Sarah Payne

“This pandemic is not supposed to be business as usual for anybody. This is when you should take care of your mind and make sure that you can come out on the other side of coronavirus sane."

Each day we’ll bring you interviews with thought leaders on topics we are all grappling with, such as leading from afar, navigating change, keeping culture in tact, building trust, and more.

We recently sat down with Michael O’Malley, Ph.D., managing director at Pearl Meyer, to ask about better work-life integration, why gratitude matters, and how to build community.

The results can help HR and senior leaders gain a deeper understanding of how to cater to core human needs like safety, fair pay, work-life harmony, inclusion and belonging, growth, and recognition.

Derek Irvine, senior vice president, client strategy and consulting at Workhuman, will speak about how crowdsourced pay can unlock hierarchy and be the enabler for agile ways of working.

Ozan Varol shares some practical tips – like “beware of process” and “have a beginner’s mind” – that remind us how innovation can result from a simple shift in perspective.

In an exclusive Q&A with Ozan Varol, we discuss learnings from rocket science’s successes and disasters and why it's so difficult to speak your mind in an organization that rewards herd thinking.

Ozan Varol shares some practical tips – like “beware of process” and “have a beginner’s mind” – that remind us how innovation can result from a simple shift in perspective.

In an exclusive Q&A with Ozan Varol, we discuss learnings from rocket science’s successes and disasters and why it's so difficult to speak your mind in an organization that rewards herd thinking.

The posts that resonated most with readers cover a range of topics, from killing bureaucracy, to finding the courage to speak up at work, to leveraging storytelling in performance management.

Have you considered the impact your recognition and reward program could have on health and safety metrics? Security awareness? Job referrals? Wellness? Performance management?

Dan Heath is a firm believer in the power of moments and how they can transform not only customer experience, but also employee experience, patient experience, or even family experience.

Do you need help getting buy-in from internal stakeholders who claim there are too many other initiatives to focus on recognition right now? Here are five ways recognition indecision is costing you.

No matter how much an employee is given – whether merit increase, retention bonus, or annual bonus – the lift in energy and engagement only lasts about 3-4 weeks. Crowdsourced pay changes that.

The future is bright for organizations that leverage human applications to build up gratitude, empower employees to drive their own development, and take an unapologetic stance toward greater equity.

From baby furniture to lawn equipment and self-care, I'm feeling extra grateful for the Workhuman reward network, where I'm able to redeem for things that fit my life as a new mom and homeowner.

With unemployment at an all-time low, compensation and benefits leaders need to be proactive when it comes to achieving pay equity and continuously proving the ROI of their total rewards strategies.

Traveling to WorldatWork’s annual conference & exhibition in Orlando next week? Learn more about our panel session and ways to win a conference pass to Workhuman Live 2020.

Instead of trying to make employees happy, we should instead call employees to greatness and create a culture of shared accountability. According to Cy Wakeman, that’s the secret to engagement.