Appreciating Great Work: A recognition company's musings
on work we love, cultures we admire, people who achieve,
teams that click, moments of brilliance, and tips, truths, and
insights on celebrating human awesomeness.
Sites We Love
get inspired at coolhunting.com

Call us crazy. But our clients (who happen to work in the field of Human Resources) are some of the coolest people we know–there’s hardly a Toby from The Office among them. And we’re pretty sure that in addition to pouring over World at Work and HR Magazine, the folks we work with are trend-spotting and shopping and doing all kinds of interesting things.

Cool Hunting is designed to bring daily inspiration to creative people. As described on their Twitter page, it’s a “daily update on ideas and products in the intersection of art, design, culture and technology.” But as we always say, people are people. Recognizing great work is what our blog is all about. Share the site with your team, your friends and your employees and make Cool Hunting itself like a little reward.

teamwork tips: on-the-spot appreciation is healthy for a great team

Teamwork Tips

Teams that click don’t fall from the sky (and artsy kids can whip up amazing Google Doodles). It takes time and focused effort, but keep going and your consistency will pay off. Enjoy our weekly tips for powerful team building ideas to inspire, develop and challenge your team. Click to read more for this week’s teamwork tip, founded in the research from O.C. Tanner’s New York Times bestseller The Orange Revolution, by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, and get your team on track to breakthrough performance.

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Books We Love
‘the thank you economy’

It’s actually more about social media and customer relations than human resources, but Vaynerchuk’s book is profound in the way it highlights how the internet has impacted and shaped pretty much everything. It’s marketing focused, but human resource managers will find easy to extrapolate principles that apply to employee engagement too. It’s all about sending good vibes. Through social appreciationtm, word-of-mouth, and viral goodness. And what better day to celebrate living with thanks. Happy Thanksgiving.

fall leaves

It’s November. A bad month for turkeys, but a pretty good one for airlines, cranberry growers and people (like me) who think pumpkin pie is the best breakfast on the planet.

This season of Thanksgiving is an especially good time to reflect on the things we’re grateful for. At O.C. Tanner, we could name a hundred things. But 17 will probably do.

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Employee Recognition Programs

I’ve been doing market research for fifteen years now.  In nearly every state across America, and in many different countries, I’ve asked respondents a wide range of questions. Despite this significant experience, I can’t remember another time I’ve been as surprised by research findings as I was in a recent study I led about employee recognition.

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Teamwork Tips

Teams that click don’t fall from the sky (and can you imagine life with this amazing desk?). It takes time and focused effort to bring the right balance and synergy to the group. Keep going and your consistency will pay off. Enjoy our weekly tips for powerful team building ideas to inspire, develop and challenge your team. Read more for this week’s teamwork tip, founded in the research from O.C. Tanner’s New York Times bestseller The Orange Revolution, by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, and get your team on track to breakthrough performance.

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There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

Teamwork Tips

Teams that click don’t fall from the sky (and little boys honestly do believe there is a Halloween Grinch). It takes time and focused effort to bring the right balance and synergy to the group. But keep going and your consistency will pay off. To help you along the way, we’ll be sharing some powerful team building ideas to inspire, develop and challenge your team. Read more for this week’s teamwork tip, founded in the research from O.C. Tanner’s New York Times bestseller The Orange Revolution, by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, and get your team on track to breakthrough performance.

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