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Boost the ROI of Your Recognition Program: The Science Behind Investing In Your Reward Store Experience

Discover how enhancing your reward store experience can maximize your recognition program ROI, boost employee engagement, and drive long-term results.

If 10 Historical Leaders Ran Your Recognition Program

What would Julius Caesar, Queen Elizabeth I, Marie Curie, and Harriet Tubman reward if they had Workhuman-level recognition tools? This cheeky thought experiment imagines ten historical leaders running a modern recognition program—and pulls out the surprisingly practical lessons they’d teach us about making recognition specific, credible, inclusive, and useful.

5 Ways Recognition Can Turn Your People into AI Power Users

AI adoption doesn’t fail because people hate change. It fails because the new behaviors never become normal. If you want employees to use AI well (and keep using it), you need more than tools and training — you need reinforcement. In this post, we break down five practical ways strategic recognition turns curiosity into capability: rewarding the right behaviors, building psychological safety, tying AI effort to real business priorities, scaling peer learning, and using recognition as a live signal of what’s actually spreading.

Workhuman vs. Bonusly: 2026 Comparison Guide

Bonusly vs. Workhuman in 2026: Compare features, pricing, integrations, global reach, and impact on employee engagement to choose the right platform.

Leading Organizational Change Without Losing Your Team

Most leaders approach organizational change by perfecting the what – the strategy, the structure, the communications plan. What they underestimate is the why people move. Neuroscience tells us uncertainty triggers a threat response. Psychology tells us psychological safety is what overrides it. And Workhuman's latest research tells us that recognition – frequent, specific, and tied to strategic priorities – is one of the most reliable ways to build that safety, even in the middle of disruption.

Organizational Design: Principles, Models, and Implementation Guide for HR Leaders

Discover the core principles of organizational design, key models, and implementation tips for HR leaders to boost performance and agility.

Strategic Initiatives: How to Define, Execute, and Measure What Truly Matters

Strategic initiatives are key to business success. This guide helps you plan, execute, and measure them for organizational success and sustained growth.

Employee Engagement Training: How to Build Programs That Actually Improve Engagement

Boost morale and retention with employee engagement training, equipping managers with skills to motivate, support, and develop high-performing teams.

Finding the Leaders You Might Promote Too Late (A Cautionary Tale)

Most organizations assume leadership begins with a promotion. History—and most workplaces—suggest the opposite. Future leaders often start doing the work long before the title appears. The risk? If you don’t recognize those signals early, someone else may.

Talent Review: How to Assess Performance, Potential, and Readiness

Learn how to conduct a talent review to enhance succession planning, identify high-potential employees, and strengthen your leadership pipeline.

How to Boost Employee Morale at Work: Practical Strategies That Actually Work in 2026

Learn how to boost employee morale at work with key strategies that improve employee well-being, reduce turnover, and drive long-term organizational success.

Your AI Strategy Has a Feelings Problem

In a recent webinar with Eric M. Bailey and Jeff Harry, we talked in part about why so many AI rollouts stall. Not because of the tech, but because employees can’t emotionally invest in the change. Here’s what psychological safety, recognition, and alignment have to do with real AI adoption.

Employee Appreciation Day is over – now what? A manager’s field guide to yearlong gratitude

Employee Appreciation Day is great. The problem is what happens the Monday after. This manager-friendly field guide shows how to turn one day of gratitude into a yearlong recognition habit—backed by research on engagement, psychological safety, and culture alignment, plus a practical cadence you can actually stick with.

If 10 Historical Leaders Ran Your Recognition Program

Flat Organizational Structure: How to Assess Fit, Implement Frameworks, and Avoid Common Pitfalls

Discover how a flat organizational structure can enhance collaboration, speed up decision-making, and improve employee engagement and autonomy.

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