All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 129
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Rugby Football Union to offer corporate gift cards through SVM
Gift card provider SVM Europe has added the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to its portfolio of providers.The Rugby Store gift card, operated by the RFU, can be used to purchase merchandise via RFUdirect.com or at the Twickenham Stadium and town centre stores.Jane Barron, licensing and marketing manager at the RFU, ...
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Thought leaders 2010: The year ahead: Inspiration encourages perspiration
Key PointsInspiring your team to work harder, perform better and drive the business forward is even more critical when you do not have the benefit of inherently positive messages such as bonuses and pay awardsGood reward programmes can generate tangible business resultsTools such as recognition are important in supporting employee ...
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Thought leaders 2010: The year ahead: Simplyhealth insight: Togetherness is the key to a happy workforce
Effective engagement can play a significant role in helping employers and employees recover from the recession, says Simplyhealth’s head of people, Helen DickinsonDuring recessions, we generally assume that employee attrition will be low, with fewer vacancies and employees seeking to retain their redundancy entitlements. Although there has been evidence of ...
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Holidays as an employee benefit
If you read nothing else, read this…. Extra holiday can be offered instead of a pay rise or to reward performance in place of a bonus. Offering more time off can boost morale. Holiday trading can be included in flexible benefits schemes to raise employees’ allowance at no extra cost ...
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PrePay Solutions reaches first anniversary
Prepay Solutions, a strategic alliance between Accor Services and MasterCard Europe, is celebrating its first anniversary.†The company delivers prepaid and electronic card-based solutions to corporate, retail, government, business and consumer markets.Gilles Coccoli,†managing director of Prepay Solutions, said: “The potential of this industry both locally and internationally is huge.†"We are all ...
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Gift card and voucher sales increase
Sales of gift cards and vouchers grew during quarter four (Q4) 2009, according to sales data from the UK Gift Card and Voucher Association (UKGCVA).The business-to-business sector, where gift cards and vouchers are commonly used as corporate gifts, rewards and incentives, saw an increase of 2.8%.†One significant area of growth ...
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Manager grants extra holiday to troubled footballer
News that John Terry’s boss Chelsea FC manager Carlo Ancelotti has granted the troubled footballer extra annual leave following allegations that he cheated on his wife shows what a useful management tool holiday can be.This also builds the case for offering holiday trading as a workplace benefit. After all, the ...
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Debi O'Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits: Rebuilding trust is vital task after the recession
On 26 January, it was announced that the UK economy had emerged from its 18-month recession with 0.1% growth for the previous three months. Despite the fact that few expected the news to have a dramatic impact on people’s day-to-day lives, many of us have started to see a subtly ...
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Using reward and benefits to re-engage the workforce after the recession
As the country recovers from recession, employers face the tough task of re-engaging their workforces, says Nicola SullivanIn May 1940, Sir Winston Churchill famously told the House of Commons in his first speech as prime minister: “I would say to the House as I said to those who have joined ...
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Peer recognition schemes pay off
Peer recognition schemes can have a powerful effect on staff morale and motivation, says Alison ColemanRecognising exceptional staff performance through reward is one way of boosting motivation and engagement. But recognition that comes directly from an employee’s peers may carry a higher value, and at a time when organisations are ...
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Employer profile: Sony UK
Sony UK has invested in lifestyle facilities to keep its employees fully energised for maximum performance, says Debbie LovewellThe location of Sony UK’s head office on the site of the old Brooklands motor racing circuit is perhaps apt for an organisation that has an initiative called ‘Firing on all cylinders’ ...
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Pret A Manger gives staff £10 bonus as sales hit £1m in one day
Pret A Manger awarded its 4,000 employees a £10 pre-Christmas bonus after the company made £1 million-worth of sales in a single day. It also launched an employee assistance programme (EAP).The landmark sales figure was reached on 10 December and most staff received the £10 bonus the following day. Employees ...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: Love is in the air
St Valentine's Day presents an opportunity to pursue amorous intentions, but for Candid, mischief and intrigue are on the cardsI have done a very silly thing. You see, I have left a valentine card for Big Bad Boss. No, of course I haven't got a thing for him. It was ...
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Conwy Council revises recognition and long-service award schemes
Conwy Borough Council has revised its employee recognition scheme and is looking to revamp its long-service awards.The Welsh authority, which has 5,000 staff, has extended its recognition scheme to include more categories. These include the Customer service award, Colleague of the year award, Manager of the year award and a ...
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Orangutan photographer responds well to instant reward
A burgeoning photographer whose work has attracted a mass following on the internet has one simple motivation--the fruit treat she is awarded for every snap she takes.The non-materialistic artist called Nonja is not financially motivated and all profits from her work sold on Ebay will go towards protecting the wild ...
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Archant recognises staff at annual awards ceremony
Archant has recognised staff, teams and publications from across the company at its annual awards ceremony which took place in London.Editorial, commercial and support staff and teams were presented with trophies at the reception and lunch at the Landmark Hotel attended by around 160 divisional winners.Winners included Archant Dialogue ad ...
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Holiday Inn gets staff to act as human bed warmers
News that the Holiday Inn will begin to offer a free five-minute human bed warming service raises poignant questions about how to reward employees who act as hot water bottles.No doubt the move, designed to help customers beat the big freeze, has bought a new meaning to the phrase ‘make ...
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Employer profile: City and Guilds
Reward is playing a key role in helping City and Guilds to operate on a more commercial and competitive footing, says Tom WashingtonThe rollcall of City and Guilds’ graduates include famous names such as Jamie Oliver and Alan Titchmarsh, but necessary changes to its business strategy have meant much pruning ...
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Ensuring reward is fair for all staff
Employees accept there may be disparities in reward, but resentment arises if the differences are perceived as unfair, says Jenny KeefeAs prime minister Gordon Brown is fond of pointing out, the British have the principle of fairness as part of their national identity. The trouble is that fairness, in the ...
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Incentive schemes bring business benefits
Significant business returns can grow from a carefully thought-out incentive scheme for employees, says Liz MorrellWith the recession hitting employers’ budgets, and pay and recruitment freezes being implemented across the nation, it might seem contradictory to be offering incentives to staff. Mark Childs, director of consultancy Total Reward Solutions, says: ...