Hearts, smarts, and playing the part???

Hey there! Valentine’s Day is coming up, and while engagements may be in the air, employee engagement is not. With low numbers getting a lot of attention recently, I’ve had an eye out for ways to help us show our workplaces some love. Read on for smart tips on overcoming DE&I roadblocks and ideas for embedding recognition into your org’s culture.

We’ll also touch on a phenomenon many of us love to hate: corporate jargon. Researchers say performative professionalism is tied to human nature and can even be useful, so maybe we should have a little more patience the next time someone tells us they’ll “run it up the flagpole.” Let’s dive in!

Mission: Recognition???

In addition to giving employees a well-deserved pat on the back, recognition can improve engagement, productivity, and performance by 14%. But how do you get there? This resource has nine recognition tactics employees will love.

Circling back on corporate chat???

Despite the eyerolls it elicits, most of us use jargon regularly, and it turns out we’re biologically and socially wired to do so. A new piece takes a deep dive into how jargon evolved and why it’s become a necessity, especially for younger employees who want to act the part at work.

DE&I direction???

How is your DE&I strategy doing? It may be time to take a closer look. In this new article, an expert identifies seven elements of your culture that could be barriers to DE&I success and shares how you can tackle each of them at the source.

Let's get engaged???

I wrote up top about recent engagement numbers being, well...underwhelming. If you’re looking to turn things around at your organization, this piece covers everything you need to know about engagement, from defining it to measuring it, to improving it.

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