Globoforce Unveils New Innovations in Social Recognition

Social and mobile enhancements further extend reach, virality, and use of recognition within companies across the world

HR Technology Conference 2011
Booth #1139

LAS VEGAS & SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. & DUBLIN--()--Globoforce®, (www.globoforce.com), the world’s leading provider of SaaS-based employee recognition solutions, today announced new social and mobile enhancements to help companies better manage and motivate a global workforce. The new capabilities further elevate the organizational reach and impact of Social Recognition™, a corporate social network that ignites company culture through employee recognition. With these advancements, HR leaders now have a more effective solution to demonstrate how core values are lived throughout their organization.

As workforces continue to become more international and separated, HR leaders need a way to better connect and engage employees. With this latest release, Globoforce is extending the power of social across mobile and internal corporate platforms, including the recognition industry’s first RSS recognition feed for corporate intranets. The newest release also provides HR leaders with more flexibility and control over the entire recognition experience – from nomination to approval to reward redemption.

“To manage and engage today’s workforce requires a renewed approach to HR technologies,” said Thomas Otter, research vice president, Gartner Research. “Employees today embrace the same technologies that are transforming our everyday lives. Companies building impactful HR programs, including social employee recognition, need to ensure that social and mobile are well integrated into their processes. These technologies help organizations successfully connect and motivate employees and develop a unified company culture.”

Continuing to lead the recognition category, Globoforce’s latest social and mobile innovations change the way company culture and employee performance is measured and achieved. With these advancements, business and HR leaders will now have:

  • Improved recognition on the road
    The enhanced Globoforce Mobile™ application features a company’s continuous social feed to provide company-wide visibility into culture and values in action.
  • Real-time recognition cultures
    New one-click “congratulations” via email and mobile help companies amplify every recognition moment and create true cultures of appreciation faster and easier than ever before.
  • Higher levels of recognition adoption
    With RSS newsfeeds for corporate intranets and more, recognition can now be part of employees’ everyday activities, further cementing a company’s values and culture.
  • Even greater award flexibility
    Enhanced privacy controls and award levels give HR leaders more piece of mind about the security of corporate information.

“Employee recognition is inherently social. It’s how employees and managers connect and motivate each other toward common goals,” said Eric Mosley, CEO of Globoforce. “With our new product enhancements, we’re taking our social and mobile innovations to the next level. Employee recognition can now be woven throughout a company’s social fabric, helping instill company values globally, across all employee behaviors and actions.”

Product Availability

Globoforce will be providing live demos of its latest social and mobile technologies at Booth #1139 at the 2011 HR Technology Conference and Exposition, October 3-4 in Las Vegas. To request a demonstration of the latest innovations, call (888) 7-GFORCE, email corporate@globoforce.com, or click here.

About Globoforce

Founded in 1999, Globoforce is the world’s leading provider of employee recognition solutions. Through its social, mobile, and global technology, Globoforce helps HR and business leaders elevate employee engagement, increase employee retention, manage company culture and discover the power of real-time performance management. Today, more than 1.7 million employees across the world are living their company values and achieving peak performance through the Globoforce platform. A private corporation, Globoforce is co-headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts, and Dublin, Ireland. To learn more, please visit http://www.globoforce.com or our blog at http://globoforce.com/globoblog.

Contacts

Globoforce Public Relations
Kevin Mullins, +1-617-780-0439
kevin.mullins@globoforce.com
or
Tier One PR
Ellen Backus, +1-612-616-2991
ebackus@tieronepr.com

Release Summary

Globoforce announced new innovations in Social Recognition, a corporate social network that ignites company culture and elevates employee engagement globally through social employee recognition.

Contacts

Globoforce Public Relations
Kevin Mullins, +1-617-780-0439
kevin.mullins@globoforce.com
or
Tier One PR
Ellen Backus, +1-612-616-2991
ebackus@tieronepr.com