All Employee engagement articles – Page 126
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Supplier articleFour ways to transform your reward and recognition programme from ‘ok’ to ‘awesome’
By George Dixon, Employee Engagement ConsultantThe employee/employer relationship has changed significantly in the past decade; employees crave regular feedback, they want to be connected to something bigger than themselves, and they want trust and autonomy. Well, that’s what studies are telling us, and that means everything to do with the ...
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ArticlePizza taste testers to get a slice of the action
Something for the weekend: Everyone has their own idea of the best job in the world, but this one will take some topping. Pizza oven organisation Ooni is looking for taste testers, who will eat "pizza, pizza and more pizza" and get paid for the privilege.Ooni claims to produce ovens ...
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Supplier articlePodcast: How benefits can impact recruitment and retention
The industry’s first and only podcast series is back, delving deeper into what employers need to do to rise to the top of the market with their benefits programme, and stay there! Listen to our industry experts break daunting subjects down into easy-to-understand, bite-sized nuggets, with top ...
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ArticleTesters wanted for the world's biggest bouncy castle
Something for the weekend: Applicants are being asked to rise to the challenge of testing the biggest bouncy castle in the world.Any job has its ups and downs, but none more so than this: official bouncy castle testers are being sought to try out the world's largest inflatable obstacle course, ...
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Supplier articleHow employee recognition offers a 360 degree view of your business
By Kylie Terrell, Employee Engagement ConsultantAny of you that are parents will know that you need eyes in the back of your head to keep up with what’s going on around you day to day.Being a leader in business can feel much the same way — you wish you had ...
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Supplier articleThe happiness factor and how it impacts employee engagement
By Talya ZwiersWhat makes people happy? How does happiness impact on the working environment, employee engagement and overall productivity? Do employees have any control over their happiness at work and how can they thrive?There’s been abundance of research done on happiness: is it all about being happy clappy all the ...
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Supplier articleAchievers Listen now available as a standalone solution
Achievers Listen is now available as a standalone solution. Listen is a continuous employee listening tool designed to ask questions and engage with employees in a scientifically validated way. The product is designed around a scientific model of employee engagement developed by Achievers, based on research led by Chief Workforce ...
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ArticlePoll: 49% think disability and ethnicity reporting will aid workplace equality
Employee Benefits poll: 49% of respondents agree that mandatory disability and ethnicity reporting will help tackle potential inequality in the workplace.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 49 responses, also found that 39% of readers feel legislation requiring employers to publish figures on disabled and ethnic minority employees would ...
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Supplier articleHow a ‘what’s in it for me’ mentality can hurt employee engagement
By Kylie Terrell, Employee Engagement Consultant at Reward GatewayWhen someone says the words “employee engagement,” what comes to mind? Is a workplace that has engaged employees one where everyone is so in love with their jobs they all stay back or log in late to reach their KPIs? Or a ...
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ArticleCommittee proposes mandatory reporting on disabled and ethnic minority staff
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has recommended that the UK government legislate for mandatory monitoring and reporting on the recruitment, retention and progression of disabled and ethnic minority employees for employers with more than 250 staff.Its Measuring and reporting on ethnicity and disability pay gaps report, published today (Thursday ...
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OpinionAsher Primrose: Organisational culture does not need to be office-based
Creating a strong organisational culture is not easy with a virtual team. Employees cannot ask each other about their weekend when walking to the office kitchen or decorate each other's desks for birthdays. But at Allied Health Media, the parent organisation of online continuing education business Continued, our team is ...
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Supplier articlePart Two: Your Employee Engagement Platform Implementation Checklist (Launch)
By Federica Silvi, Senior Implementation Specialist at Reward GatewayLaunching any sort of HR system can be daunting, especially if it’s a brand new platform that your business has never used before. Our new clients often come to us with similar concerns and we empathise — HR tech can be a ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 52% of employees at law firms are engaged with their organisation
EXCLUSIVE: Just over half (52%) of employees who work at law firms are engaged with their organisation, according to research by professional services organisation Aon.The State of Partner and Employee Engagement in the Legal Sector 2018, a report which represents 10,000 professionals working in the legal sector across the UK, ...
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OpinionDr Yasin Rofcanin: Keeping multi-generational employees engaged and motivated
In a world where the war for talented employees is intense, managers have the important responsibility, and the challenging task, of keeping employees from multiple generations motivated and engaged at work.Factors such as advances in technology, increasing diversity and the growing mobility of the workforce shape how organisations should communicate ...
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Supplier articlePodcast: How to create your benefits ecosystem
The industry’s first and only podcast series is back, delving deeper into what employers need to do to rise to the top of the market with their benefits programme, and stay there! Listen to our industry experts break daunting subjects down into easy-to-understand, bite-sized nuggets, with top ...
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ArticlePoll: 46% believe a good work-life balance is their organisation’s top engagement driver
Employee Benefits poll: More than two-fifths (46%) of respondents believe that having a good work-life balance is the top engagement driver at their organisation.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 48 responses, also found that 29% of respondents feel that their organisational culture is the strongest engagement driver for ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets an apprentice
I’ve been aware of a new presence in HR. A tall skinny girl has been spending a lot of time by the coffee machine. She’s also been spotted in the ladies, making adjustments to thick black eyebrows and unnaturally long lashes. I didn’t realise she worked here, because, well, I ...
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Supplier articleFixed or growth mindset – what does it mean for employee recognition?
By Jacqueline BenjaminCarol Dweck is a psychologist at Stanford University whose theories on the psychology of skills and talent could have a major bearing on the way that companies interact with their employees. Her book, Mindset, established the idea of ‘Fixed Mindsets’ and ‘Growth Mindsets’. Individuals with a fixed mindset ...
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ArticleCambridge Design Partnership launches employee ownership trust
Technology consultancy organisation Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) has launched an employee ownership trust.The Cambridge-based organisation, which employs 120 scientists across the UK and California, has transferred its equity into an employee ownership trust. This was in part financed by a loan from Barclays, which was completed last week.CDP decided to ...
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ArticlePR organisation Bottle pays to take staff to music festival
Oxford-based public relations organisation Bottle has taken its employees on a four-day, employer-funded trip to a music festival to boost employee engagement and creativity.The organisation paid to take its 24 staff to Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire between 2 and 5 August 2018. Bottle covered the cost of employees’ festival tickets, ...