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How to Set Up Assembly’s Daily Agenda in 5 Easy Steps

Whether you’re using it for your personal tasks or work, the Daily Agenda can do it all.

May 4, 2022

6 Best Daily Planner Apps for 2026

It’s time to get organized with a daily planner.

May 4, 2022

The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide To Effective Project Management

There's no getting around it: failing to plan is planning to fail.

May 2, 2022

100 Employee Appreciation Quotes That Will Have Employees Smiling at Their Desks

Utilize these inspirational quotes to show your employees how much you appreciate them and cultivate a culture of gratitude.

April 22, 2025

Asking These 10 Questions Will Improve Your 1:1 Meetings

The best managers know that 1:1 meetings, when done correctly, can unlock potential and improve the performance of their team

April 30, 2022

Does Your Survey Tool Have These Four Necessary Capabilities?

An effective survey can be an excellent tool to gather data and perspectives to help companies make better decisions.

April 26, 2022

48 Funny Workplace Jokes to Lighten Up the Office (That Won't Send You to HR)

We have 48 funny and work-appropriate jokes for you to lighten the mood, boost morale, and bring laughter to your workplace!

January 16, 2025

10 Things You Can Do To Improve Work Performance and Develop Yourself

We will break down 10 actions you can take to improve your work performance and go from being a good employee to a great one.

April 22, 2022

How to Record Meeting Minutes and Why It’s Important?

Learn how to record minutes efficiently, why it’s important, and best practices to follow in this guide.

April 22, 2022

5 Reasons Why Employee Retention Is a Challenge and How to Increase It

With how demanding the market can be, businesses find themselves pushing employees to burnout.

April 19, 2022

Three Reasons Why Warren Buffet's 5/25 Rule May Be Just What You Need for Productivity

Have you tried implementing the 5/25 rule for your productivity yet?

April 18, 2022

5 Key Employee Engagement KPIs You Must Track in 2026

Tracking these five key employee engagement KPIs will not only give you a way to measure your efforts and give valuable insights.

December 16, 2024

Case Study: How UpKeep brings their culture of gratitude into a remote world with Assembly

Assembly’s engagement platform made appreciation and recognition second nature to UpKeep’s dispersed team.

March 29, 2022

Three Ways to Make Your Morning Routine More Effective

An organized morning routine can set you up for a productive day. Here are three ways to make your morning routine more effective

March 28, 2022

Manager Effectiveness

Four Ways Managers Can Effectively Use Recognition

Recognition is a necessary action and tool to be a successful manager. Here are four ways to effectively use it for your team.

November 15, 2024

How to Show the Five Professional Love Languages in the Workplace

Learn the 5 professional love languages to boost workplace relationships, enhance engagement, and create a positive work culture.

February 27, 2025

Tips for Maximizing Performance Reviews

Performance reviews can be essential for employee motivation and growth. But how do you make them good?

March 10, 2022

5 Fun & Easy Ways to Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day (With FREE Templates)

Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day with fun and easy-to-implement ideas. Make it a day to remember with these top strategies.

February 15, 2022

Daily Standup: Go beyond just standing up

Teams are moving to the idea of needing to connect and check-in with each other consistently. See what to do and what to avoid

January 25, 2022

Top 4 Tips to Getting Organized in 2022

Whether or not you are big on new year resolutions, it is always a good idea to get organized, structured, and elevate your work.

January 10, 2022

How to Run a 1:1 in a Startup

One-on-one's are essential to any team's success. Check out our CEO's tips for 1:1s that work.

January 5, 2022

Manager Effectiveness

3 Lessons Every Manager Can Learn From Ted Lasso

Explore three management tips we learned from Ted Lasso along with free templates to help you elevate your workplace culture.

January 9, 2025

Why one-on-one meetings should be a manager’s secret weapon (and why they’re usually not)

One-on-one meetings should be a manager’s secret weapon. So why do they so frequently miss the mark?

December 6, 2021

Workflow automation helps maximize your most valuable resource – your time.

This might change in the future but as of now, time is the only non-renewable resource. You may have never thought about time...

November 16, 2020

301 Icebreaker Questions For Work to Build Meaningful Work Relationships

Build better coworker relationships with small steps, meaningful conversations, and icebreakers to boost engagement at work.

November 9, 2021

How to Manage & Engage Employees in a Hybrid Workplace

We have all been pushed into the inevitable dilemma of managing and engaging employees in our new hybrid workplace reality.

Brett Knowles

September 23, 2021

Product Team Q&A: How to Align Your Team with Flows

Meet Josh, Katya, and Brooke - part of an incredibly skilled and busy product team. Managing everything..

September 16, 2021

Get the Most Out of Exit Surveys

Let’s face it - whether employees leave voluntarily or not, exit surveys and interviews can be somewhat awkward

September 3, 2021

A Modern Intranet is Your New Digital Workplace

Intranet historically has not been a cool, up-to-date concept. The reputation of intranets has never been great but instead

August 31, 2021

Quick Hacks: How to Build 360° Survey that Doesn't Suck

What are the first words that come to mind when you hear: "360° survey"? Is it UGHHH? If so, then let's change that. Here are...

August 20, 2021

5 Tips to Make One-on-Ones Successful

Having a regular one-on-one with your employee or manager is very underrated. On the one hand - why have regular one-on-ones when

August 19, 2021

How to Improve Internal Communications with Executive Announcements

How often does it happen that the bigger the company gets, the more disconnected management is from the employees?

July 21, 2021

Employee Nominations Are Now Easier Than Ever

What could feel better than when your coworkers recognize all the hard work you've done? Only when it happens consistently...

