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The Manager Multiplier: Why the Smartest Bet in HR Is on Leaders, Not Perks

Employee engagement is broken, and the costs are staggering.

Disengagement drains billions in productivity every year. Yet, the very people tasked with fixing it — managers — are too often under-equipped, burnt out, and set up to fail.

At Bonusly, we’re betting on managers. Why? Because managers are the multipliers of success in every workplace. A great manager doubles team impact. A struggling manager cuts it in half. The difference isn’t perks or ping-pong tables — it’s how we equip managers to recognize, coach, and guide their teams in the flow of work.

In this on-demand session, you’ll learn:

  • Recognition as a signal: Why meaningful recognition is more than “feel good” — it’s the early indicator of engagement and performance.
  • Managers as multipliers: How managers amplify (or diminish) culture and results, and how recognition equips them to lead better.
  • Performance as continuous: Why the best reviews are just recaps — and how to tie recognition to goals for real-time growth.

You’ll also hear real stories of how recognition transformed overwhelmed managers into confident leaders who built resilient, high-performing teams.

Your takeaway: a simple, actionable framework you can put into practice immediately — starting with one recognition moment that reinforces values, sparks a coaching conversation, and builds trust.

Because the future of performance won’t be won by perks. It will be won by the organizations who bet on their managers.

Meet the Presenters

Debra Squyres, Chief Customer Officer at Bonusly

As Bonusly's Chief Customer Officer, Debra combines her passion for an exceptional customer experience with her drive to empower companies to connect, motivate, and engage their employees to build winning workplaces. Prior to Bonusly, Debra was the VP of CS at Beamery and the Chief Client Officer at Namely, to name a few. She has over 25 years of experience in senior leadership roles in Human Resources ranging from in-house HR leadership to HR Consulting, Outsourcing, Client Services, and Customer Success working directly with HR teams across a variety of industries. She currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas with her husband.

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