Globoforce

AUGUST 27, 2015

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. Is arbejdsglaede even possible? RELATED POSTS.

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JUNE 18, 2015

Mindfulness, values, play, and other themes from the inaugural WorkHuman Summit. By Tim Leberecht. It was about time. As Derek Irvine, Vice President, Client Strategy and Consulting at  Globoforce , pointed out in a quick historical office tour stretching from the Ancient Greeks to the knowledge age, we have “2,000 years of experience in removing humanity from the workplace.” How open, how closed?

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MARCH 17, 2015

Have you ever wished the higher-ups in your company were just a little more tuned in? Have you ever wanted to anonymously mail them some serious tips on improving morale and culture? How much better could your culture be if someone just slipped them a note about how important appreciation is? Or about how much trust, gratitude and happiness matter? Their hearts are in the right place.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

The Globoforce team is officially back from the HR Technology Conference and Expo in Las Vegas! We had some great conversations at the candy booth and a fantastic session with Cisco on Tuesday (more on that soon). And as promised, here’s a wrap up of some of trends I heard after spending three and a half days in sessions and keynotes. We need to re-think talent management data. and U.K.

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

We spend a lot of time in HR and management talking about employee engagement. But are we all talking about the same thing? Or are some of us just talking about employee satisfaction? And why is the difference between the two terms so important to gaining that competitive edge and retaining employees? Read more in our Q&A with Catherine below. Tell me a little bit about Thrive Leadership.

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MARCH 23, 2015

I am so excited about our WorkHuman speaker lineup. From keynotes to session speakers to attendees, we are assembling an amazing cross-section of people that is going to blow your socks off. But I have to say that our latest speaker announcement is one of the most thrilling. Rob Lowe is going to be giving a keynote talk at WorkHuman 2015. If you’ve read his books, you’ll know why we chose him.

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JULY 13, 2015

You read that right. 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. have a friend who tells me all the time he doesn’t need sleep. Which he puts into effect not only on missions, but in order to fit more into his day. And people do make those claims. And none of that news is good.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Are you a passionate promoter of a better future for the workplace? Are you a great storyteller with research, expertise or experience to share with our audience of HR and business leaders who want to build stronger, more successful and—above all—more human workplaces? Do you have a unique and compelling story to tell? Proposal deadline is November 30, 2016. DATES: May 9-11, 2016.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

‘Tis the season for thanksgiving, and in the workplace, the time when our thoughts turn toward gratitude. Gratitude has gotten a lot of press recently, as studies show how great it is, not only for us as individuals, but also for our organizations. We thought we’d give you an update. Gratitude has been a strong theme for us in 2015. We think of it as a core human need. Happy Thanksgiving!

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JULY 22, 2015

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? Observing and sharing is how we learn. Stop for a moment and think about that.

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Globoforce

MARCH 3, 2015

We often think of work-life balance as something that we can give employees by offering more flexible work schedules, or a holistic benefits package.  Instinctively, it seems like giving employees time to manage their lives should help them get this elusive balance—which so many experts tell us we need. But is that enough? economy as a whole.”. And this is not only a problem for women. Mindfulness.

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JULY 31, 2015

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. Scandinavia.

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Employees at the front lines often have better ideas for innovation than others within the business, but when they walk out the door, they take those ideas with them. Want to innovate better and faster than the competition? You need to hold onto your best employees and the ideas they have. In this session we will explore how various pieces of the talent life cycle are related to retention and examine more than 20 strategies and ideas for improving retention outcomes for your business.

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JULY 15, 2015

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. mean, organizations, families, societies would crumble.” Gratitude literally powers our every interaction. Anyone concerned with employee well-being cannot afford to overlook it.

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JULY 10, 2015

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. We had disparate programs. Any stories?

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JUNE 17, 2015

One of the breakout hits of WorkHuman 2015 last week was the element of the conference that was perhaps closest to my own heart–the WorkHuman Bookstore. We put the bookstore right into the center of the event for a reason. The ideas and research of our WorkHuman speakers are critical takeaways for us to bring back to our organizations. Love Life , by Rob Lowe. Thrive , by Arianna Huffington.

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Globoforce

JANUARY 13, 2015

Would it surprise you if I told you your company will fail without social networking? It’s absolutely true though. It will. Of course, when I am talking about social networking I’m not referring to Facebook or LinkedIn. I’m talking about interpersonal connections and relationships. Social networks are as old as human society. Even older, really. Check out the diagram below. And both are necessary.

