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So you had the best intentions. You implemented a new employee recognition program. Good for you. Problem is no one’s using it! Now what? You are learning a hard lesson: all of the care and planning in the world means little if managers don’t embrace the system from day one…
Happy New Year everybody! From all of us at Madison may all of you in the HR and sales operations space have a happy and of course, a prosperous 2015! Notice I didn’t “wish” you a New Year? I purposely left out that word because wishes are hopes and we…
A few years ago, when the economy was in a deep recession, I wrote a white paper that argued (with passion and purpose) that recognition still mattered. It presented the case for ramping up (and not reducing) employee recognition. My thesis was simple: companies who took the attitude that their…
What are the top leading priorities for today’s CEO? According to the Wall Street Journal ‘s guest blog website; one of the biggest concerns is “team member excellence.” An aspiration made possible through outstanding recruitment and retention and all the other human resource practices that support it. CEOs expect to…
What makes an employee happy? We talk a lot about recognition in this blog — being appreciated for what you do by the people you do it with. And while consistent recognition is the key to keeping an employee satisfied, it’s what people feel as they are being recognized that…
Attracting and retaining the best people is a conversation almost always reserved for supporting employees — the front line and behind-the-scenes workers who make companies tick. But what about salespeople? Shouldn’t they factor into that discussion as well? Isn’t the threat of losing a top revenue contributor just as unsettling?…
A recent blog posting on Blessing White entitled HR’s Role in Strategic Thinking, opens with this thought… “The keys to being a successful innovator have less to do with R&D process or the number of patents filed. Instead, what distinguishes innovative firms from the less-innovative ones are things like culture…
How can you get your managers — the very people who will be rewarding your employees and salespeople — more involved in using reward programs? Here’s a hint: Think about rewarding them. That’s right, reward the rewarders! The promises you are making throughout your communications — that using the reward…
Here are three stats that should frighten every HR executive: ‚Ä¢ Only 15% of all workers are completely satisfied with their jobs 1 ‚Ä¢ 85% would leave the minute something better comes along 1 ‚Ä¢ About 1 out of every 4 individuals with a job is actively looking for a…
Sales compensation planners have a lot to worry about. Depending on the business model, variable pay schemes can account for the largest portion of a rep’s total income. The people who devise their plans need to get them right. And by right I mean they need to be motivational, efficient…
