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Insights into corporate culture and performance

Tips, news and best practices for building engaged teams and healthy corporate culture.

October 20, 2026·6 min read

Quiet Quitting Is a Warning Sign: How to Spot and Re-Engage Disengaged Employees

Quiet quitting—when employees do the bare minimum without resigning—is growing across industries. Learn how to identify the early warning signs and use recognition, feedback, and purpose to re-engage your team before talent walks out the door.

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October 13, 2026·8 min read

Burnout Prevention Strategies: How to Build Workplace Resilience Before the Crisis Hits

Burnout costs organizations billions and drives turnover — but most companies only respond after the crisis hits. Here are five proven strategies to prevent burnout before it starts, with recognition at the centre.

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October 6, 2026·7 min read

Employee Wellbeing Programs: How to Move Beyond Perks and Drive Real Engagement

Most employee wellbeing programs stop at gym memberships and free snacks. Here's how to build one that genuinely improves engagement, retention, and performance.

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September 29, 2026·7 min read

People Analytics: How Data-Driven HR Transforms Employee Engagement

People analytics gives HR teams the data they need to understand, predict, and improve employee engagement -- moving from gut feelings to evidence-based decisions.

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September 22, 2026·7 min read

Learning & Development: Why Career Growth Is Your Most Powerful Employee Engagement Tool

When employees can't see a future at your company, they stop engaging. Discover why learning and development is no longer a perk — it's the single biggest driver of retention, performance, and engagement.

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September 15, 2026·5 min read

Hybrid Work Culture: How to Build Engagement and Inclusion Across Your Entire Team

Hybrid work is here to stay — but without intentional design, it creates two-tier cultures where remote employees feel invisible. Here's how to build genuine inclusion and engagement across your entire hybrid workforce.

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September 9, 2026·7 min read

Employee Experience vs. Employee Engagement: Why the Difference Matters

Many HR leaders use 'employee experience' and 'employee engagement' interchangeably — but they're not the same thing. Understanding the distinction can fundamentally change how you build and retain your team.

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September 2, 2026·7 min read

Recognition Across Generations: How to Engage Gen Z, Millennials, and Boomers at Work

Different generations want recognition differently — here's what HR leaders need to know to build a recognition culture that works for everyone on the team.

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August 29, 2026·8 min read

How to Measure Company Culture: Methods That Work

Measuring culture does not require a forty-question annual survey. A guide to the methods — eNPS, pulse questions, day ratings — and the trap that makes most measurement worthless.

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August 29, 2026·8 min read

Changing Company Culture: Why It Usually Fails and What Works

Most culture programmes change the posters and nothing else. Why culture change stalls, and which approach actually shifts behaviour — including in remote teams.

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August 29, 2026·7 min read

Knowledge Sharing in Remote Teams: Guidelines That Actually Hold

In a remote team, knowledge that is not written down does not exist. Practical guidelines for communication and knowledge sharing — without another documentation project nobody maintains.

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August 29, 2026·8 min read

Remote Work Culture: How to Build It at a Distance

Remote work does not break culture — it removes everything that used to carry culture by accident. What you have to make explicit, and why most remote culture problems are really visibility problems.

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August 29, 2026·7 min read

The Four Types of Company Culture — and Which One Fits You

Clan, adhocracy, market or hierarchy. The Competing Values Framework sorts company cultures into four types — and shows why none of them is simply 'the best'.

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August 29, 2026·8 min read

What Is Company Culture? Meaning, Layers and How to Read It

Company culture is not what is on the wall — it is what happens when nobody is watching. A practical guide to what it actually means, its three layers, and how to read the real culture of a company.

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August 25, 2026·7 min read

Recognition Across Generations: How to Engage Gen Z, Millennials, and Gen X at Work

Not every employee wants to be recognized the same way — and generational differences play a bigger role than most HR leaders realize. Learn how to build a recognition strategy that resonates across every generation in your workforce.

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Remote WorkEmployee EngagementAugust 4, 2026·6 min read

How Slack and Microsoft Teams Integration Supercharges Your HR Tools

When HR tools live where employees already work — in Slack and Microsoft Teams — adoption skyrockets and culture-building becomes effortless. Here's why integration is the key to making recognition actually stick.

