Name: Kudos
Brand: Kudos
Rating: 5 (5 reviews)

Recognition is changing how work feels, and now we have the data.
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About the Research:

Recognition is widely deployed and rarely studied properly. We wanted evidence from the people living with it every day.

In partnership with Leger, an independent research firm, we surveyed 805 employees who use Kudos and 43 people who run recognition programs, across 18 industries. Four findings came back, and each one changes something practical about how a program should be run.

What's inside:

Monthly is what matters. Employees recognized at least once a month are 3.7x more likely to say recognition made them want to stay.
Peer recognition is what makes it memorable. 33% say a message stands out because it came from a coworker, against 23% for their manager.
Manager recognition is what makes it stick. Where a manager recognizes monthly, employees are 3.2x more likely to say they’ll stay.
Your newest people are your biggest opportunity. Recognition has about twice the effect in someone’s first three years as it does after ten.

The full report includes a healthcare spotlight where the early-tenure gap is widest, what monthly recognition changes across belonging, engagement, productivity and retention, a five-move plan you can take into your 2027 planning, and the complete methodology.