The RecogNATION: An Employee Engagement Podcast
We are a community with the shared belief that Every Moment Matters™ in the workplace. This community is designed for conversation and sharing resources with people leaders regarding: Keeping employees engaged & connected, providing feedback to your team, employee appreciation & recognition, and other best practices for people leaders. Ready to learn more about RecogNation? Visit https://recognation.com/
Episodes
President of RecogNation, Andrew Bishop, joins Neely today to give an update on RecogNation. You are given a sneak peek into our exciting future, and what it means to be involved with RPI!
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Kailey sits down with the newest addition to our marketing team, Bridie Tolley, to discuss her recent fun and engaging assignment to create content for the newly minted Baudville Brands TikTok account, and how her learnings from the experience put some recent work trends into perspective.
First, how work schedules are failing millions of US employees https://news.gallup.com/poll/690881/work-schedules-fail-millions-employees.aspx
Then...
Kailey Savona sits with Kurtis Strauel, a vetted HR professional with over 30 years of experience. Kurtis promotes investing in people and shares his tips on how HR in any organization can build a winning culture of excellence.
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Neely and Kailey run through some highlights from Gallup's 2024 State of the Global Workplace Report. While the numbers are a bit disheartening to look at, they end with hopeful actions leaders can take.
You can download the full report here --> https://www.gallup.com/workplace/349484/state-of-the-global-workplace.aspx
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It's the 3 year anniversary of our most downloaded episode! Enjoy this Throwback Tuesday edition of The RecogNATION Podcast!
Co-hosts Neely Adkins and Kailey Savona present five different ways to show appreciation at work.
#1: Words of Praise (4:24)
#2: Personal Connection (5:49)
#3: Mentorship and Collaboration (7:08)
#4: Awards (9:06)
#5: Pleasant Surprises (10:55)
Neely and Kailey speak with Jeff Wetherhold, an accomplished change management advisor, trainer and coach in change management with emphasis in leveraging motivational interviewing to provide evidence-based conversational tools to develop intrinsic motivation for change.
They cover several topics including -
- Technical and relational challenges with managing change
- The importance of communication and language
- Understanding the pro...
Barbara shares her journey from working at Google in strategy and operations to becoming a leadership coach and consultant. She describes how a transformative training in emotional intelligence and mindfulness at Google inspired her to eventually leave her corporate role and start her own business, bnow Consulting.
She also shares a powerful example from a leadership training she facilitated, highlighting the difference between appr...
Neely Adkins and Kailey Savona are in the studio today, joined by RecogNation sales team members Andrew Kersjes and Lisa Montalvo. Everyone gets psyched up in their conversation and discusses what they're excited about at this year's SHRM 2025.
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Surprise! We have a special off-schedule episode all about Employee Appreciation Day! Neely and Kailey are back in the studio and sit down with our Human Resources Manager, Abby Daman to discuss what we're doing to celebrate Employee Appreciation Day.
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Kailey Savona is in the studio today and talks with Paul Wolfe, a human first leadership advocate, and the author of Humans First–Practices for Empathetic, Expressive Leadership. In their conversation, they discuss and talk about the ways you can develop being an empathetic leader. Building your bonds with everyone in your company requires being vulnerable and having open communication.
This week, Kailey and Neely are reviewing the latest Gallup trends, and shockingly employee engagement is on the decline.
Some highlights of the report are:
- Clarity of expectations. Just 46% of employees know what is expected of them at work, down 10 points from a high of 56% in March 2020.
- Feeling that someone at work cares about them as people. Currently, 39% of employees feel strongly that someone cares about them, a drop from...
Kailey and Neely are back this week with special guest Matt Baxter, who is CEO of Wedge, a video interviewing software company that connects HR with the best candidates. Matt shares his background, knowledge, and some issues with modern recruiting practices.
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Kailey and Neely sit down with Executive Coach and 2020 Business Insider Rising Star in HR, Adam Weber. Adam is a self-starter who's created apps, wrote the book "Lead Like a Human" and has an ever-growing list of experience and stories that'll help other rising stars become the best versions of themselves.
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Kailey Savona had a chance to talk to the president of WellSpark Health, Andi Campbell. In their conversation, Andi gives her insight into employee well-being, where leaders can open the door to talk to their team members about health, and happiness, and where they can create their own boundaries.
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Neely Adkins and Kailey Savona chat with Marie Deveaux, writer, facilitator, and founder of High Tides Consulting. Marie is an experienced learning and development professional, and in their conversation, she teaches Neely and Kailey that it takes more than well-intentioned people to lead companies.
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Kailey Savona sat down with Tonya Herb, a woman's business life coach and founder of OutSpoken. They talked about empowerment, leadership, and confidence for all aspiring leaders. In their conversation, Tonya tells Kailey the tricks to growing leadership skills that can be adapted for all industries.
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Neely Adkins chats with executive coach Mike Horne, author of The People Dividend. Together, they discuss the importance of authenticity as a leader, the effectiveness of providing feedback, and Gallup statistics about loneliness.
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In this week's shorty episode, Neely and Kailey sit down with RecogNation's Employee Experience Partners, Andrew Kersjes and Jordan Shaffer. Together, they all talk about what they're looking forward to during this years Michigan SHRM event, taking place in our home town of Grand Rapids!
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RecogNations' own Abby Daman joins Kailey Savona in the studio to discuss what we did for this year's Customer Service Week Celebrations! They walk through our scarecrow-building contest, themes, and tricks to make employees feel valued by leadership.
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Neely sits down in the studio with RecogNation president Andrew Bishop to catch up and discuss one of the newest features coming to the RecogNation platform, Incentives.
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