All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 104
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Employers reward staff for green behaviour
Copper Consultancy and Richmond Towers Communications are the first employers to launch a new employee engagement and reward programme, which is designed to help organisations embed a culture of sustainability and healthy living.The programme, Jump: Healthy Planet – Healthy Team, rewards employees for taking positive steps that both improve the ...
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East Coast Mainline revamps voluntary perks
EXCLUSIVE: East Coast Mainline has added a bikes-for-work scheme to its online voluntary benefits scheme, run health and wellbeing roadshows, and extended its recognition scheme.The bike scheme, which was introduced in May and is provided by Halfords, had 40 employees take it up within its first month.The health and wellbeing ...
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Network Rail introduces private shopping club for staff
Network Rail has launched a private shopping club for employees.The online club, Aspire, gives the railway’s 35,000 employees access to a weekly online sale of well-known brands with discounts of up to 70% off retail prices.The voluntary benefits was introduced after Network Rail renewed its contract with reward and incentives ...
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Pay and benefits cause most dissatisfaction
Pay and benefits are the cause of most dissatisfaction among respondents, with nearly half considering a change of jobs because they are dissatisfied with their current pay and benefits package, according to research by Edenred UK.The Edenred barometer, conducted by Ipsos among 7,200 European employees, including 800 UK workers, found ...
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AnalysisMotivation schemes can build long-term engagement
IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE, READ THIS…Motivation schemes can boost productivity and employee engagement.Non-monetary schemes are better at promoting sustainable long-term motivation among employees.Monetary schemes still have a place in motivation, but their scope is limited.Employers can take advantage of social media to create engagement and motivate their employees.Employees that ...
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Case Studies
Asda rewards staff for customer service
The scheme, Asda Stars, operates in 660 locations and is available to 177,000 employees.So far, 68,856 employees have received awards, with 41,828 recognised as ‘unique’ employees for making exceptional efforts.An employee builds up Star points by meeting particular goals, and can then redeem them on a variety of rewards.Jane Earnshaw, ...
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Opinion
Cary Cooper: How to build sustainable staff motivation
I have real doubts that sustainable motivation comes from a bonus culture. As we have seen in the banking industry, it had the unintended consequence of encouraging risk-taking behaviour that ultimately created the financial crisis.For me, sustainable motivation comes from some sense of ownership of success. This can come in ...
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All-employee recognition data most valued
Almost three-quarters (74%) of respondents said that ‘crowdsourcing’ recognition data provides the most accurate picture of employee performance, according to research by Globoforce.The Spring 2013 Society for Human Resource Management/Globoforce Employee recognition survey, which polled 800 HR professionals, defines ‘crowdsourcing’ as the collection of feedback from all employees within an ...
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Case StudiesCenter Parcs' perks engage staff with key aims
The physical working environment has obvious attractions, but the parks offer other benefits for employees, says Margaret Mitchell, senior HR manager. “We didn’t set out to make it that way, but we know what our employees like and so, working at Center Parcs, they have access to discounted breaks and ...
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ArticleMost government departments have low payroll-giving take up
Eight out of 15 government departments have less than a 6% take up if in payroll giving among staff, according to research by the Geared for Giving Campaign.The findings, which were obtained via Freedom of Information requests, found that the highest level of payroll giving can be seen in the ...
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Xactly launches sales incentive compensation product
Xactly Corporation has launched a sales incentive compensation product that enables managers to link the organisation’s goals to employee behaviour to engage and motivate staff.Xactly Objectives enables employers to set measurable, aligned business objectives for each employee, provide employees with real-time visibility of their performance, calculate achievement of those metrics, ...
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Good work-life balance a driver for staff retention
Employee respondents in the UK believe their employers fail to support them in striking a balance between work and their personal life, according to research by global management consultancy Hay Group. The research, which was compiled using data from Hay Group’s global employee opinion database comprising more than 600,000 UK ...
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British Gas and Asda shortlisted for motivation
British Gas, McDonald’s Restaurants and Whitbread are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Most motivational benefits’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.For this category, the judges looked for a successful motivation strategy that uses incentives or reward to help drive employee performance, engagement or retention.The full ...
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Milton Keynes managers are most rewarding in UK
Managers in Milton Keynes are themost rewarding in the UK, according to research by Jurys Inn Hotels and CrossCountry trains.The hotel group’s survey of 2,500 office workers found that managers in Milton Keynes are most likely to reward their team’s successes, with 97% of bosses choosing to reward their teams ...
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Debbie Lovewell: Engaging the generations
Sitting on the cusp of generation X and the millennial generation, I can appreciate both sides of the findings from research published by PricewaterhouseCoopers in conjunction with the London Business School and the University of Southern California last month.It found that millennials, born between 1980 and 1995, put more value ...
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VideoMerlin Entertainments harmonises reward and benefits
This mantra is also reflected in the benefits and reward package it offers to its 8,000 UK employees.Its focus on building memorable experiences has had a positive impact on staff. In Merlin’s 2013 employee opinion survey, 86% of employees said they were satisfied with their benefits. Debra Corey, group compensation ...
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I'm a journalist...Get me out of here!
Something for the weekend… What do you think is the worst job of 2013? Kitchen porter? No, surely something more dangerous. What about working as a deep sea fisherman, like those featured on television’s the Deadliest Catch? Well, according to a recent survey, the answer is a little more surprising. ...
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Tusker staff aim to raise £20,000 for charity
Tusker employees are taking part in a challenge to raise £20,000 for charity.A team of 20 employees, led by chief executive David Hosking (pictured), will tackle the Tough Mudder adventure challenge, a 12-mile obstacle course designed to test participants on strength, stamina, mental grit and camaraderie.The 20 employees will face ...
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Employers offer skills-based volunteering options to staff
Employers have moved from primarily offering team and physical volunteering programmes to staff to providing access to skills-based volunteering opportunities, according to a report by Community Service Volunteers (CSV).Employee volunteering – who is benefiting now?, interviewed 40 organisations to explore the relationship between employers, employees and community groups engaged in ...
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Is this the best office in the world?
Something for the weekend …A ‘helter-skelter’ slide, a grass-covered amphitheater, a yoga area, a pool table, a putting green, a giant swing and a cinema …Is this the best office in the world?Designers Space and Solutions have transformed a former pub in Southampton into office space for technology organisation Peer ...