All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 117
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BHSF employees walk for charity
Staff from employee benefits provider BHSF are taking part in a charity walk to raise money for St Basils, the charity that helps young homeless people.Two teams of six employees will walk 27 miles in the hills around the Barmouth Estuary in Wales on 25 June.Peter Maskell, chief executive of ...
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Grass Roots Projectlink launches multi-brand dining voucher
Grass Roots Projectlink has launched a multi-brand dining voucher that employees can use at a national network of restaurants.The Restaurant Choice product offers vouchers in £10 and £25 denominations towards the cost of food and soft drinks.The vouchers can be used at more than 800 dining locations, including Cafe Rouge, ...
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City & Guilds rewards ideas
City and Guilds celebrated international ideas week in May as part of its staff innovation scheme.The vocational education body ran events and activities for staff as part of its iFactor initiative, which included opportunities to take part in a quiz, submit ideas and learn more about innovation.City and Guilds worked ...
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Supporting staff during a disaster
If you read nothing else, read this... A disaster, such as the Japanese tsunami, can have huge ramifications for affected employers. Organisations must consider how to rehabilitate traumatised employees in the long term. The immediate aftermath is typically not the best time to introduce new benefits for staff. Raising morale ...
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Case Studies
Case study: Freshfields is ready for emergencies
With over 2,500 lawyers in 27 cities around the world, law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer must be prepared for all eventualities.The company, which has a Tokyo office, has a clear disaster recovery plan. Kevin Hogarth, global HR director, says: "Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our people is our primary ...
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Iron Mountain research: British workers waste time looking for files
Looking for important documents and files on work computers can seriously damage employee morale, as well as drain an employer’s time and money.New research by Iron Mountain, which found that over half (58%) of British office workers have struggled to find important documents and files on their work computer, supports ...
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Globoforce adds to employee recognition scheme
Globoforce has introduced real-time measurement capabilities to its employee recognition offerings. The new services, Recognition Benchmark Index and Recognition Intelligence, provide employers with benchmarks and business intelligence.The Recognition Benchmark Index is based on a set of data points and best practices from nearly two million Globoforce users across multiple industries ...
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Debi O’Donovan: Total reward in the USA
Opening keynote speaker for the WorldAtWork Total Rewards 2011 conference Daniel Pink, business writer and author of the recently published ‘Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us’, said: “I am convinced we are using the wrong technology for engagement.”In this case he uses technology in a very broad sense ...
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BGL Group launches monthly prize draw for staff
The BGL Group has launched a monthly prize draw for its 2,150 employees across the UK as part of efforts to create a fun working atmosphere.The insurance intermediary’s first ten winners were announced in April, and took home prizes ranging from luxury weekend breaks to shopping and holiday vouchers. Each ...
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Flight attendants given lessons in martial arts
Self-defence lessons are not an obvious employee benefit but for flight attendants wanting to fend off the wandering hands of drunken passengers they make perfect sense. Chinese attendants are being given classes in the martial art Wing Chun, which will enable them to knock their aggressor out cold within seconds.Flight ...
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Case Studies
Case study: Volvo staff incentives drive sales
When Volvo Car UK wanted to boost sales of its SE Lux and executive level vehicles last year, it launched a motivation programme for sales staff that had a personalised focus for individuals. This enabled managers to discuss an individual’s performance and match it with a variety of incentives.Volvo’s Hub ...
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BNY Mellon staff volunteer for charity
Employees at BNY Mellon have volunteered on two horticultural schemes to support disabled people across Greater Manchester.During the winter, five employees from the global asset management and securities services firm helped install a raised bed for growing vegetables and lay the foundations for concrete paths at an allotment site in ...
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US employees pull sickies to avoid commute to work
Thoughts of sweating on a packed train or sitting on a bus crawling through traffic are never completely pacified by the over-priced and over-complicated coffee that you will buy as a reward before you reach the office.Research commissioned by The Workforce Institute certainly builds the case for flexible working, after ...
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Domestic and General launches cycling challenge for staff
Domestic and General has launched a cycling challenge for staff as part of its Wellness Wednesday initiative.Employees at the Nottingham call centre took part in the ‘Get on your bike to win a bike’ challenge for a chance to win a new mountain bike. Staff who cycled for at least ...
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Tourism Queensland launches incentive travel competition for all employers
Tourism Queensland has launched a competition called the Million Dollar Memo which offers organisations in any country the chance to win one million dollars (AUD) of corporate incentive travel to Queensland, Australia.The aim of the competition is to boost organisation morale and encourage teamwork. The reward can be tailored for ...
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Playboy bunnies get unusual perk
When Playboy’s new London club opens later this year, its bunnies will have access to an unusual perk: an employee whose sole job it is to help them adhere to its 'strict' dress code.The club will be employing a bunny mother to fluff tails, make sure bunny costumes are pressed, ...
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iGlobalFitness to donate portion of Stay Active Challenge entry fee to charity
iGlobalFitness will donate a proportion of the entry fee to ActionAid for every employee who signs up to its Stay Active Challenge.The challenge is an employee wellness competition that provides personal activity coaching for all participants while measuring health improvements of employees.For £50 each, employees sign up in teams of ...
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Computershare Voucher Services and staff to support charity Honeypot
Computershare Voucher Services (CVS) has pledged its support to Honeypot, a charity that offers a lifeline to young carers and vulnerable children.CVS and its employees will undertake a series of activities over the coming year, including fundraising and volunteering projects to help maintain the charity’s premises and gardens.The organsiation is ...
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Most employers are not celebrating the royal wedding
While many shops are decked out with royal wedding memorabilia (ranging from tea bags to jelly-bean portraits of Kate and Wills) most British workplaces are not providing staff with so much as a Middleton-mouse mat.Research by Maris Interiors reveals that more than 98% of employers are not doing anything to ...
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Grass Roots raises over £4,000 for charity
Grass Roots’ employees have raised over £4,000 in one month for its new corporate charity, Kidscape.The partnership between Grass Roots and Kidscape began in March 2011 with a balloon release from each of Grass Roots’ three sites, and an apprentice-style challenge that saw teams of staff competing to raise the ...