One of the important parts of my job is to help organisations and particularly, people managers, to understand just how important it is to give people the recognition that they deserve. I help them to see how it motivates, inspires, encourages and improves performance. This morning I had a brilliant reminder of just how powerful a moment of recognition can be. At Peopletopia, we are lucky enough to have a great bunch of clients, who tell us that they are grateful for the wor

It's been a while since the champagne corks stopped popping and the fireworks announcing the new year fizzled out. It's an interesting moment - the start of a new year, isn't it? On the one hand there are those that look back and reflect on the year that has now ended, thinking about what we did, or didn't achieve, and there are those that look forward with great gusto and energy about the year yet to come, with all its unknown possibilities. For those people who do make re