Research on People Manager Effectiveness
Hi <<First Name>>,
At work, celebration isn’t about parties.
It’s about whether people feel seen, valued, and connected.
From our latest research on the statement “My manager creates opportunities to celebrate and have fun together”, here’s what we’re seeing across organizations:
- Younger & junior managers are your culture engine: Managers in the 26–34 age group and junior bands are the ones consistently calling out effort, celebrating wins, and keeping teams emotionally connected.
- As seniority rises, celebration quietly disappears: Senior leaders and managers 45+ don’t celebrate less because they don’t care—but because pressure, reviews, and meetings crowd it out. The higher you go, the more intentional the celebration has to become.
- Hybrid teams celebrate better: Teams that mix in-person and online touchpoints show stronger, more positive experiences of fun and celebration.
- Fast-paced industries sacrifice celebration first: In BFSI, IT/ITES, Manufacturing, Healthcare, FMCG, and other high-tempo environments, culture moments are often the first to go when timelines hit.
Yet our data suggests: celebration is operational glue—it strengthens trust, collaboration, resilience, and retention.
Your managers don’t need more off-sites. They need small, consistent rituals: a 60-second “good news first” in every meeting, a weekly “win shout-out,” a simple peer spotlight.
The Great People Manager Study® 2026 is closing soon
If you want to recognize and celebrate your managers at a national level, this is the moment.
Through the Great People Manager Study® 2026 you can:
- Nominate your managers to be featured among India’s Top 100 Great People Managers™ 2026, showcased in The Economic Times (our exclusive media partner).
- Recognize more of your leaders as Great Managers to Work With®, by putting them through a rigorous, data-backed assessment of how their teams actually experience them.
👉 Participate now to:
- Benchmark your managers against national standards
- Identify your real culture builders
- And celebrate your leaders, publicly, not just in internal meetings
You can recognize and celebrate your managers at a national level—while getting deep insight into how they truly impact culture—by participating in the Great People Manager Study® 2026.
