All Employee engagement articles – Page 149
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ArticleExpedia named best place to work in the UK 2017
Expedia has been named the best place to work in the UK at Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2017 Employees' Choice Awards.The award winners are based on employee reviews posted on Glassdoor over the last year, with staff sharing their views on career opportunities, compensation and benefits, culture and values, ...
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ArticleMercer acquires Sirota Consulting
Mercer has acquired global employee engagement organisation Sirota Consulting.Sirota Consulting specialises in organisational research, providing assessments, surveys, technology and analytics in areas such as engagement, team effectiveness, leadership and culture.Mercer's acquisition will enable it to build on its current consulting proposition in talent management, as well as reinforce its commitment ...
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ArticleBenefits strategies can reinforce organisational values
The role of benefits strategies in reinforcing organisational values was one of the key themes to emerge from Employee Benefits Live 2016, which took place on 11 and 12 October 2016 at Olympia National, London. Keynote speaker Vicky Williams, director of people at the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), highlighted the ...
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ArticleEmma Hart: How can organisations spread festive cheer in the workplace?
In the run-up to the festive season, it is important for organisations to consider how to engage and involve their employees during this time. It is understandable that while work still carries on, the more engaged the workforce is during this time, the more productive staff will be. While the ...
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ArticlePatagonia, Spotify and Western Union give staff time off to vote in US election
Patagonia, Spotify, SurveyMonkey, TaskRabbit, and Western Union are among the organisations encouraging US staff to take time off today (Tuesday 8 November 2016) to vote in the US presidential election.The organisations are among more than 340 firms taking part in the Take Off Election Day campaign, which encourages organisations to ...
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Case StudiesFletchers Solicitors embeds core values in benefits strategy to engage staff with business goals
Over the last two years, Fletchers Solicitors has grown from 90 employees to more than 340. To support this growth and engage staff with the organisation’s values and goals, Fletchers has defined its core values and developed a reward and benefits strategy that embodies and celebrates these.The law firm has ...
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AnalysisHow to engage staff with long-term business growth
Need to know:A cultural change may be needed to shift employees’ focus from short-term goals to longer-term organisational objectives.Building a narrative around benefit strategies and illustrating how this ties into an organisation’s values can help engage staff with long-term business growth.Benefits that demonstrate employers have a long-term commitment to staff ...
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Article66% feel they are most productive when working in the office
Two thirds (66%) of respondents believe they are most productive when based in the office, compared to 26% who feel they are most productive when working from home, according to research by office interior design organisation Peldon Rose.Its survey of 611 UK employees also found that 45% of respondents feel ...
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ArticleGoogle and WL Gore named world’s best multinational workplaces 2016
Google, SAS Institute, and WL Gore and Associates are among the organisations that have been recognised as the world’s best multinational workplaces for 2016, showcasing high-performing and inclusive workplace cultures.The annual list, compiled by Great Place to Work, surveyed 6,000 organisations globally. Organisations are ranked based on their workplace culture, ...
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ArticleCath Kidston uses pulse surveys to gauge staff engagement
Employee Benefits Live 2016: Retail organisation Cath Kidston introduced weekly pulse surveys to gather staff feedback and gauge employee engagement levels.The retailer introduced the pulse engagement surveys, provided by Officevibe, at the beginning of 2016. The online surveys are emailed to staff on a different day every week, and take ...
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ArticleFrontier Agriculture embeds values through peer-nominated awards
Employee Benefits Live 2016: Frontier Agriculture celebrates and reinforces its key values through a peer-nominated awards initiative.The organisation's ICE Awards, ‘ICE’ acting as an acronym for the principles the organisation wishes to promote - integrity, customer focus and expertise - are based around peer recognition, with colleagues nominating each other ...
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ArticleOrganisations should embrace transparency to reinforce employer brand
Employee Benefits Live 2016: Organisations can build and reinforce their employer brand by embracing the opportunities that social sharing and transparency bring.Delivering the opening keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2016, Diarmuid Russell (pictured), vice president of international at Glassdoor, explained that employees’ ability to share information and experiences online ...
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Supplier article
Tips for keeping remote workers engaged and positive
The following post was first published here in 2015. As many organisations increase the size of their remote workforce, now’s a good time to refresh ourselves on how to keep virtual workers engaged. As we continue on this journey, we’ll share our successes and lessons learned, and I invite you ...
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Supplier article
Promoting benefits to millennial employees
by Lauren Herington, associate consultant, health and productivity UKWhen I first joined our industry and I didn’t know what Group Income Protection (GIP) was, a consultant once asked me: “What would you do if you could no longer earn an income as you were too ill or injured to work?”The ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Looking forward and looking back
It may be a sign that I’m getting older, but time seems to fly past scarily quickly these days.It certainly doesn’t seem like a year, for example, since our last Employee Benefits Live.Reaching milestones in the year such as this always seem like a good time to stop and take ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: TalkTalk to discuss benefits engagement at Employee Benefits Live
TalkTalk will discuss benefits engagement strategies at Employee Benefits Live 2016.Sam Kirk, reward director at TalkTalk, will present the session titled Making employees fall in love with their benefits, alongside Dr Neil Lancaster, people and social responsibility director at Gamestec Leisure, on Tuesday 11 October.During the session, Kirk will provide ...
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ArticleCIPD and Engage for Success collaborate to progress engagement agenda
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Engage for Success are to collaborate with the aim of progressing the employee engagement agenda.The CIPD will become the prime sponsor of Engage for Success, a not-for-profit, voluntary movement dedicated to increasing understanding of employee engagement in the workplace.The collaboration seeks ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Frontier Agriculture to discuss employer branding at Employee Benefits Live 2016
Frontier Agriculture will discuss the role of HR in reinforcing an organisation’s values and employer brand at Employee Benefits Live 2016.Jon Berry (pictured), head of human resources at Frontier Agriculture, will speak alongside Tim Kensey, HR director at Birds Eye Iglo Group, and Rebecca Seymour, head of HR at Peugeot ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Lawn Tennis Association to deliver keynote address at Employee Benefits Live
The Lawn Tennis Association will present the closing keynote address on the first day of Employee Benefits Live 2016, highlighting how people and performance strategy can help an organisation to achieve its goals.Vicky Williams (pictured), director of people at the Lawn Tennis Association, will discuss the importance of having an ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Glassdoor to open Employee Benefits Live 2016
EXCLUSIVE: Diarmuid Russell, head of international at Glassdoor, will deliver the opening keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2016, when he will provide insight into how organisations can become known as the ‘best place to work’.Opening the conference on Tuesday 11 October 2016, Russell will discuss the themes and trends ...