Recognition's Role in Transforming Workplace Culture

Learn how recognition is a potent tool for shaping a workplace culture that can attract and engage talented employees.


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The world of work has shifted. In this new playing field, leaders need to forge and leverage a culture that attracts talented employees and engages them in driving their organization forward.

Recent Gallup® and Workhuman® research has found that strategic recognition can be a flexible and potent tool to shape and reinforce workplace culture in any organization. Among employees who strongly agree that recognition is an important part of their culture, seven in 10 strongly agree that they feel connected to their organization’s culture.

Read on to learn how recognition is one of the strongest forces for building and maintaining culture.

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