All Employee engagement articles – Page 146
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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 ...
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Article80% are prepared to share positive aspects of their work on social media
More than three-quarters (80%) of respondents are prepared to speak about the positive aspects of their work on social media, according to research by communications organisation Portland.Its Creating employee advocates: the role of internal communications report, which surveyed 2,000 UK and US employees, also found that less than one third ...
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It’s time to move on from ‘millennials’
by Sophie GaneWhy are we so obsessed with the term ‘millennial’? What exactly does it mean? And why is everyone inside and outside of this group so dismissive of the term? Businesses must find a way to refer to their colleagues as individuals, or they’ll start to lose out when ...
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Happiness versus engagement – how one unhappy employee made me question our ‘why’
by Glenn Elliott, CEO and Founder A lot of people get happiness and engagement confused. The internet is full of websites, products and eBooks claiming quick fixes to employee happiness and resulting magical impacts on productivity, much of it missing the point completely. Even at home, Reward Gateway had “Let’s ...
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ArticleVoyages-sncf introduces on-site e-sport gaming room
E-commerce travel organisation Voyages-sncf.com has introduced a state-of-the-art gaming room at its head office to encourage employees to take part in e-sport competitions.Voyages-sncf.com, which employs approximately 1,000 staff members across Europe, will also support a team of 17 employees by covering registration fees and travel expenses for e-sport competitions.The team, ...
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Reward Gateway encourages female staff to take afternoon off for International Women’s Day
Employee engagement company Reward Gateway is supporting International Women’s Day by encouraging all female staff to take the afternoon off to take part in educational and volunteering work.Reward Gateway has achieved a 50:50 male-to-female ratio, as well as no gender pay gap and volunteers all information in regular diversity reports. ...
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Stand up and celebrate International Women’s Day
by Glenn Elliott, CEO and founder, Reward Gateway It’s International Women’s Day today and at Reward Gateway, we’re marking it with the publication of our second diversity report and a whole programme of events.Our diversity stats show that 50% of our workforce is female. Of that, 48% of leadership and ...
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Q&A with Benefex chief people officer, Kathryn Kendall
Benefex’s chief people officer, Kathryn Kendall, tells us what it means to be a Living Wage employer. Kathryn has been at Benefex for just over two years and in that time has significantly developed our company culture (among a whole host of other things!) One of her chart-topping moments has ...
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ArticleUnderstand the human value of the workforce as artificial intelligence advances
Employee Benefits Connect 2017: HR and benefits professionals should understand the human value of their work and that of employees as technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automation advances.Delivering the closing keynote address ‘Innovation now and in the future’ at Employee Benefits Connect 2017, Mark Brill, senior lecturer and ...
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ArticleEngaged employees are critical to business growth
Employee Benefits Connect 2017: Organisations need to create a working environment that engages employees in order for the business to grow.Addressing delegates in the conference session ‘Putting people first: The importance of being human’ at Employee Benefits Connect 2017, Rachel Clacher (pictured), co-founder and director at Moneypenny, explained how the ...
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ArticleUse people analytics to develop an effective workforce management strategy
Employee Benefits Connect 2017: Organisations should utilise people analytics to understand changing employee expectations in the future world of work and to create an effective workforce management strategy.Delivering the conference session ‘Leveraging workforce planning and people analytics for smarter decisions’ at Employee Benefits Connect 2017, Adam Gibson (pictured), strategic workforce ...
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ArticleMaximise employee generated content to enhance engagement
Employee Benefits Connect 2017: Organisations should acknowledge and maximise employee generated content to enhance employee engagement.Delivering the conference session ‘Talent in the world of transparency’ at Employee Benefits Connect 2017, Katrina Collier (pictured), social recruiting expert at The Searchologist, explained that as the fight for attention online intensifies, employees are ...