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APRIL 23, 2015

When we set out to build WorkHuman we knew we were taking on a massive challenge. We wanted to transform a simple (if awesome) annual user event into a world-class conference on culture, organizational psychology and employee experience and would be relevant for people all over the business. In less than a year. You read that right. Rational people would have told us it couldn’t be done.

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JULY 2, 2015

Thousands of HR professionals descended upon Las Vegas this week for the annual SHRM conference to network and learn the latest trends and best practices in the field. I was lucky enough to be part of this incredible event. Here are a few things I learned (besides the fact that I am a huge fan of air conditioning): HR needs better data. Use culture to fight turnover. What does that mean?

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JULY 7, 2015

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. Shouldn’t you?

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Globoforce

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The workplace is undergoing a profound shift. doubt that is news to anyone who reads us here, but for those who have been in the workplace as long as I have, it is still pretty stunning to see some of the recent changes. Ideas like happiness, engagement, and positive psychology have taken root in the organizational vocabulary. Companies are changing how they make decisions around human capital.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Americans work the longest and most “extreme” hours of any industrialized country in the world. So that means we get a lot done, right? Not exactly. Countries like Norway, where people work shorter hours, are actually more productive per hour than the U.S. Instead of making us more productive, the pressure to prioritize work before everything else has made us really bad at time management.

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Globoforce

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

We all have the best intentions on January 1 st —making resolutions to eat healthier or workout more or get more sleep. What if you made a resolution to live more gratefully? That’s the goal Janice Kaplan set for herself in her New York Times bestselling book, The Gratitude Diaries. Janice has long been interested in gratitude. What insight did you glean from the gratitude survey? One thing!

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Globoforce

MARCH 30, 2015

Do you know a college or graduate student in the U.S. or Canada who is passionate about HR, leadership, organizational psychology and creating a great place to work? Are you one, yourself? We are excited to announce the WorkHuman 2015 Fellowship and Essay Contest. See below! ENTER TO WIN A WORKHUMAN 2015 FELLOWSHIP. Essay Contest Deadline: May 20, 2015. What is WorkHuman? When is it happening?

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JUNE 11, 2015

Ten months ago, it was just an idea. It was audacious. It was risky. It was a little breathtaking. And we hoped it would work. We hoped we had enough time to put it together. We hoped we weren’t too far ahead of the curve. We hoped that putting “another HR conference” in between Total Rewards and SHRM wasn’t going to be event suicide. But this wasn’t another HR conference. That you would learn.

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MAY 20, 2015

Brenda Pohlman (Globoforce) and Cesar Villa (The Hershey Company). WorldatWork’s Total Rewards conference kicked off on Monday in Minneapolis and we attended tons of sessions these past few days—feverishly recording everything we learned along the way to share with you. Here’s a wrap-up of top 10 most interesting things we learned: Humanity in the workplace is a growing trend.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

The holiday season is officially in full swing, with only a few short weeks left until New Years. While this has traditionally been a season when people schedule vacation time with family and loved ones, research shows that has changed. The lost week. Project: Time Off , an initiative of the U.S. ” And even when we are home with our families, we’re increasingly less present. It does.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

In today’s showy culture, it can be easy to lose sight of what really matters during the holidays. Seeing those perfectly filtered photos of Thanksgiving meals or reading announcements with the hashtag #blessed can start to feel like the exact opposite of thankfulness and gratitude. But what is the opposite of gratitude? Where do you think you fall on the gratitude spectrum?

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JUNE 19, 2015

Sweet Success at Hershey. Tuesday, June 23rd at 2 p.m. ET | 11 a.m. PT | 1 p.m. CT | 6 p.m. Register now to attend. How does your company recognize employees? Do you have disparate programs or one comprehensive strategy? The Hershey Company grappled with the same questions. From 2012 to 2013, the recognition and reward category in their “Many Voices” employee survey dropped 8 percent.

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JULY 16, 2015

 . 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. ET | 11 a.m.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Does your boss ever remind you of Michael Scott—selfish and offensive? Or maybe Don Draper—absent and ungrateful? Unfortunately, lots of managers and companies are still way behind the times when it comes to workplace culture. Take our 8-question quiz and see which decade your company really belongs in. Content loading… [Quiz] Is your company stuck in the 1900s? Click To Tweet. Company Values and Culture General Interest Quiz The Human Workplace Culture quiz WorkHuman

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AUGUST 25, 2015

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.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

What if you and I could design a conference together? How do you think that would look? For one thing, I know it would be a fresh take on human resources and culture and leadership in the organization. It would probably also feature some of the amazing speakers and academics and authors we’ve discussed here on the blog. Well, I am so excited to tell you that we have actually built that conference!

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