All Employee engagement articles – Page 130
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ArticleBest Buy employees get married at work
Image credit: Best BuySomething for the weekend: Consumer electronics organisation Best Buy certainly knows how to foster an inclusive and supportive workplace culture, as the organisation gave permission for two of its US-based employees to tie the knot at the Best Buy store where they both work.Cashier Taylor Spurlock, 26, ...
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Supplier articleHow gender-neutral parental leave helped me grow as a father, manager and leader
By James Edwards, Global Director - Implementation & SupportOne of the reasons why I enjoy my role as a manager at Reward Gateway is because I get to work with some of the best talent in our industry. The diversity of our staff is one of our greatest assets, the ...
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Supplier articleCelebrating Diversity & Inclusion Week 2018: Food
By Chloe Deiulis, Content Marketing Manager We celebrated our first-ever Diversity & Inclusion Week at Reward Gateway. During the week, we explored the impact of gender-neutral parental leave and have given a couple ideas of how to think outside the box when it comes to diversity initiatives at work. We ...
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Supplier articleTen ideas to prove the ROI of employee engagement
By Michael Reitsma, Client Success Director As part of our Client Success team, I work with dozens of clients every day. A key part of my job is helping them continue to prove the ROI of employee engagement to their boss.We look at a lot of factors, including turnover and ...
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ArticleSurveyMonkey builds three-storey office with games room based on employee surveys
Image credit: SurveyMonkeySomething for the weekend: Online survey organisation SurveyMonkey ditched the mood boards when it came to designing a brand new office space for its San Francisco-based employees, and instead created a unique three-storey, 200,000 square foot office, complete with Las Vegas themed game room, using feedback from employee ...
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Employee engagement and productivity trends in the UK
Is Your Company An ‘Ostrich’ or ‘Magpie’?Four research studies carried out recently provide insight into the productivity levels in the UK and disclose insights of employee participation, employee engagement across the UK. Each Person, an employee recognition and rewards scheme, summarises the findings of these surveys which give insights about ...
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ArticlePost Office, GSK and NIIT Technologies recognised for employee engagement
Homeserve, GSK, NHS Business Services Authority, NIIT Technologies and the Post Office are among the organisations recognised at the 2017 UK and European Employee Engagement Awards.The Employee Engagement Awards aim to recognise and celebrate organisations that put employee engagement at the centre of its business strategy.The winners were announced during ...
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ArticleEmployee engagement in numbers
Facts and figures relating to employee engagement.!function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0],d=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=d+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else if(!e.getElementById(s)){var r=e.createElement("script");r.async=1,r.id=s,r.src=i,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,0,"infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");
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OpinionJo Moffatt: Benefits packages must be properly communicated to engage employees
A true story.A boardroom north of Milton Keynes.“Right guys. We’ve just signed off on a brilliant new benefits package, helping improve our people key performance indicators, as well as saving us money.”“Great. How are we launching it?”“Luckily, we don’t really have to do anything. The benefits provider has thrown in ...
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OpinionCedric Ramat: Measuring employee engagement is not a beauty contest
In 2017, we at Pernod Ricard contributed to the fourth edition of an independent employee opinion survey, run every two years by advisory firm Willis Towers Watson. The 'I Say' campaign consisted of just over 100 questions submitted to all our 18,500 employees across 86 affiliates worldwide, from Paris to ...
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Case StudiesKeolis Nottingham drives benefits engagement among remote staff with mobile app
Around 80% of the 294 employees at Keolis Nottingham, formerly Nottingham Trams, work remotely, whether as drivers, engineers, maintenance staff or roving revenue officers.Trevor Stocker, operations manager, says: “Drivers, for example, sign in, are given the keys and away they go [for] four to five hours out in the tram. ...
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OpinionDr David Cross: Communication is key to keeping dispersed employees engaged
Managing dispersed workers is complex. There are issues of out of sight, out of mind, loneliness and isolation, productivity tracking, trust, and a lack of organisational culture; they miss out on those 'water-cooler moments'. Actually, many of them work this way precisely to avoid office politics and supervision although it ...
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AnalysisHow can employers reach a remote workforce with employee engagement initiatives?
Need to know:Employers need to ensure that engagement initiatives reach and resonate with remote workers through effective communication.For a widely dispersed workforce, employers should communicate every day.Personalised and multi-channel communications can help engage a remote workforce with engagement initiatives.With rail fares rising by 3.4% for 2018 and two-hour daily commutes ...
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OpinionJerry Edmondson: Take employee engagement off your to-do list
Given the economic climate and levels of uncertainty around Brexit, improving employee engagement is set to be a key item on most organisations’ HR agendas for 2018. By increasing engagement, it can make it easier to retain expert and experienced employees and improve workforce efficiencies.But, while the economic and political ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Reflecting on employee engagement
As our Engagement Week, in association with Aon Employee Benefits, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of benefits.This dedicated week was designed to bring you exclusive insights and opinions uncovering best practice on employee engagement in ...
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Case StudiesMVF involves employees with benefits to boost engagement
Customer generation firm MVF was ranked sixth in the top 10 of the Sunday Times' Best Places to Work For list in 2017. Translating business strategy into employee benefits is critical to maintaining this ranking.Andrea Pattico, chief people officer, says: “You can have the best strategy, but if people aren’t ...
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AnalysisHow can employers ensure engagement is integral to a benefits strategy?
Need to know:It can be all too easy to put employee benefits in place and then think about how to engage people with them. Instead, corporate vision and an engagement strategy should provide a framework for the employee benefits on offer.Weaving employee engagement through an organisation’s reward and benefits strategy ...
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AnalysisInfographic: How engaged are employees with benefits in their organisation?
An infographic showing how engaged employees are with benefits in respondents’ organisations.!function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0],d=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=d+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else if(!e.getElementById(s)){var r=e.createElement("script");r.async=1,r.id=s,r.src=i,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,0,"infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");Read more:How can employers ensure engagement is integral to a benefits strategy?MVF involves employees with benefits to boost engagement
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OpinionDonald MacKinnon: Employers need to do more than increase pay to retain staff
As the new year represents an opportunity to overhaul your life, it should come as no surprise that January is the month when the highest number of employees consider a change of job. According to a survey by Investors in People, published in December 2017, as many as one in ...
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Supplier article‘If it ain’t broke consider breaking it’: are you a Netflix or a Blockbuster?
By Jacqueline BenjaminI read an inspiring article the other day by author and motivational speaker Rasmus Ankerson. Titled ‘if it ain’t broken, consider breaking it’ the piece looks at the issue of complacency amongst businesses – particularly successful ones – and it struck me that there were some very interesting ...