July 19, 2021

The Four Forms of Motivation

Understand the science behind motivation & learn how to inspire employees using four key motivation styles for workplace success.

February 27, 2025

How to Engage Disengaged Employees

Employee disengagement is a workplace epidemic. One study found that disengaged employees cost US organizations $450 billion...

May 5, 2021

Using Gamification in the Workplace to Increase Employee Engagement

Learn how to use games and rewards to drive performance and build stronger teams. Boost employee engagement with gamification.

April 7, 2021

How to Celebrate Work Anniversaries Remotely 

Work anniversaries are the most common form of employee recognition across industries. Let’s take a look at a few ways to...

April 7, 2021

Why Company Core Values Are Important and How to Reinforce Them

Your company's core values serve as the North Star for employees, guiding each person to make the best decisions for your busi...

March 29, 2021

How To Motivate Employees Without Money

A 2017 study by the Incentive Research Foundation found that 80-90 percent of high-performing organizations used non-cash rewa...

March 19, 2021

How to Effectively Recognize Good Employee Performance

Boosting employee engagement with effective recognition! Learn how consistency, personalization, and strategy drive results.

January 23, 2025

How to use Microsoft Teams for Employee Recognition and Engagement

Employee recognition and engagement go hand-in-hand, luckily Microsoft Teams makes it easy to succeed in both areas. Here's how!

March 8, 2021

Considering an Employee Recognition Program? Start Here!

From verbal thank-yous to creative awards and peer recognition, foster a culture of engagement and recognition in your workplace.

November 15, 2024

Why Employee Recognition Day Matters Every Day

Learn the importance of year-round employee recognition and how consistent appreciation boosts team morale and productivity.

December 5, 2024

5 Free Employee Recognition Ideas You Can Implement Today

One of the most effective and least costly ways to reduce turnover is by building a culture of employee recognition. The good...

February 13, 2024

Showing Employee Appreciation

Show employee appreciation with these meaningful recognition, budget-friendly ideas, and peer-to-peer engagement strategies.

February 10, 2025

How a Culture of Engagement Can Boost Talent Acquisition

Work is a major part of our lives. We spend up to 30 percent of our lives at our jobs. This is about the same percentage as we...

January 7, 2020

Top 16 Ways to Motivate Employees

People are at the center of every business regardless of the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence. Profits, productivi...

February 13, 2020

Questions to Ask Before You Begin an Employee Appreciation Program

Learn how to show employee appreciation and improve engagement with simple and budget-friendly strategies you can implement now.

October 24, 2019

HR Secrets Unlocked: How to create & maintain a healthy culture!

Your internal company culture is your work environment, expectations of your employees/peers, values; which also defines how...

November 16, 2019

Employee Turnover Costs Are Expensive -You Can Do Something

Employee turnover cost is talked about so frequently but rarely acted upon, typically for the reason that many in leadership...

March 7, 2022

Recharge before burnout

This year has forced many of us to reframe what “work/life balance” means for our lives. Whether we’re living at home with a...

Marissa Morrison

December 16, 2020

The good fight and why you should encourage conflict in your workplace.

This is likely the exact opposite of what you’d expect to hear from a recognition and engagement company. While we indeed prom...

November 13, 2020

Team Building During A Pandemic

You miss the days when you could play bubble soccer with your teammates (if you haven't played, I highly recommend it for a go...

October 24, 2020

What Makes Recognition Meaningful?

Transform your workplace and start building a culture of recognition with these actionable employee engagement tips and insights.

Marissa Morrison

October 15, 2020

Unsure How To Take Advantage of the Employee Retention Credit? Find Out How It Works and If Your Business Qualifies

The Employee Retention Credit under the CARES Act encourages businesses to keep employees on their payroll. The refundable tax...

September 20, 2020

Automate your setup by integrating Slack or Office 365 with Assembly

Ever wish life was more like The Jetsons? Simpler, more automated? Beyond all the very fun inventions yet to be realized - fly...

August 10, 2020

Work from Home Productivity Tips

The work environment continues to evolve, change, and adapt according to the times and the workforce landscape. Traditionally...

June 1, 2020

How to Use Slack to Create a Positive Work Culture

Learn how to use Slack to boost employee engagement, foster a sense of community, and recognize your workplace's hard work.

April 28, 2020

Embracing Telework: Building a Strong Culture with Your Remote Team

Good team culture is much like a good sports team. You have a rockstar team that is ready to jump in through thick and thin...

April 24, 2020

Working from Home – How to Engage Employees & Build Your Culture Virtually

During this time of uncertainty with the impact of COVID-19, and the daily influx of new information on this crisis, it is imp...

April 20, 2020

We're Evolving

We are proud to announce the launch of our new company name and logo as part of the ongoing evolution of our company’s mission...

June 24, 2019

Communication, what is it good for? Absolutely everything…

It turns out communication is pretty important. At work, it’s vital to the success of the business. But you already knew that...

April 25, 2019

Why Bill Gates loves employee appreciation so much?

Employees (Happy Employees) are the key to business success. Finding the talent required to achieve success in today’s competi...

March 22, 2019

Why Transparency Fans the Flames of Purpose

Transparency, as it pertains to behavior, implies openness, communication, and accountability. It says “I trust you and I valu...

February 14, 2019

Is Employee Recognition in the Workplace Worth It?

Learn about the lasting effects and top benefits of integrating employee recognition regularly into your company culture.

December 4, 2018

What is Employee Recognition? Meaning, Examples, Benefits & Ideas

Enhance workplace productivity through employee recognition programs. Acknowledging efforts will transform your company culture!

March 26, 2026