Here is news from throughout the world of rewards recognition, including research, company news, mergers and acquistitions, etc.
Two experienced industry executives take on new leadership roles in the gift card and enterprise technology sectors.... [ read more ]
EY’s $100 million recognition initiative, together with other examples of companies directly rewarding specific contributions with cash or financial benefits, raises a question for the recognition business: what happens to the role of technology when management starts with the behaviors and outcomes it wants to reward?... [ read more ]
The growing RRN Impact Metrics Library provides practical resources for connecting incentives, recognition and engagement investments with measurable business outcomes.... [ read more ]
As recognition becomes another feature inside major HR systems, dedicated recognition companies face a fundamental question. If the technology becomes increasingly interchangeable, what value do they provide beyond the button on the screen?... [ read more ]
Gift cards became a dominant incentive reward starting in the 2000s in part because old merchandise catalogs could not deliver a modern shopping experience. Real-time catalog APIs, wholesale merchandise economics, and renewed interest in memorable rewards are changing that equation, creating a challenge—and an opportunity—for the gift card industry.... [ read more ]
Next Level Performance celebrates its 50th anniversary through an expanded community-service initiative, while Madison Global, itself more than 50 years old, adds experienced incentive industry marketer Agnes O’Connell to help drive its next stage of growth. ... [ read more ]
An Incentive Research Foundation study finds that effective reward and recognition strategies for hybrid and remote employees must go well beyond merchandise or cash to address autonomy, meaningful work, growth, manager appreciation, communications and connection.... [ read more ]
An Achievers-sponsored Harvard Business Review Analytic Services study finds that organizations with the most effective recognition programs are far more likely to connect recognition to specific behaviors and report improvements in productivity, collaboration, customer experience, and financial performance.... [ read more ]
Leading ratings provide useful information about customer satisfaction, market position and technology capabilities. What they generally do not establish is whether a recognition provider measurably creates financial or operational value for its clients—or whether achieving a high rating actually produces measurable commercial value for the provider.... [ read more ]
The longtime gift card, incentives, rewards and recognition executive and former Inceor died Aug. 9 at age 55. A GoFundMe has been established to help his family.... [ read more ]
