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Facebook’s Secrets to Being and Staying an Employer of Choice

Each year, the job search platform Glassdoor publishes its list of employers of […]

5 books to foster your employee’s professional development

One of the most useful things you can do as a team manager is encourage your […]

How to encourage peer-to-peer recognition

If you’re interested enough in recognition to read this article, you are already a […]

5 things not to do during an awards ceremony

An award ceremony is a great way to inspire your team. But to do so, it must be […]

10 Social Activities to Increase Employee Engagement

You’ve probably heard the expression “work hard, play hard”. If you want to […]

Altrum Requalifies as One of Canada’s Best Managed Companies

15 Facts About Women in the Workforce

Over the last three decades, women in the workforce have made an enormous amount of […]

The Secret to Zappos’ Corporate Culture Success

Corporate culture is an aspect of organizational life that is too often neglected by […]

8 Tips to Stay Focused at Work

Between emails, calls, social media notifications, and interruptions from your […]

Generation Z is on its Way to the Job Market

During the last few years, much media attention has been paid to Millennials. […]

Reward your Employees with Gifts They’ll Really Love

Every employer knows the importance of motivated employees. There are retention […]

The best CEOs have recognized the importance of employee engagement

Why do CEOs in charge of successful companies care so much about their employees? […]

Altrum celebrates its 60th anniversary

Altrum Sponsors Modeloff

What Marketing Can Teach Human Resources

Like marketers, human resources professionals must seek to attract and retain their […]

Altrum announced as finalist for the 15th annual M&A Advisor Awards

Altrum Acquires CreaSparks

How to Reveal the Potential of Your Invisible Employees

When was the last time you recognized the work of your accountant, sound technician, […]

Altrum Sponsors The National Investment Banking Conference

How Employee Recognition Contributes To Business Success

What if all your employees were aligned with your values ​​and motivated by your […]

Why You Need an Internal Enterprise Social Network

When you send an all staff email, two different scenarios are possible: No one […]

Recognition: it’s for everyone

Many recognition programs make a company’s managers responsible for recognizing […]

5 Totally Different Ways To Benefit From Gamification

What do marketing, education, driving, health and performance at work have in […]

Engagement of remote worker, it’s possible !

Thanks to technological advances, remote workers can now be as productive in their […]

Satisfaction Survey: What Your Employees Are Too Afraid To Tell You

I’m sure you won’t be surprised to hear that most employees don’t tell their […]

Satisfaction Survey: What Your Employees Don’t Dare Tell You

Most employees do not share their real thoughts with their boss, which is probably […]

Altrum Selected as One of Canada’s Best Managed Companies

10 Tips For Effective Workplace Communication

Do you know how to communicate effectively in the workplace? If you want to improve […]

International Employee Appreciation Day!

March 4th is International Employee Appreciation Day Although employee appreciation […]

5 Reasons why your Employee’s Performance is not Improving

During a recent yearly review, you met with an employee who was having difficulty […]

5 Reasons Your Employee’s Performance Isn’t Improving

During year-end performance reviews, you met with an employee who was having trouble […]

The E-book Is Out: Call Centers, Taking On The Challenge

If you work for, manage or want to know more about call centres, don’t miss this […]

How To Integrate Fun Into Your Company’s Annual Objectives

As we begin the year, many managers are planning their annual objectives and […]

Altrum wins Smart CEO’s Future 50 Awards

Tips for Making your Recognition Actions More Effective!

For most people, saying thank you comes naturally. However, in many instances in the […]

2015 Financial Modelling World Champion

BCH Unique Inc. becomes Altrum®

Generational differences in the workplace

A study by the University of Minnesota explains the different behaviors and values […]

Recognition Starts on Day 1

The first day at work can be quite stressful for any new employee. Sometimes, a […]

Frequent Reasons People Leave Their Job

In July 2015 alone, 3.57 million people resigned from their job in North America. […]

How to attract talented employees through social media

Ways of attracting talented employees have greatly changed in the last few years. […]

Gamification Test: What Type Of Player Are You?

Happy new year! We at Altrum would like to wish you lots of recognition at work and […]

6 characteristics of an engaged team at work!

