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Incentive & Reward Programs Need More UGC
UGC? What is UGC? User. Generated. Content. Old School – New School In the days of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble incentive programs to drive more rock breaking at the quarry came with elaborate communication plans. Big budget program announcements (if you were doing a group travel program the budgets were almost obscene), monthly [...]
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Advice Worth Taking – 8 Non-Reward Things That Are Reward Things
Ran across Barry Ritholtz’s post “2011 Investment Mea Culpas” the other day (if you don’t read his blog, you should, go subscribe.) He deals with investment advice and each year he takes a look back and highlights what he did right and what he’s going to change in the future. His post has nothing to [...]
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Why Do We Love to Work at Companies Where We Don’t Have to Work?
Employee engagement on the web and in business articles has almost reached parody status. I’m waiting for a Stephen Colbert character to emerge as the voice of engagement. (Folks planning next season’s shows – I get some of the credit if you do this!) Don’t get me wrong – I’m all for employee engagement. I [...]
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Incentives May Not Trump Culture
Why did your incentive program fail? Maybe because you focused the program on “sacred values.” Company/corporate culture is a hot discussion these days. From @zappos (everyone take a drink) and Netflix – every company wants to be the “it” girl of corporate culture. Culture drives engagement they say. Much corporate treasure is spent to reward [...]
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FOT Webinar: Social Recruiting MacGyver Style! (How to Recruit via Facebook)
As you all know (or should!) I am FOT#3 at Fistful of Talent – THE #1 HR focused multi-contributor blog on internet according to my non-scientific survey tool (I asked other contributors at FOT.) If you don’t read it you should. It’s a cornucopia of HR goodness – irreverent and intelligent – funny and [...]
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When “Mobile” Recognition Makes Sense
Last week I posted that “mobilizing” employee reward and recognition programs was a red herring. My thought process was that recognizing employees isn’t a function of “location” but a function of effort on the part of managers. Many in the incentive industry are launching “mobile” apps for their incentive and reward platforms selling it from [...]
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Are Mobile Apps For Rewards and Recognition Red Herrings?
Question for you all… Is having a mobile application for your rewards and recognition system important? Is it needed? Or is it simply a solution in search of a problem? Is it marketing bluster and me-too-ism? Is the development of apps and mobile tools to reward and recognize people really something the market needs and [...]
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I Like You – Here’s Some Money
Peer to Peer programs (P2P) are pretty much a standard offering in employee reward and recognition programs today. If you’re not looking at P2P as a feature in your program – got back and start over. P2P is a common and well-liked option within a company’s recognition strategy. For those under a rock – P2P [...]
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