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Debra Corey

Debra Corey is an HR and workplace culture author focused on employee engagement, recognition, values, and leadership. She wrote or co-wrote Build It, Effective HR Communication, Appreciate It!, and Bad Bosses Ruin Lives. A six-time bestselling author, she has repeatedly been named a Top 101 Global Employee Engagement Influencer. ((https://www.stepituphr.com/about))

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Debra Corey built her career at the intersection of people strategy, communication, and culture. A former competitive gymnast, she studied communications and psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and first entered HR while still a student, taking a job in the university’s benefits department before moving into compensation. From there she held reward and HR roles across U.S. companies before a decisive move at Gap took her from the United States to the United Kingdom, a shift she has described as the beginning of the second half of her career. Senior roles at Gap, Honeywell, Quintiles, Merlin Entertainments, Reward Gateway, and later Step It Up HR gave her a broad base in global reward, engagement, and employee experience. ((https://employeebenefits.co.uk/interview-with-debra-corey-senior-director-compensation-and-benefits-emea-at-quintiles/135997.article?utm_source=openai))

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Citations

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I believe that recognition is more important now than ever for two reasons
-Appreciate it! Interview
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Leadership cannot be one-size-fits-all
-CultureClub X
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Go overboard in showing your organization’s nuances and flaws
-3 Radical Steps to Help You Become a Recruiting Rebel
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Recognition is critical in all businesses, regardless of size or industry
-Recognition Can Help Connect People to Your Values and Mission
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One way to think of your Employee Value Proposition (EVP) is as your organisation’s “rallying cry”
-Q&A: Reward Offering Fit for the Future
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People want to feel good about what they’re doing
-CultureSprint September
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I’m confident that no manager ever goes to work thinking, “what can I do to ruin the lives of my employees?”
-Why bad bosses truly do ruin lives
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This first tip is an obvious one, which is to understand the change
-Change needn’t be challenging

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"Debra Corey has over 20 years’ experience as an award-winning and respected HR leader"

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"Debra Corey, Leadership Expert and bestselling author of Bad Bosses Ruin Lives and many more, supports this sentiment:"

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