All Employee engagement articles – Page 145
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Reward Gateway creates employee engagement mobile app for HR
Employee engagement company, Reward Gateway launches the first HR facing employee engagement mobile app giving access to detailed, real time engagement analytics in the palm of a hand.Employers and employees expect to be able to get work done when they want, and through the device of their choice. Reward Gateway ...
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Five ways to boost your peer-to-peer employee recognition programme
by Debra Corey, Group Reward DirectorThere’s something about a high five, something that makes you instantly feel joy, excitement, and quite pumped.I felt this recently at the end of a spinning class when the teacher instructed us to turn to our neighbors and high five them. Now I didn’t know ...
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ArticleAlternative leave arrangements can help shape workplace culture
Organisations continue to seek creative ways to support their workforce, especially when it comes to fine-tuning the balance between an employee’s home and working life, recognising the commitments that employees may have outside of work, and the potential impact these could have in the workplace.In February 2017, for example, social ...
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Video: Addressing the employee engagement gap
by Glenn Elliott, CEO and Founder We have a near 50-point employee engagement gap. Almost three-quarters of business leaders surveyed by Harvard Business Review said that employee engagement was critical to their long-term success. But only 24% of the same leaders described their workforce as highly engaged.Gallup has been measuring ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Digital Catalyst to fly staff to Ibiza for team-building holiday
EXCLUSIVE: Private healthcare marketing organisation Digital Catalyst is to take its staff to Ibiza for a three-day holiday to boost employee engagement and motivation, and help increase teamwork within the business.The employer-funded trip, which will take place on Friday 12 to Sunday 14 May 2017, will give staff the opportunity ...
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Three key ways to enhance your employee value proposition
by James Edwards, Client Success Director Your employee value proposition (EVP) is crucial if you want to attract the best talent, but in a world where employees put different values on different benefits it’s a difficult area to tackle and get right.Enhancing your EVP and attracting top candidates should be ...
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Employee engagement and internal communications software
By Sally Duckworth, CEO, You At WorkWe check our mobile phones and social channels 85 times each day.* Assuming we are awake for 15 hours per day, that equates to us engaging with our phones approximately every 10 minutes. There have been numerous studies into our mobile phone habits and ...
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Removing the parenting taboo
by Kathryn Kendall, Chief People Officer, Benefex (pictured centre)If we want to avoid the human race dying out, it is a requirement that we continuously repopulate. Each generation takes on the responsibility for bringing up and raising the generation that follows. In very simple terms: if our generation doesn’t have ...
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OpinionAndy Melia: Employee volunteering has benefits beyond corporate social responsibility
Employee volunteering gives staff the opportunity to connect with a community, build their knowledge of the needs and challenges in society and deliver value through sharing skills and expertise. This can help to generate trust in the business and help staff to feel more involved in the towns, cities or ...
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ArticleBNP Paribas and Sage shortlisted for most engaging benefits proposition
BNP Paribas and Sage are among the organisations shortlisted in the most engaging benefits proposition category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2017.The award, sponsored by Personal Group, recognises an employer that has used benefits within its wider strategy to engage employees with the organisation.The full category shortlist is:BNP Paribas, Spectrum: ...
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ArticleRBS rolls out sustainability engagement scheme
RBS has rolled out a sustainability engagement programme to staff at its 1,700 locations in the UK and Ireland following a pilot scheme in 2016.The Jump programme, provided by Green Rewards, was extended to all RBS employees in the UK and Ireland, comprising more than 60,000 individuals, on 25 March ...
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Growing your employee engagement programme
Before I share with you my thoughts on how to get recognition right at your organisation, let me share with you a quote by Stephen Covey. He says that “you have to water flowers if you want them to grow”. What a great visual to introduce the topic of recognition, ...
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Employee recognition ideas for a daily work routine
by Robert Hicks, group HR directorEmployee appreciation is hugely important and as HR leaders it’s the one thing we all need to get right because the less your people feel recognised and appreciated, the higher your levels of attrition will climb. But recognition is a delicate balance and needs to ...
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Six essential tests for employee communication campaigns
by Lisa Turnbull, communications managerWhen it comes to the creation of employee communication campaigns, it can be really tempting to just dive straight in. Whether this is due to short timescales, other projects putting demands on our time or simply our eagerness to get the campaign under way, the planning ...
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ArticleUnlimited holiday must be managed well to motivate staff effectively
Leeds-based recruitment and executive search organisation Charlton Morris introduced an unlimited leave policy for its senior consultants in January 2017 as part of a wider strategy to attract and retain talent.Unlimited leave is available to consultants who have been with the business for two years or more, which currently accounts ...
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Employee benefits that don’t break the bank
by Robert Hicks, group HR directorBalancing competing needs for your HR budget is tricky, and at times when you want to do something you need to be able to do so either at very low cost levels, or even for no money at all.Chances are, you’ve got a few senior-level ...
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10 employee benefits and perks better than a pay rise
by James Edwards, client success director Before I started working at Reward Gateway, I would have struggled to think of even five employee benefits better than a pay rise. I mean, honestly, who doesn’t love a bigger salary? But then I looked at what ‘pay rise’ actually meant today in ...
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A dangerous mistake to make when it comes to your employee engagement strategy
by James Edwards, client success director I’ve worked with hundreds of companies over the past six years. And yet I still have a tough time stopping a groan when I hear a client talk about a ‘quick fix’ to employee engagement. They mean well – the need to better attract, ...
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Five ways to make your employee focus group session a success
by Debra Corey, group reward director You just planned and booked what you thought was the perfect vacation for you and your family. You call everyone together to share the great news and instead of receiving sounds of glee and delight, you receive groans and complaints.Your youngest says: "I hate ...
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Article19% of 18-29 year olds believe access to instant discounts would increase engagement
Almost one fifth (19%) of respondents aged 18-29 years old feel that access to instant benefits, such as retail discounts and cinema tickets, would increase their engagement with their employer, according to research by Personal Group.Its Hapi survey, which surveyed 781 UK employees and forms part of its The business ...