Achievers Unveils Workforce Institute and New Employee Engagement Capabilities at ACE 2018 Conference

Product Updates and Creation of Workforce Science Research Unit Enhance Overall Employee Experience

SAN FRANCISCO and TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Achievers, an industry-leading provider of employee recognition and engagement solutions, today announced during at its annual user conference, Achievers Customer Experience (ACE), a new research initiative called the Workforce Institute from Achievers and new features in the Achievers Employee Engagement Platform.

During her ACE keynote, Chief Workforce Scientist Dr. Natalie Baumgartner launched the Workforce Institute from Achievers. Through the initiative, Achievers will source, curate, conduct and translate workforce science into simple, accessible content available to the public through research-driven Institute studies and insight papers.

"Achievers has always been and will always be committed to helping employers use scientific data to drive employee engagement. Our commitment, however, is not just to using science to inform product―it's to make scientific data accessible to everyone," said Dr. Baumgartner. "The Workforce Institute from Achievers is a representation of that, and we're excited to launch such an important project at ACE with our customers who are equally passionate about employee experience and engagement. We look forward to the workforce science community growing stronger from these efforts."

Egan Cheung, vice president of product for Achievers, kicked off his keynote by announcing an array of new tools in the Achievers solution suite, which combines employee recognition and rewards solution Achievers Recognize and active listening interface Achievers Listen:

• Achievers for Microsoft Outlook: The Outlook plug-in for Achievers Recognize, the employee recognition and rewards solution, makes it even easier for employees to recognize each other. Users can now read an email and recognize the sender or other recipients right away, without leaving Outlook.
• Achievers Benchmark Index: The newest addition to Achievers fast-growing suite of analytics, Achievers Benchmark Index lets users gauge how well their employee engagement program performs relative to other companies, making it even easier to spot trends, corporate strengths and opportunities for improvement.
• Achievers Action Builder: Available on the active-listening solution Achievers Listen, Action Builder seamlessly guides managers through a short and simple process to identify engagement issues and solutions. It provides managers coaching on how to effectively listen to their teams and address these specific needs in real-time. The tool is considered the manager's engagement action assistant―delivering a play-by-play, sustainable process to identify engagement hotspots, host Listening Sessions and set bite-sized next steps.

"Employees continue to struggle to find ways to meaningfully and continuously provide feedback on day-to-day issues in the workplace, and mangers still struggle with how to capture this feedback and take action. Finding solutions to ease this conflict and improve the overall employee experience is what drives the technology innovation at Achievers," said Egan Cheung.

To learn more about workplace science, propose topics of interest, or ask questions, follow @AsktheInstitute on Twitter. For additional details regarding ACE 2018's remaining sessions visit https://www.achievers.com/ace/, and follow the conversation about ACE on Twitter at @Achievers and #AACE18. For details about early bird registration for ACE 2019, visit www.achievers.com/ace.

About Achievers
The Achievers Employee Engagement Platform combines an award-winning employee recognition and rewards solution with an active listening interface to accelerate employee engagement. Designed for today's workplace, Achievers' innovative cloud-based platform can increase and align employee engagement to business objectives and success. It empowers employees to recognize and reward each other in real time and aligns employees with company values and goals. Achievers connects with employees directly. It's an always-on, open channel to hear and understand what matters to the individual, and then it closes the loop, delivering bite-sized, personalized actions for both employees and managers, so everyone is empowered to impact engagement right away. The Achievers platform inspires employee loyalty, engagement, and performance. To learn more about Achievers, visit us at www.achievers.com. Achievers is a subsidiary of Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc.

About Blackhawk Network
Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. is a global financial technology company and a leader in connecting brands and people through branded value solutions. Blackhawk platforms and solutions enable the management of stored value products, promotions and rewards programs in retail, ecommerce, financial services and mobile wallets. Blackhawk's Hawk Commerce division offers technology solutions to businesses and direct to consumers. The Hawk Incentives division offers enterprise, SMB and reseller partners an array of platforms and branded value products to incent and reward consumers, employees and sales channels. Headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., Blackhawk operates in 26 countries.

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