email or send a text without double-checking the content or being mindful of the tone of the message. We have no idea how that message will get interpreted. Once you hit the “send” button, it’s kind of too late. Here are some communication tips that will keep us from burying our head in our hands. The following five recommendations are coming from my own personal communication blunders.
1. Don’t write emails...
August 13, 2015
Spillover, Crossover, and Emotional Spirals at Work and Home
So, it turns out that toxic environment at work could actually be causing you serious problems at home.
Everyone has bad days at work. But can bringing home a bad mood from work also affect the lives and work of your partner, your roommates, and your children negatively? Research suggests yes.
Psychologists have long known of a dynamic they call the Spillover Crossover Model. This model describes two effects:
Spillover: When you come home from work in a positive or negative mood, it affects...July 31, 2015
Recognizing Across Cultures: Scandinavia
Do you know the Law of Jante? Are you schooled on lingonberries and lagom? Do you know how recognition is unique in Scandinavia? In our ongoing series on Recognizing across Cultures , we will discuss the cultural and business norms on a region by region basis and use our experience to give you some recommendations for making recognition relevant and powerful for your employees.
Overview
When it comes to culture, Scandinavia is unquestionably the world’s darling. Cooperative, eg...
July 22, 2015
Show & Tell and Social Learning Theory at Work
If you’re looking for a way to quickly bring new managers and leaders up to speed, psychologists say you might find inspiration in a surprising place. In fact, they suggest that you take a page from the pre-school playbook, and implement a version of Show & Tell in the workplace.
You remember Show and Tell? Where kids proudly hold out something to their peers for observation and then explain why it matters? Its a form of exposing kids to new ideas and sharing learning, and it turns out the p...
July 16, 2015
SHRM SURVEY: Culture as a Competitive Differentiator
A few weeks back we published the latest in our series of reports from the SHRM/Globoforce recognition survey.
In this 2015 report, more than 800 HR leaders and practitioners share their perspectives on the challenges and innovations that are transforming today’s corporate cultures.
The report includes:
How values-based recognition is moving the needle for company culture. What are the biggest challenges facing today’s HR professionals. How organizations are building a more human workplace....July 15, 2015
Interview with Dr. Robert Emmons
Lest you categorize the idea of gratitude as “fluff,” or not worthy of attention in business, consider this statement from Robert Emmons: “Gratitude is the high-octane fuel without which we’d be in relational ruin. I mean, organizations, families, societies would crumble.” Gratitude literally powers our every interaction. Anyone concerned with employee well-being cannot afford to overlook it.
You may have had the chance to see Robert Emmons’ session on the science of gratitude at WorkHuman l...
July 13, 2015
Why You Should Put Your Workforce to Sleep
You read that right. I think you should put your workforce to sleep. (But in the best possible way, I promise.)
And it may not be as easy as you think to get them sleeping more. I have a friend who tells me all the time he doesn’t need sleep. He is military special forces, and insists, based on years of long experience, that if you take a nap and simply adopt the right sleeping position and wake up at the right point in the sleep cycle, you can fool your body into thinking it’s had a full ni...
July 10, 2015
Q&A with Cesar Villa from The Hershey Company
A couple weeks ago we hosted a webinar with The Hershey Company to share the success of their Hershey Smiles recognition program. You can check out the recording here.
As an added bonus, I recently had the chance to chat with Cesar Villa, Director, Compensation Global Functions, and ask him more about the Hershey Smiles program on its one-year anniversary.
Can you tell me a little bit about your role at The Hershey Company?
I am responsible for defining and building strategies for compensati...
July 7, 2015
What Your Company Culture Could Learn from Burning Man
In late February, when tickets went on sale for Burning Man 2015, they sold all 40,000 passes in less than 45 minutes. That, I think we can all agree, is very high affective commitment to a culture.
In case you’re new to the Burning Man phenomena, it is the annual art and performance community that creates, overnight, a self-governing virtual city in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. One week later that city vanishes, leaving virtually no trace of its existence.
It’s a mecca for punk-fueled a...
