Browsing: Talent Management

Countless studies and volumes of research have proven the positive effects employee recognition has on many key business metrics that impact your bottom line. But there’s another area in which recognition has a meaningful impact: its ability to improve the process of managing individuals and teams. Here, we’ll look at 11 ways employee recognition can help your managers realize their full potential.

While there may be signs that the Great Resignation is easing slightly, it’s clear the exodus of workers is a challenge leaders will have to contend with for the foreseeable future. A Workhuman® iQ survey of more than 3,500 workers in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, and Canada offers some revealing insights into the root causes of why employees are leaving their jobs – and a road map on how companies of all sizes can retain more of their talented humans.

For new managers who are building or inheriting teams in today’s turbo-charged, digitally-enabled business environment, things are far more complicated than they were thirty years ago. They are also far more interesting, far more productive, and far more creative. But that doesn’t make managing a modern global team easy. Far from it. Yet with the challenges come extraordinary joys.

Hybrid work models, work-life balance, and AI-augmented workforces are foreseeable trends for 2022. Preparing for the unexpected and pivoting at a moment’s notice were valuable lessons many global companies learned in 2020 and 2021. As we move through 2022, companies are eager to retain a competitive advantage and continue on the path of success and adaptability.