An engaged team does wonders for a company’s growth. Here are a few positive […]

10 Myths about employee motivation

We hear a lot of rumours about what works and what doesn’t to motivate employees. […]

14 Low Cost Ways of Fostering Employee Engagement

Fostering employee engagement is accessible to all companies! Whether you are a […]

What Makes Enterprise Gamification A Profitable Solution?

There’s a lot of talk about gamification for organizations, and for good reason: […]

Encouraging Employee Engagement Through Real-time Feedback

Employee performance evaluation time—a crucial moment in performance management […]

10 Myths About Employee Performance (2 Of 2)

In our previous article we discussed to what extent the definition of performance […]

10 Ways To Recognize And Motivate Younger Employees

In a recent article, we looked at what characterizes generation Y and Z employees at […]

10 Myths About Employee Performance (1 Of 2)

If there’s any topic making headlines in the business sector these days, it’s […]

How To Create An Incentive Campaign In Six Easy Steps

Motivational campaigns, incentive campaigns, or sales contests all have the same […]

Peer-to-peer Recognition: A Powerful Motivational Tool!

Do you recognize your colleagues? We asked this question in our last blog post. […]

Recognition And Profits: A Win-win Situation!

How exactly can employee recognition lead to more profits? In our previous post, we […]

How colors impact productivity in the workplace

What color should you paint your office? You want it to be beautiful, but what if I […]

10 Steps for Better Communication at Work

Communication at work can be tricky. Do you know how to make a point and communicate […]

How To Overcome Psychological Distress In Call Centres

In our previous article Stress And Psychological Distress In Call Centres, we […]

Benefits Of Physical Activity In The Workplace

Are you looking for ways to foster your employees’ productivity? Try working […]

How To Demotivate Your Employees: 4 Short Stories

Motivated, demotivated. It’s a beat that sounds like: “I’m happy, I’m […]

8 Reasons You Don’t Recognize Your Employees

Do you take the time to thank your employees? The effectiveness of recognition on […]

Highlights from NIBC 2015

New Year’s Resolutions For Happiness In The Workplace

For many people, a new year is the opportunity to turn the page and start a new […]

4 Reasons To Use Web Technologies To Recognize Employees

You have been working on a really complex problem for a couple of hours. You finally […]

Salary Increase And Non Monetary Recognition

The end the year is upon us, and for many of us, that means salary increase, end of […]

Believing In What You Do To Be Passionate About Your Work

Work takes up a big chunk of our life: in terms of time, physical and psychological […]

5 Good Reasons To Laugh At Work

It’s so good to laugh, whether in your personal life or at work! In spite of this, […]

The Happiness Benchmark: How Much Do You Need To Earn To Be Happy At Work?

We all agree: money is an interesting topic. Why? Because we can do lots of things […]

Stress And Psychological Distress In Call Centers

Fatigue, stress, anxiety, irritability, burn out, are some of the difficulties that […]

Recognition And Authenticity

In one of our blog posts, we discussed the 4 Elements for Effective Recognition: […]

What Do You Know About Employees Who Are Not Engaged?

Based on a 2013 Gallup study, 70% of employees say they are not engaged and 14% […]

Employee Recognition: What For?

Everyone needs recognition. We may act “all tough” and pretend to be above it […]

When Taking Care Of People Rhymes With Collection Agency

In his book Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together And Others Don’t, Simon […]

Recognition Day During Human Resources Week

Today starts the 2nd edition of Human Resources Week, which is organized by the […]

Leverage Autonomy To Drive Engagement

Employee engagement is a hot topic. As employee engagement increases, so does […]

The linguistic approach to employee recognition

Recognition at work is set up in multiple ways, as payout, promotion, reward, or […]

4 Levels Of Recognition To Help You Plan And Budget

Everyone needs recognition. It is a fundamental human need. In business, the more […]

The Happiness Advantage

I am currently reading The Happiness Advantage from Shawn Achor. A must-read if you […]

What Is Employee Engagement?

For many years, we increasingly hear about employee engagement. It seems to be a […]

The 4 Elements of Effective Recognition

One of the keys to driving employee engagement is recognition. Everyone needs to be […]

5 Elements To Promote Happiness In A Business

FastCompany published a recent article on the Secrets of America’s Happiest […]