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International Employee Appreciation Day!

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

Article March 2016
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5 Reasons why your Employee’s Performance is not Improving

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

Article February 2016

5 Reasons Your Employee’s Performance Isn’t Improving

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

Article February 2016

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 […]

Article February 2016

How To Integrate Fun Into Your Company’s Annual Objectives

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

Article February 2016
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Tips for Making your Recognition Actions More Effective!

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

Article January 2016

Generational differences in the workplace

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

Article January 2016
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Recognition Starts on Day 1

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

Article January 2016
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Frequent Reasons People Leave Their Job

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

Article January 2016

How to attract talented employees through social media

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

Article January 2016

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 […]

Article January 2016

6 characteristics of an engaged team at work!

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

Article January 2016
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10 Myths about employee motivation

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

Article January 2016
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14 Low Cost Ways of Fostering Employee Engagement

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

Article December 2015

What Makes Enterprise Gamification A Profitable Solution?

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

Article December 2015

Encouraging Employee Engagement Through Real-time Feedback

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

Article November 2015

10 Myths About Employee Performance (2 Of 2)

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

Article October 2015
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10 Ways To Recognize And Motivate Younger Employees

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

Article October 2015
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10 Myths About Employee Performance (1 Of 2)

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

Article October 2015

How To Create An Incentive Campaign In Six Easy Steps

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

Article June 2015

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

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

Article April 2015

Recognition And Profits: A Win-win Situation!

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

Article March 2015
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How colors impact productivity in the workplace

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

Article March 2015
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10 Steps for Better Communication at Work

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

Article March 2015

How To Overcome Psychological Distress In Call Centres

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

Article February 2015
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Benefits Of Physical Activity In The Workplace

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

Article February 2015

How To Demotivate Your Employees: 4 Short Stories

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

Article January 2015

8 Reasons You Don’t Recognize Your Employees

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

Article January 2015
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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 […]

Article January 2015
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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 […]

Article December 2014
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Salary Increase And Non Monetary Recognition

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

Article December 2014
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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 […]

Article October 2014

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, […]

Article September 2014

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 […]

Article September 2014
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Stress And Psychological Distress In Call Centers

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

Article August 2014
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Recognition And Authenticity

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

Article August 2014
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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% […]

Article August 2014

Employee Recognition: What For?

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

Article July 2014
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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 […]

Article June 2014

Recognition Day During Human Resources Week

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

Article April 2014

Leverage Autonomy To Drive Engagement

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

Article March 2014
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The linguistic approach to employee recognition

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

Article March 2014
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4 Levels Of Recognition To Help You Plan And Budget

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

Article February 2014

The Happiness Advantage

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

Article June 2013
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What Is Employee Engagement?

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

Article May 2013

The 4 Elements of Effective Recognition

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

Article March 2013

5 Elements To Promote Happiness In A Business

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

Article March 2013