How to Build a Recognition Strategy That Delivers Real Business Impact

About the Panel Discussion

Employee motivation has become one of the most critical and fragile forces inside modern organisations. Shifting work models, economic pressure, and constant change have pushed engagement to historic lows, with many employees operating in survival mode rather than performing at their best. When motivation erodes, productivity drops, discretionary effort disappears, turnover rises, and even well-intentioned HR strategies fail to land. This is no longer a “culture” problem alone — it’s a performance and business risk.

The opportunity lies in how recognition and rewards are designed and deployed. Research consistently shows that when employees feel genuinely seen, valued, and connected to purpose, motivation becomes self-sustaining rather than transactional. Strategic recognition paired with meaningful, personalised rewards reinforces the behaviours that matter most, strengthens belonging, and creates a measurable link between investment in people and business outcomes. Organisations that get this right move beyond short-term incentives and build motivation systems that scale across teams, geographies, and moments that matter.

Join a live interactive panel discussion where you will learn how senior HR and Total Rewards leaders are redesigning recognition and rewards to sustain motivation, how they balance intrinsic and extrinsic drivers, how they use recognition data as a workforce signal, and how they translate everyday recognition into higher engagement, stronger retention, and provable business ROI.

Discussion Topics

• Sustained motivation: How to move beyond short-term incentives and build systems that keep employees engaged and energised over time.

• From culture to metrics: How motivation, belonging, engagement, and retention can be measured, tracked, and tied directly to business outcomes.

• Meaningful rewards: How to balance monetary and non-monetary rewards so motivation feels personal, fair, and scalable.

• Behavioural insight: How recognition data reveals which behaviours drive performance and how to reinforce them intentionally.