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Achievers

2013 TRENDS IN RECOGNITION: UTILIZING RECOGNITION TO DRIVE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT [28 January 2013]

http://www.findwhitepapers.com/force-download.php?id=24617

[full-text, 19 pages]

[excerpt]

In the past few years, as companies have grown wise to the needs of a changing workforce, recognition has become a buzzword for HR professionals

in-the-know. However, recognition is often discussed in a vacuum, with little thought to greater business impact. Unfortunately, recognition for

recognition’s sake isn’t the kind of the thing that will drive performance at your organization. Recognition strategy has to be done right in order to

drive overall Employee Success, which is the force behind any high-performing organization. If you’re going to recognize, you have to do it right.

So what kind of recognition is successful? The kind of recognition that reinforces desired behaviors in a way that is meaningful and timely,

because, quite simply: behaviors that are recognized get repeated. That’s why in the last five years we’ve seen both an emergence of

employee recognition technology and many companies investing in it. The companies making the leap are the smart, forward-thinking

organizations that are thinking ahead of the curve literally and figuratively; the most recent Gartner Hype-Cycle printed in 2012

shows that Social Employee Recognition is on the verge of mainstream adoption. The companies jumping on the trend early are the

ones that will win the war to acquire and retain great talent.

Contents

Introduction: Why Recognize?

How Did We Get Here? The Big Influences Driving the 2013 Recognition Trends                  Page 05

2013 Trends in Recognition: Four Best Practices to Positively Impact Employee Success                   Page 08

Results: Or Why Your CFO Will Love It                     Page 14

One More Thing: The Simple One-Pager On Recognition               Page 16

Works Cited                       Page 17

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