Name: How to Boost Employee Engagement: Programs in Practice
Start: 2022-02-10T18:00:00Z
End: 2022-02-10T18:00:46.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 5

Our mission is to connect people to purpose through frequent, meaningful recognition and motivating rewards. We inspire action, align cultures and drive the behaviors that lead to organizational success.

Although it has been well-established that meaningful rewards can boost employee engagement and performance – and despite employers spending nearly $200 billion annually on rewards and recognition — less than half of employees feel valued at work. 

In this session, Achievers' Head of Market Research and Community, Brie Harvey, will share the latest research from Achievers Workforce Institute exploring the evolving landscape of employee rewards. We'll uncover the most common reasons why many well-intended investments in traditional rewards programs fall flat and fail to drive cultural and behavioral outcomes.  

You'll learn:
- How to balance the quality and quantity of employee recognition and rewards
- Strategies for measuring the impact of recognition and rewards, linking it to retention, performance, and business outcomes
- Tips for fostering a culture of recognition that's meaningful, frequent, and cost-effective

How Traditional Employee Rewards Programs Miss the Mark

Burnout in healthcare is at an all-time high, and organizations must act now to support and retain their frontline teams.

In this session, healthcare experts from Achievers, Workday, Bon Secours Mercy Health, and Seattle Children's Hospital will explore how organizations can combat burnout and foster meaningful connections that drive engagement and retention. They'll share their experiences implementing innovative HR tools and technology that align with organizational culture while empowering leaders to recognize and support their teams more effectively.

You'll learn:
- How Bon Secours Mercy Health and Seattle Children's Hospital are using technology and human-centered leadership to drive engagement, improve retention, and empower their workforce
- Real-world strategies for recognizing and valuing healthcare workers
- Data-driven approaches to skills-based development, internal mobility, and workload distribution

Engaging and Retaining Healthcare Workers Through HR Technology

Deskless workers make up 80% of the global workforce, yet they are often the most overlooked when it comes to recognition, engagement, and total rewards strategies. Without access to traditional HR systems or digital communication channels, frontline employees in industries like manufacturing, logistics, construction, and retail are at higher risk of burnout, disengagement, and turnover — directly impacting business performance.

In this session, leaders from Achievers, Air Canada, The LEGO Group, Baylor Scott & White Health, and VCA Animal Hospitals will explore how organizations can close the recognition gap and drive retention, morale, and productivity among their deskless workforce. You'll discover innovative, real-world approaches that bring recognition to every employee, no matter where or how they work.

You’ll learn:
- How to design mobile-first, accessible recognition programs that reach deskless employees in real time
- Strategies to personalize total rewards to better motivate and retain frontline workers
- How leading companies are using technology to bridge the gap between corporate HR and field-based teams
- Key metrics to measure the impact of recognition on engagement, retention, and business success

Building an Employee Recognition Program for the Deskless Workforce

Recognition and rewards (R&R) go beyond acknowledging achievements — they are powerful tools for building trust, boosting engagement, and reinforcing behaviours that contribute to a psychologically safe workplace. When delivered authentically, R&R helps employees feel valued, supported, and empowered to thrive.

Join industry leaders from Achievers and The Lottery Corporation as they share how they’re designing recognition and rewards programs that promote psychological safety, along with key takeaways from recent Safe Work Australia legislation impacting all organisations.

In this session, you’ll learn:
- How recognition and rewards contribute to a psychologically safe workplace
- Strategies to mitigate bias and promote equity in R&R programs
- Real-world examples of low-cost, high-impact approaches to building employee resilience and safety

How Employee Recognition Enhances Resilience and Psychological Safety

Organizations are being tested like never before as they work to uphold cultural values amid evolving regulations and societal pressures. Leaders must find innovative ways to adapt while staying true to their principles — ensuring every employee feels valued, heard, and essential.

Join experts from Achievers, Contemporary Leadership Advisors, Workday, and Zurich North America as they share strategies for building strong workplace cultures in uncertain times.

You'll learn:
- How Workday and Zurich North America are reimagining talent development and engagement
- Strategies to foster an environment where employees can authentically contribute and thrive
- New ways to leverage recognition to drive inclusion, empowerment, and cultural continuity

Building Belonging and Connection in Uncertain Times

In this fireside chat, Emma Harvie, Achievers Workforce Institute Advisor, will be joined by Florence Mauwa, Performance and Reward Executive at Telstra, and Hannah Yardley, Chief People Officer at Achievers, to explore how organizations can navigate cultural and operational challenges amid economic shifts, AI adoption, and evolving employee expectations. Through expert insights and real-world examples, you'll learn how recognition can drive productivity and long-term growth.

