Research shows that exposure to the poor behavior of even a single employee can reduce a team’s productivity by 30% to 40%. Through a mix of training, providing goals, and offering feedback, you can turn that bad apple into a highly productive teammate.   Providing Goals: Most of the time the reason employees are disengaged Read More

I’ve never been one to follow the ways of the White House Budget very closely. Heck, I can barely manage my bank account, much less understand how on earth you begin to breakdown a $4 trillion budget request. However a recent article in the Washington Post, “Six ways the White House budget would affect federal Read More

We’re excited about a new year and a new feature update we recently released around Goal Setting! We’ve added a new option when setting Organizational Goals — the ability to automatically aggregate milestones on associated Team Member goals to give a real-time view of how your organization is progressing. This update will allow your organization Read More

  We’ve got another exciting announcement in the world of Teamphoria! With Slack becoming a top employee communication app in the modern workforce, we are proud to announce Teamphoria’s integration — allowing real time notifications via Slack for new employee recognition awards.  We’re also kicking it up a notch by allowing users to send employee Read More

It doesn’t matter if your employee recognition program is rewards-based, digital, or done in skywriting, it still takes continuous effort to keep everyone dishing out the praise. When an employee recognition program first launches at a company, the enthusiasm can quickly wane due to fatigue, busyness, and lack of follow-through. To be successful, companies have Read More

So if you told me last week that I’d be writing about how the random reptile in our pond improved the company culture of our organization, I would have responded with, “Are you on crack?” because really… really… what are the chances of an alligator in our pond? And why on earth would it have Read More

The new year is almost here and your resolution should be to create and grow a company culture of feedback in 2018. Companies are using feedback to grow their teams and organizations, and even for individual growth. So what initiatives are companies taking in 2018?   Employee Recognition: Give positive feedback through employee recognition. Make Read More

      “Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.” – Zig Ziglar     “There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization’s overall Read More

It’s a brand new year, a fresh start! Blogs and social media are filled with inspirational articles and posts about sticking to your new year’s resolutions and starting off the year on the right foot. While I appreciate their spirit and effort, I’m going to rain on their parade. Resolutions just aren’t for me. I’ve Read More

With ever growing buzz in my LinkedIn newsfeed highlighting the years’s culture and employee engagement obstacles, it’s becoming more and more difficult for professionals to sort through the noise and pinpoint solutions to best aid THEIR organization’s initiatives. If everyone has a magic bullet, why then do we hear “Johnny”, VP of Human Resources say, Read More