While everything from the coldest January in 14 years to trade wars to wildfires have pressured restaurants to start 2025, labor remains a constant in the ever-evolving task of balancing costs in this ...

There’s an unsung hero of business success. It likely exists in the hallways of every office, in every meeting, in every email, yet it too often passes by unnoticed. It is the simple “thank you.” ...

There is a constant refrain in the modern workplace: employee recognition is critical for employee engagement and retention. In a recent Top Workplaces survey, 60% of respondents said their ...

Public recognition, though meant to motivate, often creates anxiety and pressure for employees, feeling like a burden rather than a reward. This "paradox of recognition" can harm performance and ...

New research from Gallup and the HR software firm Workhuman finds that employees who receive recognition on the job are almost half as likely to leave their jobs. Younger workers in particular say ...

In the modern age of automation and alerts, a powerful motivator in the workplace remains remarkably human: recognition. It’s rare to find someone who doesn’t appreciate a compliment every now and ...

Managers play a big role in how employees feel work, accounting for 70% of variance in employee engagement. For this reason, manager-to-direct-report recognition is vital for creating a culture where ...

Recognition should be simple, yet it's a common management stumbling block. Because HR departments know that recognition is something their managers should often be doing better than they are, they ...