Thank you to everyone who completed the Kudos survey in partnership with Leger. We greatly appreciate it! 

Your feedback helps us decide what to improve and where to invest next. We’ll be sharing the results of the survey in the coming months.  

If you have any questions about the survey results, please do not hesitate to reach out to marketing@kudos.com. 

It’s almost that time of year! The 2026 Best Culture Awards will be open for applications on Monday, July 6, 2026.

To help you prepare for your application, here are some resources to get a jump-start:

Organizations have until the end of September 2026 to apply after the application portal opens (July 6).

If you haven’t already made the switch, connect with your Client Success Manager, support@kudos.com or schedule a time to learn more.  

Helpful resources: 

📘 FAQs 
🎥 Watch the New Kudos Tour 
📖 Explore the Full Kudos Experience Guide 

If your organization started using Kudos in 2026, you’re already using the upgraded version, and no action is required from you. 😊 

Connecting frontline and deskless employees to recognition just got easier. 

Organizations can now onboard users without company email addresses, removing the need for workarounds and simplifying access without compromising security. New signup codes and a dedicated Employee ID login give employees more ways to get into Kudos from day one. 

This is part of our continued investment in the deskless experience, with more enhancements on the way. 

Also new in Kudos: 

Here are your July 2026 banners for your Kudos platform. You can select one of these banners, or create your own, and upload it right into Kudos.  

⬆️ Inside the file you’ll find two different banner sizes: use the 2256x382 sizes if you’re still using the Kudos Classic platform and use the 3384x573 sizes for the upgraded Kudos platform.

22,595 workers. 44 countries. 52 pages. We read the whole thing, so you don't have to.  

Deloitte's 2026 Gen Z & Millennial Survey revealed this generation is financially pressured but optimistic, ambitious but unwilling to lead at the cost of their health, and adapting to AI faster than their organizations can support. 

But there’s one finding HR leaders need to act on immediately: lack of recognition is the #2 driver of job-related stress for both generations. 

In 2026, that’s a shocking and disappointing reality.  

👉 This blog breaks down all eight chapters of the report and connects the data to what HR leaders and people managers can do about it. 

A conversation with Rebecca Taylor, Head of Community & Content at AllVoices  

📣 Psychological safety is not something leaders decide. It’s something employees decide they feel.  

You can say “this is a safe space” all day, that doesn’t make it true. Psychological safety is built through repeated experiences:  

Psychological safety is not about making everyone speak the same way. It’s about creating conditions where different people can engage honestly.  

Some people will never be comfortable speaking in a meeting. That does not mean they have nothing to say. 

If people only have one way to speak up, you do not have a psychologically safe culture. You have a preferred communication style.  

👉 If your feedback culture only works for extroverts, it doesn’t work. Without multiple avenues for feedback, leaders mostly hear from the people already comfortable speaking up.  

That’s not culture data. That’s a sampling bias. If you want real input, build multiple ways to contribute:  

Psychological safety is a system, not a slogan. If you want better feedback, better decisions, and better trust, you must design it for different communication styles.  

Not just reward the loudest voices in the room. 

Our People People series is where we chat with people people (like you!) and share the human side of HR with stories that stick and lessons that lead.  

Hit “reply” or you can book a time with Taryn and share your story – big wins, bold ideas, or lessons learned the hard way. Your experience might just be the spark someone else needs. ✨   

Reach out to us at support@kudos.com

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