The Best Culture Awards highlight your unique culture initiatives, your success and results, and the incredible individuals that make up your organization—plus, winners get serious bragging rights! Applications for this year’s program are due October 17. 

Need more help? We’re here for you! Contact your Client Success Manager or email marketing@kudos.com. 

September 26 is HR Professional Day and we’re shining a spotlight on HR professionals everywhere—the people who create workplaces where teams can thrive. From supporting employees’ growth and well-being to building cultures of recognition and belonging, your impact reaches far beyond the office walls. We see you, we appreciate you, and we thank you for all the incredible work you do to make work better for everyone. 🧡 

The next generation of Kudos provides people managers with the tools they need to recognize and celebrate milestones, while driving engagement—all without added administrative overhead.  

Kudos makes it easy for managers to show appreciation in meaningful, timely ways.   

Here’s how the upgraded platform supports your people leaders:  

With the next generation of Kudos, your managers get more than a recognition platform— they get a leadership tool.   

Kudos Next Gen officially launches this October! Want a preview before it goes public? Schedule your demo to see the upgraded platform. 

Here are your October 2025 banners for your Kudos platform. You can select one of these banners, or create your own, and upload it right into Kudos. Learn more about uploading a banner into your Kudos platform, or how to customize your theme in this support article.   

Justin Jackson, a Senior HR Business Partner who has spent 10+ years in the HR world, offers advice to leaders trying to navigate difficult situations and conversations. 

Here’s a test of leadership 👇 

A manager notices a steady decline in an employee’s performance. They’re not lazy. They’re not late. Just…missing the mark. 

The manager says nothing. For six months. Then they drop a two-page write-up on HR’s desk, asking for termination. Every line screams: Why didn’t you check in? 

As an HR leader, Justin explains: If a manager doesn’t act early, it’s not an employee failure. It’s a leadership failure. 

Most organizations wait until it's too late to uncover patterns that indicate poor management versus poor performance.  

Justin’s advice? Start earlier. Not with threats and one-sided documentation but with real conversations and regular check-ins. 

👉 Lesson: Regular check-ins build trust, uncover problems sooner, and give employees a fair shot at success. 

Your challenge: Audit your last three terminations. Who really failed first? 

📋 Resource: Download our Manager Checklist for Employee Check-ins. 

Have you tried a new culture initiative that sparked major engagement? Or maybe you took a big swing... and missed? Either way, we want to hear about it.

Reach out to taryn.hart@kudos.com and share your story—big wins, bold ideas, or lessons learned the hard way. Your experience might just be the spark someone else needs. ✨ 

You asked, we listened. With the next generation of the Kudos platform, internal announcements are finally getting the attention they deserve.  

Say hello to targeted, trackable communication. The new Announcements feature gives HR and Comms teams a high-visibility space to share company-wide updates, celebrate wins, and support initiatives. The results? Better engagement, improved participation, and company messages that actually get read.  

Here’s what’s new:  

This feature is only available on the upgraded Kudos platform—reach out to your Client Success Manager or book a meeting here to get started. 

Every day, we see how meaningful recognition transforms workplace culture. Do you know an organization that could benefit from Kudos? We’d love an introduction! 

Your referrals help us bring more happiness and engagement to workplaces around the world—and as a token of our appreciation, we’ll send you a little thank-you gift. 🎁 

Have someone in mind? Reach out to us at marketing@kudos.com. Let’s make great workplace cultures the norm together. 

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