Organizational growth – and the growth and development of HR professionals – more often than not now involves an international component. HR professionals need to lead the way in championing cultural sensitivity within their workforce and guiding their organizations through complex global reward programs. If you have a multi-cultural workforce and/or an international recognition program (or are thinking of developing one) you need to attend this session. International programs are exceptionally challenging and fraught with subtleties that can dramatically derail your best laid plans if you’re not extremely careful. Michelle will review detailed global cultural and recognition insights from 50+ focus groups and a 3-year formal study of Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, UAE, UK and the US. Both aggregate and individual country information will be shared. This is a deep dive into the essential tactics and cultural subtleties you need to know to insure recognition success if you offer programs in, or have employees from these countries. Michelle will also suggest where to focus resources to maximize engagement – especially with limited resources. The focus will be on proven tools and how-to's, easy, quick, and even low-cost or no cost solutions that can be implemented immediately.