All Employee engagement articles – Page 126
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Supplier articleHow to turn your culture into the star of your Employee Value Proposition
By Robert Hicks, Group HR Director at Reward GatewayYour company's culture is one of the most crucial elements of your organisation. As a key component to retaining and attracting employees, it gets to the heart of what motivates your people to come to work every day. The link between your ...
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AnalysisHow to create an employer brand fit for the modern workforce
Need to know:As both competition and transparency increase, employers would do well to look at their brand values and how these fit with the expectations of the modern workforce.Flexbility, sustainability and opportunities to learn and grow are all increasingly important, particularly as employees continue to blend work and life.The positioning ...
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Case StudiesDotty about Paper reinforces employer brand through social media
Having a strong employer brand is important to Bridgnorth-based stationery organisation Dotty About Paper, which was originally called Card Gallery when it was launched in 2004.Lisa Forde, owner of Dotty About Paper, explains: “We were struggling to reach out to potential employees and customers, so we decided to rebrand in ...
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OpinionPaul Sparrow: Employers must be certain of the authenticity of their brand
Employer brands are a dangerous commodity; they can be forgiving of mistakes, or years of work carefully nurturing a brand can be destroyed by a single thoughtless act.Employer branding is the application of marketing-think to human work behaviour, and that carries risk. An employer brand is not a rational, manageable ...
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Supplier articleNew research from Josh Bersin unveils the key to business success
By Megan Gough, Head of Client Success at Reward GatewayWhat makes a business go from good to great? Recent research reveals that a focus on engaging, motivating and appreciating the modern workforce can be the key to success.The modern workforce is more diverse than ever before, and employees are moving ...
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Supplier article14 incredible examples of employee engagement success stories from our Engagement Excellence Awards
By Jenny Fyans, Head of Client Marketing at Reward GatewayEarlier this week, we held our eighth annual Engagement Excellence Awards. As part of the team that helps plan and coordinate the event, I was excited to see this year's award programme come together for a spectacular evening of glitz, glamour ...
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Supplier articleWhen your skills mix changes, should your employee benefits package change too - if so, how?
As the Industrial Revolution changed the face of industry and manufacturing between 1760 and 1840, technology has, and continues to have a similar impact in the way we do business today. According to McKinsey, over the next decade, the need for some skills, such as technological as well as social ...
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Supplier articleFlexible Benefits: How do people react to choice?
Choice is usually a good thing, right? The key to flexible benefits is of course the flexibility, where employees are given more options and choice. The idea being that employees can get the most out of the benefits on offer to them and the power is in their hands. Perfect! ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Adidas fosters trust and promotes flexibility to drive performance
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Jonathan Collinge (pictured), corporate social responsibility (CSR) manager at multinational sports clothing brand Adidas, opened day two of Employee Benefits Live 2019 with insights into how the organisation approaches culture and the employee experience.Collinge's keynote speech, which took place on Wednesday 2 October 2019 at the ...
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Supplier article12 ways to showcase company culture in everything you do
by Didi Kirova, Head of Learning at Reward GatewayCompany culture is one of the most important parts of your organisation and is key to attracting and retaining the best talent. Which is why it’s key to keep it at the forefront of everything you do, especially as your company goes ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Charles Stanley harnesses employee voice to boost staff engagement
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Financial services organisation Charles Stanley has increased its employee engagement from 67% in 2016 to 76% in 2018, by harnessing employee ideas and empowering staff to participate in its transformation.Speaking on Tuesday October 1 as part of the employee engagement conference stream, Kate Griffiths-Lambeth, group HR ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Twitter views improving work as an exercise in enhancing the human experience
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Addressing delegates in the opening keynote of the 21st annual Employee Benefits Live conference, Bruce Daisley, vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Twitter, spoke about how organisations can improve the employee experience at work.Daisley drew attention to five key points that he believes ...
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Supplier articleThree unique employee benefits for working parents to boost engagement
By Hend Perks, Employee Engagement Specialist at Reward GatewayI’ve just come back to work after having spent the last year on fully-paid maternity leave. Yes, you read that right: one year of fully-paid maternity leave, thanks to Reward Gateway.I don’t think I could name many businesses that afford this kind ...
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ArticlePoll: Two-fifths think volunteering days improve staff wellbeing
Employee Benefits poll: Almost two-fifths (38%) of Employee Benefits readers believe that the main benefit of providing staff with dedicated volunteering days is the improvement to employee wellbeing.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 47 responses, also found that 28% feel that the main positive effect of offering volunteer ...
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Case StudiesEvolved Search takes all employees to Amsterdam for Christmas treat
Evolved Search, an SEO and content marketing agency with 31 members of staff, replaced the traditional office party with an adventure in Amsterdam for the 2018 festive celebration.The idea originally came about as a way to please everyone, taking into account that some of Evolved's employees are teetotal, some are ...
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OpinionCharlotte Lockhart: A four-day week is the productivity answer we have been waiting for
Significant technological improvements, the rise of the internet and social media has formed a hyper-connected world, with innovation disintermediating established organisations and industries. Surprisingly, there has not been a corresponding advance in overall productivity.In 2018, we made a bold decision to test our assumptions around productivity with a landmark four-day ...
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ArticleOgilvy UK launches employee support network focused on neurodiversity
Advertising and marketing agency Ogilvy UK, which has a workforce of approximately 1,200, including freelancers, is marking National Inclusion Week (23 to 29 September 2019) with the launch of an internal support network focused on neurodiversity.The employee network will aim to provide education, awareness and support for, and about, employees ...
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ArticleFive Guys recognised for employee value proposition in hospitality industry
American fast food chain Five Guys has been named winner in the Employer brand and EVP (employee value proposition) category at the Caterer.com People Awards 2019.The awards, organised by hospitality recruitment and job listing website Caterer.com, recognise employers across a range of categories, as judged by a panel of experts ...
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ArticleO2 pledges commitment to disability inclusion during National Inclusion Week
Telecommunications organisation O2 has today (23 September 2019) announced its commitment to increasing disability inclusion within the business by joining The Valuable 500.The Valuable 500, a social movement launched in January 2019 and operated by business campaign group #valuable, is a year-long campaign aiming to gain commitments from 500 private ...
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ArticleAccenture, Diageo and L'Oreal among top employers for diversity and inclusion
Professional services firm Accenture, alcoholic drinks organisation Diageo, and cosmetics business L'Oreal (pictured) are among the employers listed among the Top 100 most diverse and inclusive organisations globally.The list is formed using data, analytics, trading, and risk assessment organisation Refinitiv's Diversity and Inclusion Index, which launched in 2016. The index ...