In this session, you’ll learn:
- How organizations can support employees through change and uncertainty
- The role of recognition in enhancing engagement, retention, and performance
- Strategies to foster a resilient and adaptable workplace culture

Embracing Cultural Continuity in Times of Change

In this session, industry experts will debunk the biggest employee recognition myths of 2025, revealing how outdated beliefs may be limiting workplace culture and engagement. Through real-world examples and the latest workforce research, you'll gain actionable strategies to build a recognition program that truly drives retention, motivation, and business impact.

In this session, you’ll learn:
- The biggest recognition myths holding organizations back in 2025
- Proven strategies to debunk these myths and boost engagement
- How top companies build recognition programs that drive results

The Top 6 Employee Recognition Myths That Could be Holding Your Organization Back

Three-quarters of employees would stay longer in a job where they feel supported and valued than one where they do not feel that way, but were paid 30% more. Creating a culture where employees feel a strong sense of belonging has true business impact, and there are actions you can take today to improve employee sentiment for every function and level. 

You'll Learn:
- The key non-monetary factors—such as peer recognition and engagement—that boost emotional salary and workplace satisfaction.
- How belonging drives retention, team cohesion, and alignment with company values.
- Low-cost, high-impact strategies to motivate employees and enhance emotional salary at scale.

Investing in Emotional Salary to Engage and Retain

In this session, Michelle Primley Benton, Director of Engagement and Retention at Seattle Children’s Hospital, reflects on the lessons learned throughout her journey to foster a sense of belonging among healthcare providers, highlighting the challenges encountered and the transformative impact of meaningful peer recognition.

Join this discussion to explore:
- How recognition fosters belonging, strengthens teams, and aligns behaviors with organizational values.
- Best practices for integrating traditional and modern recognition strategies for diverse workforce needs.
-Insights into leveraging data-driven approaches to measure, refine, and amplify engagement efforts.

Boosting Belonging and Retention for Healthcare Workers

Half of HR leaders believe they are excelling in their skills training and internal mobility programs, only one in five employees share this sentiment. In an era of rapid change (today’s pace of change is the slowest you’ll ever experience again), the ability to redeploy existing employees can be crucial for your company’s success. So, how can you identify, validate, and enhance internal skill sets to ensure reliable and scalable processes?

Join Achievers Workforce Institute’s Managing Director, David Bator, for a session that shares the latest research on skills training and development. He will be joined by Achievers’ Hannah Yardley and Mercer’s John Land to discuss strategies for navigating these challenges.

You'll learn:
- The key components for creating successful development and internal mobility programs
- How to utilize your existing HR tech stack to bridge the skills gap
- Best practices for building an internal mobility program that attracts, retains, and inspires

Empowering Employees Through Skills Development and Recognition

Recent studies show that 64% of manufacturing employees are disengaged, posing a significant challenge as the industry faces rising economic uncertainty and the rapid pace of technological innovation. These factors create a complex environment where engagement, productivity, and workforce development are critical to success.

Join experts from Achievers, Workday, General Motors, and GAF as they explore the critical components of cultural transformation in manufacturing. You'll learn:
- How technology can drive engagement and productivity in the workforce
- Strategies to overcome economic uncertainty and technological disruption
- Best practices for fostering a more skilled, connected, and resilient workforce in manufacturing

Engaging and Retaining Manufacturing Workers Through HR Technology

Organizations today are facing challenging economic conditions, globalization, world events, downsizing, restructures, acquisitions, the introduction of AI, and evolving employee demands. This creates a complex web of cultural and operational challenges that can significantly impact performance, engagement and retention.

It’s connection – to the mission of the organization, to one’s manager and to colleagues at work – that drives the resilience of individuals and teams so they can survive and thrive through anything. A successful Recognition & Reward program has a unique ability to connect employees to their mission, their values, their manager, their colleagues and the peer-validated skills that help them be more productive today and grow tomorrow.

Join this session to hear best practices from our experts around how to create a culture of recognition, and get values off the wall and into the lived experience of your people, particularly in times of change. You'll learn:
- Strategies to connect employees to mission, managers, and peers
- How recognition can help facilitate change through restructures, downsizing, and acquisitions
- Real-world best practices for connecting R&R to other people programs to deliver on business objectives

How to Leverage Recognition to Support Employees During Change

In today's competitive sales environment, integrating continuous learning with meaningful recognition is key to unlocking your team's full potential.

Join Achievers Workforce Institute's Managing Director, David Bator, and Hive Perform CEO, Laura Keith, as they leverage primary and applied research to provide a tactical, practical roadmap on how organizations can focus on continuous learning and meaningful recognition to unlock their team's full potential.

