Category: Recognition
What the World Cup Can Teach Us About Recognising and Rewarding Employees
Justine Woolf | 11 June 2026
Every four years, the FIFA World Cup captures the world’s attention. Teams from different cultures, backgrounds, and playing styles come together with one shared goal: to perform at their best on the global stage. While the spectacle is about the football, the underlying dynamics - teamwork, motivation, recognition, and reward - offer powerful lessons for organisations looking to energise their people.
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Are AI and empathy mutually incompatible?
Sarah Lardner | 20 November 2025
HR Ethics | Recognition | Wellbeing
We are already starting to see the extraordinary potential in artificial intelligence (AI) but to get the best out of it we need to use it in the right way, and approach each use case with curiosity, caution and care.
Flying Blind: The Hidden Risk in Workforce Management
Sarah Lardner | 08 October 2025
HR software | Recognition | Employee Experience
With traditional job titles and frameworks losing relevance in today's dynamic working environments, and hybrid working more commonplace, how many business leaders and HR directors can honestly claim to fully understand the capability of their workforce?
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The power of a Thank you
Holly Coe | 10 January 2025
International Thank You Day falls on January 11th every year and serves as a very important reminder of how powerful two simple words can be. Thank you.
Top tips to boost your recognition scheme on a budget
Sarah Lardner | 25 October 2024
A Recognition Strategy is a great way to keep employees motivated and engaged and does not need to break the bank. Here are some low-cost ideas for establishing a scheme and helping it achieve its potential.
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Addressing burnout and wellbeing through reward
Holly Coe | 18 October 2024
Communications | Recognition | Reward | Hapi
Every company wants to look after their employees while also appealing to their better nature. A competitive salary is important but enduring happiness at work relies on employees feeling valued and respected. It is how we bring the best out of people and it is how we inspire and maintain a willingness to work hard.
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The Value of a Medal - what can we learn from the Olympics?
Genni Fisk | 12 August 2024
Employee engagement | Recognition | Reward
Sunday marked the close of the Paris 2024 Olympics and the shift of everyone’s attention back away from celebrating Team GB’s successes against the medal table. But what people don’t realise is that the Olympics can teach us a lot when it comes to recognising and rewarding employees at work.
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Reward and recognition: Are you making the most of your recognition programme? How to make it work harder to boost engagement
Justine Woolf | 17 March 2023
Recognition | Reward Strategy | Reward
In the current climate a sound Recognition Strategy is a really good way to keep employees motivated and engaged. If companies cannot afford ad hoc pay increases – and many cannot – recognition can reward staff in a way that encourages positive behaviours and reflects the company’s culture. But how can you ensure that your Recognition scheme is achieving its potential?
Recognition – Top 5 considerations for implementing a new scheme
Justine Woolf | 17 February 2023
In the current climate recognition is a really good way to keep employees motivated and engaged. If companies cannot afford ad hoc pay increases – and many cannot – a sound recognition strategy can reward staff in a way that encourages positive behaviours and reflects the company’s culture. Here are five key considerations when looking to implement a recognition scheme.
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Myth-busters 2023: Tackling common misconceptions in pay and reward
Cathryn Edmondson | 03 February 2023
Bonus | Gender Pay Gap | Gender Pay Reporting | Flexible working | Salary survey | Recognition | Pension | Remote Working | Thought Leadership
We asked our consultants and analysts to raise some common misconceptions and explain where they think misunderstandings may lie.
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How to effectively communicate recognition strategies
Cathryn Edmondson | 25 November 2022
Employee engagement | Recognition
Effective communication for recognition strategies usually boils down to strong planning and delivery around the three key phases: pre-launch, launch and post-launch. This may sound obvious but there are plenty of key questions and considerations for each phase.
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Top tips to build a recognition strategy for a hybrid workforce
11 November 2022
Recognition | Remote Working | Hybrid Working
Hybrid working has created a workforce often still united behind a common purpose, but fractured when it comes to knowing and understanding each other and enjoying each other’s success. As we’ve seen from social media, technology can play a huge role in bringing people together but in a corporate environment the challenge can often be keeping things personal. Here are some tips for sense-checking your own approach to recognising hybrid workers.
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