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Updated on: Aug 2026
HR Insights: Candidate Engagement Keeping New Hires Excited Until Day One - SightsIn Plus
Employee Engagement

Candidate Engagement Keeping New Hires Excited Until Day One

Aug 24, 2026

Beyond Rewards Why Recognition Remains the Most Human Leadership Tool

Compensation may attract talent. Recognition inspires commitment. The difference often determ...

Reward & Recognition
Jul 15, 2026
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Employee Recognition Trends Redefining the Future of Work

Over the years, working across renewables and banking, I have witnessed how workplaces evolve, somet...

Reward & Recognition
Jul 10, 2026
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A Culture of Everyday Recognition Small Gestures, Massive Impact

In todays fast-paced, sometimes hybrid, highly competitive, and mostly high-stress organizational e...

Reward & Recognition
Jul 9, 2026
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Employee Recognition Is Changing: What Gen Z Really Wants at Work
Reward & Recognition

Employee Recognition Is Changing: What Gen Z Really Wants at Work

The way organizations approach employee recognition has changed dramatically over the last decade and a half. What was once largely centered around annual bonuses, service awards, and promotions has evolved into a more dynamic, personalized, and purpose-driven approach to employee recognition. This transformation has been shaped by technological advancement, changing workforce expectations, and, most importantly, […]

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Personalized Rewards Using Employee Behaviour and Engagement Data
Reward & Recognition

Personalized Rewards Using Employee Behaviour and Engagement Data

“True recognition is not uniform; it honours the unique nature of every soul.” Organizations are increasingly moving or exploring moving away from one-size-fits-all reward programs and toward more personalized approaches that reflect how individuals and teams work, contribute, and engage. Using behaviour and engagement data can help companies design rewards that are more meaningful, timely, […]

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Workplace Recognition: From Emails to Emojis in the Digital Age
Reward & Recognition

Workplace Recognition: From Emails to Emojis in the Digital Age

Workplace recognition is no longer a “nice-to-have” HR practice—it has become a strategic lever for culture, engagement, and performance. What has changed over the past decade is not just the medium of appreciation, but its very nature. The shift from formal emails to instant emojis is symbolic of a much larger transformation: from delayed, hierarchical […]

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Culture of Recognition: Reena Wahi on KPMG in India’s R&R Best Practices
Human Resources

Culture of Recognition: Reena Wahi on KPMG in India’s R&R Best Practices

Conversation with Reena Wahi, Partner and Head of People, Performance and Culture, KPMG in India In this role, Reena leads KPMG in India’s human resources function, which comprises talent management and strategy, driving the people culture and professional development to further KPMG in India’s operations and growth. She has over 25 years of experience, with strong functional expertise in […]

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Moving Toward a Model of Fluid, Real-Time Incentives in the Era of AI
Reward & Recognition

Moving Toward a Model of Fluid, Real-Time Incentives in the Era of AI

At 11:47 PM on a Thursday, Anika sat alone in her apartment in Bengaluru, staring at her laptop screen. Three hours earlier, a critical customer escalation had exploded inside her company’s global operations dashboard. Revenue risk. Angry client. Leadership panic. Within minutes, teams across Singapore, Frankfurt, and Chennai jumped onto a war-room call. Anika was […]

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Beyond Compensation: How Recognition Culture Wins Gen Z Talent
Reward & Recognition

Beyond Compensation: How Recognition Culture Wins Gen Z Talent

The conversation around hiring has changed dramatically over the last few years. While organizations continue to compete on compensation, benefits, and career opportunities, a quieter but more profound shift is taking place in the workforce. Increasingly, candidates—especially Gen Z professionals—are evaluating employers not just on what they pay, but on how they value people. For […]

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The Future of Employee Recognition is Transparency
Reward & Recognition

The Future of Employee Recognition is Transparency

Employee recognition has become one of the defining conversations in today’s workplace. As organisations compete for talent, navigate evolving workforce expectations, and strengthen engagement and retention, how they acknowledge and reward contribution has become an increasingly important driver of culture and performance. Organisations continue to invest in rewards platforms, appreciation programs, peer-to-peer initiatives, and broader […]

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7 Workplace Experiences Gen Z Employees Now Expect Beyond Salary and Flexibility
Reward & Recognition

7 Workplace Experiences Gen Z Employees Now Expect Beyond Salary and Flexibility

There is a version of the talent conversation that organisations have been having for years, centred almost entirely on compensation and flexibility. Adjust the package, offer a hybrid model, and assume the work is done. Gen Z has quietly made that assumption obsolete. This is not a generation disengaged from work. They are disengaged from […]

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Rediscovering Maslow’s Pyramid: What HR Must Learn Again in 2026
Reward & Recognition

Rediscovering Maslow’s Pyramid: What HR Must Learn Again in 2026

I was talking to a country HR leader recently, and she was genuinely astounded that, despite significant investments in Rewards & Recognition, platform modernisation, and high-touch communication, employee engagement continues to decline. When evaluating such problems, I keep coming back to a remarkably enduring framework proposed in 1943: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow was writing […]

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SBI Plans Comprehensive Overhaul of Employee Wellness Program
Employment

SBI Plans Comprehensive Overhaul of Employee Wellness Program

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest public-sector lender, is preparing to significantly revamp its employee wellness programme as part of its broader efforts to enhance workforce well-being and create a healthier workplace culture. Strengthening Mental Health and Employee Support The proposed wellness framework is designed to provide holistic support to employees, addressing not […]

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Why Skill Visibility Must Come Before Capability Building
Learning & Development

Why Skill Visibility Must Come Before Capability Building

Organizations are operating in one of the most dynamic workforce environments we have ever seen. Technology cycles are shrinking, business expectations are evolving rapidly, and roles are no longer confined to traditional boundaries. In such an environment, the biggest challenge organizations face is not merely hiring talent or launching learning programs. It is understanding the […]

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Reward People Who Make Themselves Unnecessary
HR Practices

Reward People Who Make Themselves Unnecessary

Four reasons organisations can’t do it — and why the future belongs to those who will Here is a medical analogy that fits most organisations today: the operation was successful, but the patient is dead. Year-end reviews look healthy. Feedback happened. Teams delivered. Yet the metrics that matter — growth, productivity, customer impact — barely […]

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