You'll learn:
- Align Recognition with Training: How to seamlessly integrate reward systems with sales training to improve performance.
- Revenue Growth: Insights on how recognition programs can directly support revenue growth by motivating and engaging sales teams.
- Actionable Insights: Practical strategies to implement in your own organization to enhance sales performance and achieve revenue targets.

Connecting Learning and Recognition: The Key to High-Performing Sales Teams

Two-thirds of HR leaders are planning to increase their employee recognition and rewards budget in the next year, despite just 40% saying they see business impact from these programs.

As pressure to control costs continues, ensuring that your recognition strategy is effectively moving the needle on key business metrics like employee engagement, retention, and productivity is crucial.

Join Achievers' David Bator and Zurich North America's Renad Jarzynski to learn how employee recognition, when used strategically, can drive measurable and meaningful organizational results. You'll learn:
- The latest global research and trends in employee recognition
- Five key ingredients for creating a strategic recognition program that drives business results
- How Zurich North America fosters a culture of frequent, meaningful, low-cost recognition across all levels of the organization

The State of Recognition in 2024

The research is clear that frequent recognition boosts well-being, engagement, belonging, and an employee’s feelings about their manager and how fairly they are paid. Over time, frequent recognition on a platform builds an active, attentive, and trusted user base that organizations can engage to solve new problems.

In this interactive panel discussion, Matt Tremmaglia will welcome thought leaders from Air Canada, ArcelorMittal Dofasco & Cineplex for a conversation on how to:
- Amplify people programs, ranging from DEIB to learning and development and internal mobility
- Leverage the awesome power of a high-active usage employee recognition program

How To Amplify Culture and Solve New Business Problems Through Employee Recognition

While effective manager recognition is both a predictor and key driver of employee turnover, engagement and team performance, only a relatively small percentage of organizations have a comprehensive strategy aimed at bridging the knowledge and skill gaps that prevent managers from getting recognition right.  
 
In this interactive session, Brie Harvey will provide participants with an understanding of: 
- Why everyone (including leaders and stakeholders outside of HR) should care about the way leaders express appreciation  
- Field-tested best practices for balancing quality and quantity of top-down recognitions  
- How taking heed to basic psychology principles can help optimize rewards budgets  
- Key considerations for measuring success  
- Field-tested examples of campaigns and initiatives

How to Empower People Leaders to Be More Effective at Employee Recognition

Recent psychosocial legislation introduced in Australia means that workplaces have a responsibility to identify and mitigate risk when it comes to mental health in the workplace.

Join industry leaders from TELUS Health and Achievers Workforce Institute as they delve into the significance of psychological safety and the implications of the recent legislation. We'll explore low-cost, high-impact ways to promote employee resilience and psychological safety in the modern workplace.

You'll learn:
- Field-tested ways to leverage non-monetary recognition and rewards to promote psychological safety
- Considerations for mitigating risk of bias and inequity in the dissemination of employee rewards
- The critical role of continuously collecting and acting on employee feedback
- Tools and strategies to promote meaningful employee connection across dispersed or siloed teams

Fostering Psychological Safety and Workplace Resilience Through Employee Recognition

Although it's been well-established that meaningful rewards can boost employee engagement and performance and despite the fact employers spend nearly $200 billion annually on rewards and recognition, less than half of employees feel valued at work.

Join Brie Harvey, Head of Market Research at Achievers Workforce Institute, for an exclusive exploration into the evolving landscape of employee rewards. We'll break down the seven most common reasons why many well-intended investments in traditional rewards programs fail to drive cultural and behavioral outcomes, based on insights from the 2024 State of Recognition report.

You'll learn:
- Key principles for harnessing behavioral science to maximize appreciation and mitigate entitlement when it comes to extrinsic motivators
- Low-cost, high-impact reward strategies that promote equity and regular positive reinforcement
- How non-monetary and peer-led recognition can create "digital love bombs" at scale and transform organizational culture
- The role of recognition technology in providing personalized, meaningful rewards at scale

Best Practices for Optimizing Employee Rewards in 2024

Employee engagement remains front and center in today’s new reality as organizations look for ways to bridge and meet the needs of the hybrid workforce.

With so many things competing for employees' attention, organizations must listen, adapt, and act creatively to keep their people engaged, but what exactly does that look like in practice?

Join Achievers' Krystal Hindle and Leala McInerney as they share practical takeaways for boosting engagement and fostering a culture of connection within your organization. They'll share:
• Real-world examples of best-in-class employee engagement programs
• How to support better engagement, performance, and business outcomes within your organization
• New tools and inspiring ideas to connect remote and hybrid employees

How to Boost Employee Engagement: Programs in Practice

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