The Return on Recognition: What the Science Says

whitePaper | December 24, 2021

Employees reported high engagement scores in the initial depths of the pandemic. Since then, burnout, realisations about work-life balance and the meaning of roles, and fear of "the old way" are leading people out of the workforce. A two-hour commute? Every day? Sneaking away to doctor's appointments and continuing to work even if you feel unwell? Employees are saying, "No more." Outdated policies have them considering quitting in a way that has never been seen before.

whitePaper | February 24, 2023

Hybrid work is the giant curveball that Mother Nature has thrown toward Human Resources professionals. Frankly, the evolution toward hybrid work has been a long time coming, but the pandemic accelerated what advances in technology already had begun. About 10 years of transformation happened virtually overnight.

whitePaper | July 25, 2022

Much like HR itself is sometimes branded a ‘necessary evil’ – keeping organisations out of trouble when it comes to employment law and regulatory compliance – so too are the systems HR deploys to support its operational and strategic goals. All too often, HR technology ‘just gets the job done’ or, at the very least, doesn’t throw up too many hurdles to completing your to-do list.

whitePaper | November 7, 2019

Why companies need to focus on employee experience to drive success. The link between employee experience and business performance is clear but HR teams believe they need to radically change how they listen to their people to drive transformation. That’s the key finding of the Questback State of Employee Experience 2019 Study. We recently spoke to 150 HR professionals to better understand their views on employee engagement and experience.

whitePaper | March 21, 2023

Skills technology (tech) is a foundational capability in the talent (or HR) ecosystem. Beyond the technological capabilities, skills tech represents a shift in mindset, and a different approach to the relationship between skills/competencies and roles/career paths. An understanding of skills tech, and the innovative approach these solutions take, is paramount to furthering the movement toward “total talent intelligence,” and future organizational design.

whitePaper | December 10, 2022

You want to inspire your employees to do their best work. And according to many HR leaders, the best way to make that happen is to link performance with compensation. That’s the theory, and one of the traditional arguments for incentive-based approaches to performance management.