5 Ways to Show Your Employees You Care
Managers are human, and so are the people who work for them. A key tenet of humanity is that we all want to be valued and respected. An...
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Brian Watkins
Mar 13, 20222 min read
Apple Learns a Lesson About Rewards
I say most things repeatedly - sometimes because of a new audience, sometimes because repetition helps retention, and sometimes because...
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Brian Watkins
Dec 23, 20211 min read
Difference Between High Pay and Fair Pay
I was reading an article recently that surveyed Gen Z workers about what they wanted. The first finding was that pay mattered to Gen Z...
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Brian Watkins
Dec 15, 20212 min read
Acknowledge - Don't Obsess
I've shared this story many times, but it was a teaching moment for me that I come back to time and time again. In grad school, we were...
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Brian Watkins
Dec 7, 20211 min read
The Great Resignation is Speeding Along
I recall sitting with a group of small business owners in August of 2021. Before our meeting started, we were discussing the fact that so...
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Brian Watkins
Nov 10, 20211 min read
The Great Resignation is Older Employees
Resignation rates are highest among mid-career employees between 30 and 45 years old who worked in fields that experienced extreme...
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Brian Watkins
Oct 13, 20211 min read
Workers Will Follow Your Lead
There is nothing that bothers me quite like hyprocasy. In many cases, I am OK with whatever position you take (provided it is legal,...
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Brian Watkins
Oct 3, 20212 min read
Pay Changes Perception
In the midst of the Great Resignation, one of the things we will see is different pay scales. For example, a minimum wage retail location...
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Brian Watkins
Jul 19, 20212 min read
Appreciation Vs. Participation Trophies
WARNING: I am about to start a mini-rant. Stop reading now if it will be triggering. One of my hot button issues is the way people my age...
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Brian Watkins
Jun 9, 20211 min read
Offering Perks - Will Employees Use Them?
I've seen several articles recently about rewards that companies are offering new and current employees. It may be to attract talent, it...
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Brian Watkins
May 25, 20211 min read
The Folly of Communicating Compensation
I've shared this story often (apologies if you've heard it before). I once worked for a rather large company (you've all heard of it) and...
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Brian Watkins
May 3, 20211 min read
Most Places Still Don't Get What Effective Reward Are
A read an article in Time magazine a while back - it makes me happy and furious at the same time. Happy: It talks about how Accuity...
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Brian Watkins
Apr 7, 20212 min read
Money is Not the Best Reward
One battle I have with managers (and individual contributors for that matter) is that money is not the most effective reward. The idea is...
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Brian Watkins
Mar 2, 20211 min read
Compliments: The Most Underused Reward
Every once in a while, there is an article that makes me go "hmmm" (a reference that only children of the 90s will get). This recent...
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Brian Watkins
Feb 11, 20211 min read
Peer-to-Peer Rewards
Employees not only like to receive rewards from you, but they like to get praise and rewards from their peers in many cases as well. In...
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Brian Watkins
Dec 23, 20203 min read
Part 3: Compensation - What Employees Need to Know
As most employees know, they usually have little say in compensation, other than possibly negotiating salary when starting and possibly...
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Brian Watkins
Dec 22, 20202 min read
Part 2: Compensation - What Managers Need to Know
In Part 1, I discussed many of the misconceptions of compensation at a company level. While companies should address this, they often...
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Brian Watkins
Dec 21, 20203 min read
Part 1: Compensation - Where companies misunderstand engagement
Editor's Note: This blog was going to be longer than usual, so I split it into three parts. The next two parts will be published over the...
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Brian Watkins
Nov 30, 20201 min read
Is It the Company's Job to worry about Well Being?
I wrote last week about a presentation I saw that stressed the need for high-performing companies to focus on employee well being, even...
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Brian Watkins
Sep 24, 20201 min read
Your Mission Should You Choose to Accept It...
A short post today - but a task for you. Take 5 minutes and do two things: Recall how many pieces of positive feedback you gave this...
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