Category: Employee Recognition

Surprise Your Remote Employees With Gifts

Are most of your employees working from home right now?  If so, their spirits are probably low due to being locked down.  You can change that with a surprise in the form of a small gift to show your appreciation for them and their efforts during these troubling times. If you like the thought, but are struggling […]

Employees Love Employee Recognition Programs — Why You Need One Immediately!

If you’re like many, if not most small business owners, one of the biggest challenges you face is in finding and then keeping your best employees.  Small companies face significant challenges in this regard, because they typically don’t have the deep pockets that the major industry players have, which means they often can’t compete directly […]

Leadership During The Covid-19 Era

By this point, most people have reached more or less the same conclusion.  In the short run, Covid-19 isn’t going anywhere and it’s certainly not going to go away. Worse, even if the most optimistic vaccine projections are true, the simple truth is that the pandemic is almost certain to have long-lasting effects on how […]

Are Your Remote Employees Being Sufficiently Recognized?

Recent events have radically redrawn the map of most workplaces, with the pandemic sending tens of millions of employees home where they try to get as much work done as they can while they simultaneously contend with school closures, the complete absence of daycare facilities and in a growing number of instances, care for sick […]

How To Make Remote Employees Feel Included

If you’re like most managers these days, the ongoing pandemic has a great many of your employees working from home.  That fact has made life difficult for employees and managers alike, and one of the most commonly heard complaints from remote workers is that they feel isolated and cut off from their coworkers. This isn’t […]

How To Handle Q4 Awards When 2020 Goals Are Missed Due To COVID-19

If you’re a business owner or a C level executive, here’s something that’s probably been on your mind lately:  Given the reality of the pandemic, it’s almost certain that you’re going to miss whatever fourth quarter targets you had planned on meeting. The fact of the matter is that the economic disruptions caused by COVID-19 […]

How To Do Remote Award Ceremonies Via Zoom

Rewarding and recognizing your employees can be tricky and challenging even without a global pandemic to deal with on top of everything else.  It’s certainly true though, that since the pandemic has forced so many people to work from home and placed sharp restrictions on large gatherings of people, hosting an award ceremony is more […]

How To Reward Those Who Come Back After COVID-19 Lifts

Although it may not seem like it right now, the global pandemic will eventually end.  When it does, life will begin returning to normal.  People will start coming back into the office again after an extended hibernation working from home. The simple truth is that in a lot of companies, not everyone will come back.  […]

Recognizing Your Remote Employees & Keeping Them Engaged

Long before the global pandemic, remote working was a growing trend.  It is entirely possible though, that the coronavirus has exposed you to the unique challenges that come with managing a remote workforce for the very first time.  If so, then you might be scratching your head wondering how on earth to keep people you […]

April 22nd Is Administrative Professionals Day

Administrative Professionals Day grew out of the formation of the National Secretaries Association, which was formed in 1942 to recognize the contributions of secretaries, receptionists and related professionals.  In 1952, Charles Sawyer, the US Secretary of Commerce, declared June 4th as ‘National Secretaries Day’ to formalize the occasion. Over the years, the name of the […]