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Company CultureRecognition & RewardsJuly 28, 2026·7 min read

DEI and Recognition: How Inclusive Recognition Drives Belonging and Performance

Recognition gaps quietly undermine DEI goals. Discover how inclusive, peer-driven recognition helps every employee feel seen and valued — and delivers measurable results for your organisation.

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RetentionRecognition & RewardsJuly 23, 2026·7 min read

Reducing Employee Turnover with Recognition: The Strategy That Pays for Itself

Employee turnover can cost up to 200% of an employee's annual salary to fix. Discover how building a culture of recognition slashes retention costs, boosts engagement, and delivers measurable ROI.

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Company CultureEmployee EngagementJuly 15, 2026·7 min read

ESG and Employee Engagement: Why Sustainability Starts With Your People

ESG investors want more than environmental data — they want proof your company treats its people well. Here's why employee engagement is your most powerful Social ESG metric.

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Remote WorkCompany CultureJune 30, 2026·8 min read

Remote Team Culture: How to Build Connection and Engagement Across Distance

Remote work is here to stay — but culture doesn't build itself across distance. Discover the key pillars, common pitfalls, and practical tools for building a remote team culture where every employee feels seen, valued, and connected.

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AI in HREmployee EngagementJune 23, 2026·7 min read

AI in HR Decision-Making: How Smart Tools Are Transforming People Management

AI is no longer a buzzword in HR — it's becoming a practical tool for better decisions, fairer feedback, and stronger teams. Here's what you need to know to get started.

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eNPS & SurveysEmployee EngagementJune 17, 2026·7 min read

eNPS Explained: How to Measure and Actually Improve Employee Loyalty

Discover what eNPS is, why it matters more than you think, and how to use it to build a culture where employees genuinely advocate for your company.

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Employee EngagementRetentionJune 9, 2026·6 min read

Onboarding Engagement: How to Turn New Hires Into Committed Team Members from Day One

Most onboarding programs focus on paperwork and policies — but the real challenge is emotional. Learn the 5 pillars of engaging onboarding, the mistakes that kill early commitment, and how to measure what's working.

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Company CultureMay 7, 2026·4 min read

We Made the Top 50: Kudosky Named Among Europe’s Best Social Impact Startups of 2026

Out of 380 startups from 38 countries, Kudosky has been shortlisted in the top 50 social impact startups of 2026 by Rubio Ventures — competing for €200,000 in grants at Hello Tomorrow in Amsterdam.

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Employee EngagementRecognition & RewardsMay 5, 2026·6 min read

Gamification in HR: How Game Mechanics Boost Employee Engagement

Gamification is no longer just for video games — it's becoming a powerful HR tool that boosts engagement, improves retention, and builds a stronger company culture.

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Company CultureEmployee EngagementApril 30, 2026·5 min read

Company Culture: What It Really Means and Why It Determines a Company’s Success

Company culture is not a poster on the wall or a paragraph in an onboarding manual. It is the sum of everyday behaviours, decisions, and informal norms that define how people in an organisation actually act — not what is said in job interviews.

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Employee EngagementCompany CultureApril 28, 2026·7 min read

Manager Effectiveness: How Great Managers Drive Employee Engagement

Great managers are the single biggest driver of employee engagement — here's how to measure, develop, and scale management effectiveness across your organization.

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Psychological SafetyCompany CultureApril 26, 2026·7 min read

Psychological Safety at Work: How to Build a Culture Where People Speak Up

Psychological safety is the #1 predictor of team performance — yet most companies still struggle to build it. Here's how to change that.

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Recognition & RewardsRetentionApril 14, 2026·5 min read

The ROI of Peer Recognition: Why Saying 'Thank You' Is Your Best Retention Strategy

Peer recognition is one of the most cost-effective tools for reducing employee turnover. Discover the research, the metrics, and the practical steps to build a recognition culture that delivers measurable ROI.

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eNPS & SurveysCompany CultureApril 10, 2026·6 min read

Why Annual Employee Surveys Are Killing Your Company Culture (And What to Do Instead)

Annual employee surveys were built for a world that no longer exists. Discover why they fail — and how micro-feedback, peer recognition, and AI give you a real-time pulse on your team.

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BurnoutPsychological SafetyFebruary 12, 2026·5 min read

The Silent Crisis: How to Spot Quiet Burnout Before It's Too Late

quiet burnout — one of the most dangerous workplace trends shaping 2026.

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