All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 107
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Article
NHS staff want improved benefits communications
Almost half (44%) of respondents felt that employee benefits communications in the NHS need to be improved, according to research by The Voucher Shop.Its 2013 NHS Employee survey, which was completed by 2,185 NHS staff across the UK, found that only 3% of respondents said benefits communications was excellent.The research ...
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Article
HR4UK launches tax-paid reward scheme
HR4UK has introduced a tax and national insurance-paid employee reward scheme to its Employment Handbook system.The Rewards voucher cheque scheme is designed to enable employers to provide their staff with motivational incentives with the basic rate tax already paid, removing the typical associated paperwork or follow-on tax bill, plus the ...
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Opinion
Iain McMath: Cost-efficient Christmas incentives
When looking at Christmas incentive strategies, employers need to remember how diverse their workforce is and, consequently, what individuals would, or would not, appreciate as a gift. For example, a non-drinker may not appreciate a bottle of wine or champagne, and a vegetarian is likely to balk at a frozen ...
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AnalysisHow to devise a Christmas incentives strategy
If you read nothing else, read this…Employers are becoming more comfortable about investing in Christmas incentive programmes.Many organisations have had to delay their plans because of unfinished workloads from the first half of the year.Retail vouchers, particularly for supermarkets, remain the most popular Christmas incentive.Reasons include a lack of resources, ...
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Article
Recognition valued by employees
More than a third (34%) of employees believe being thanked or recognised for their work is the most valuable workplace benefit, after a pay rise, according to research by Capita Employee Benefits.Its research, which surveyed 3,000 employees, found that recognition topped flexible hours (cited as most valuable by 22%) and ...
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Article
Recognition impacts key business results
Value-based recognition schemes can significantly impact key business results, according to research by Globoforce.The Globoforce Summer workforce mood tracker study, which surveyed 708 US-based employees between May 16 to June 3 2013, found that recognised employees are more satisfied with performance reviews and perceive an impact on a wide variety ...
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Supplier article
Ian Wright: Is a global recognition programme possible?
Ian Wright (pictured), director, compensation and benefits at The Attachmate Group, will speak at Employee Benefits Live on 25 September about whether it is possible to operate a homogeneous global recognition programme.Employee Benefits asked him a few key questions:1. What has been your biggest challenge in 2013?Harmonising benefits in several ...
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Case StudiesGroupon offers staff rewarding benefits deal
“We didn’t have a robust benefits offering [when the UK business launched] because it wasn’t a priority for our workforce in the start-up phase,” says Hailey Wojcik, HR director for northern Europe. “As we’ve started to grow into a global business and we’ve started to refine processes and procedures, our ...
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Article
Buyer's guide to electronic voucher motivation cards
The factsWhat are electronic voucher motivation cards?They are paper-based vouchers or plastic cards loaded with a cash value that can be spent at a single designated retail outlet or at multiple retailers. Travel and experience vouchers are also available.Where can employers get more information?The UK Gift Card Voucher Association on ...
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Article
No correlation between pride and pay
There is no correlation between professional pride and pay, ,according to research by recruitment firm Randstad Financial and Professional.The research, which surveyed more than 2,000 employees across 20 different sectors, found that insurance professionals, who have the most professional pride of any UK sector, receive a higher-than-average salary of £639.50 ...
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AnalysisWhere does employee recognition fit into a development review?
If you read nothing else, read this…Employers can use peer reviews to help with the performance development review (PDR) process.New technologies offer an opportunity for employers to ask employees about their peers.A recognition scheme can be easily integrated into a PDR.PDRs can also be linked to motivation and recognition programmes. ...
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Case Studies
Peer 1 Hosting motivates staff with peer-to-peer recognition
The system enables employees and managers to spend time together and collaborate to set their promises to deliver and be accountable for the forthcoming year.Helen Ives, HR director, says: “Everything we do from a learning, recognition and performance standpoint is very collaborative and peer-to-peer led.”The organisation’s Peer Promises system has ...
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Opinion
Benjamin Reid: Performance reviews need to be open and honest
For Frederick Winslow Taylor’s Scientific Management Approach in 1911, performance review was something managers did between themselves to establish what tasks workers should do.Even by 1957, Douglas MacGregor (he of Theory X and Y fame) was finding himself ‘uneasy’ at the way in which performance appraisal puts managers in the ...
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Opinion
Tim Roberts: The connection between HR and sustainability
The connection between HR and sustainability might appear intangible. Does ‘employer of choice’ equal sustainable HR? The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development stresses that embedding sustainability requires us to link vision and values to the environmental contribution required from every employee. Yes, HR’s critical contribution is embedding transformational change. ...
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Article
Reward not linked to business objectives
Only 28% of respondents have a defined strategy in place that links reward and incentives to business objectives, according to research by Edenred.Its Getting more from employee reward and incentives research, which surveyed 50 HR and benefits managers, found that 23% of respondents track how reward and incentives contribute to ...
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InterContinental staff share 33,000 recognition awards
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) employees have received more than 33,000 global recognition awards.The hotel group rolled out an international recognition programme for more than 350,000 employees in almost 100 countries in November 2011.The programme, Bravo, which is provided by Globoforce, enables the hotel group to encourage employee behaviour that reflects ...
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Article
TinyPulse enhances staff motivation product
TinyPulse has enhanced its recognition product by adding in the ability for employees to recognise colleagues and to make suggestions to their employer.The product, which was launched in September 2012, was developed by entrepreneur David Niu to help employers keep their finger on the pulse of employee happiness.Its employer clients ...
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Article
Man City FC to launch recognition programme
EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City Football Club is to roll out a recognition scheme in October, which will align with a new framework of values it has developed.The three values, which will be known collectively as City Spirit, are Involving, Game-changing and Driving.The football club’s 380 employees will be able to nominate ...
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Video
VIDEO: Steven Poelmans: Work-life balance beneficial on many levels
A focus on work-life balance is beneficial from a macro level, societal level, organisational level and individual level, said Dr Steven Poelmans, professor and director of the Coaching Competency Center at EADA Business School in an interview with Debi O’Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits.He added: “Academic studies demonstrate a relationship ...
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Duncan Brown: Engagement through reward: impossible or essential?
In the last couple of weeks, I have been talking about the links between performance, reward and values with the NHS Pay Review Body; moves towards more market-driven reward with the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association (UCEA); and the links between reward and engagement at an Aon Hewitt seminar.Whatever the ...