All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 136
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Analysis
Effective instant employee recognition rewards
Kate Donovan explores the merits of using immediate rewards for exemplary staff conductRewarding employees on the spot for positive behaviour can be a cost-effective way of demonstrating the kind of values and actions that an organisation wishes to encourage among its workforce. In turn, employees who feel that they have ...
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Frustration factored in?
This article is brought to you by our sponsor HayGroup.Ben Hubbard, commercial director, EMEA region at Hay Group, says that managers should be aware that it is often the most engaged staff who are the most frustrated within an organisationHow would you describe the ideal employee? Most of us would ...
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Staff value training perk
QUALIFICATIONS awarded by employers will boost staff motivation and retention and provide a benefit that is attractive to new joiners, say HR experts.McDonald's, Flybe and Network Rail have been given the power by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) to award their own qualifications to staff.John McGurk, skills adviser at ...
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Staff undervalue Christmas parties
Almost two thirds of workers (63%) would prefer not to go to their staff Christmas party, while 20% think that they are awful and would do anything they could to avoid going.According to research from YouGov and Croner, 43% of respondents said that Christmas parties are “okay” but they would ...
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National Express favours cash reward over pre-pay cards
National Express has axed plans to use costly pre-pay credit cards to reward staff and has instead opted to credit special staff accounts with the equivalent of a cash sum.Managers at the coach firm can reward high-performers with a branded cheque for any sum. Awards of over £500 need to ...
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Retailers use raft of perks to motivate staff at Christmas
High-street retailers across the UK are putting perks in place to help boost employee motivation during the busy pre-Christmas period.Supermarket chain Asda will provide all staff with a personalised Christmas card, a free festive meal at their workplace canteen, £5 for every member of staff to put towards Christmas parties ...
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Analysis
The impact of benefits on business performance
As the war for talent rages, employee benefits have a key role to play in helping to retain and engage our most valuable assets - our workers, says Debi O’DonovanIn today’s knowledge-based, service economy, a substantial proportion of an organisation’s value is held in its employees. Customer service levels, sales ...
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Case Studies
GNER holds an annual employee awards ceremony
GNER bats on firm wicket for peer recognitionTransport company GNER holds an annual awards ceremony to recognise and reward employees' efforts, which includes a peer-nominated category.This year, the event was extended to all employees instead of being restricted to the firm's customer service staff, as in previous years. Various prizes, ...
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Analysis
Benefits of peer recognition schemes
Feeling appreciated by colleagues can lead to higher staff productivity and motivation levels, so David Woods looks at the benefits of peer recognition schemesWhether we like to admit it or not, our colleagues’ opinions of us have a bearing on our motivation levels at work. Although this is evident in ...
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Prizes for better performance at Punch Taverns
Punch Taverns is launching a new employee recognition scheme which rewards staff for enhanced performance, excellent customer service, and practising company values.The scheme allows area managers to reward employees for doing something over and above the requirements of their day job with four different tiers of prizes. The awards include ...
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MyRuby gives staff Nintendo DS gaming access
MyRuby, a personalised call-handling company, has given its employees use of Nintendo DS handheld gaming devises to exercise their minds when they are not answering calls.The company, set up at the beginning of 2007, employs ‘virtual’ personal assistants to take and manage business peoples’ phone calls when they are unable ...
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Staff feel undervalued by senior management
Only 29% of UK employees think that senior management have a sincere interest in employee satisfaction and wellbeing.The Global Workforce Study, conducted by professional services firm, Towers Perrin, reveals that two-thirds of employees feel that senior management treat them as just another part of the organisation to be managed, or ...
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Providers launch corporate Christmas gifts
Harrods Corporate Service and Laithwaites have launched their corporate Christmas gift ranges for employers looking to thank or motivate their staff.Harrods Corporate Service's 2007 Christmas hampers, which incorporate goods from its food halls, are presented in traditional wicker hampers and high-gloss gift boxes. Its options range from the £19.95 Christmas ...
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Happiness research 2007
Benefits to make staff happyYouGov Employee Happiness IndexHow to drive happiness in the workplaceHow happy workers behaveSatisfaction with benefitsDownload: The Happiness research (PDF 973KB)Benefits to make staff happyEmployers should focus on recognition and reward, including benefits, as well as career development to boost workplace happiness of staffIt is perceived HR ...
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Somerfield links managers' salaries to staff engagement
Somerfield is rolling out a strategy to deliver a "direct and significant link" between managers' salaries and staff engagement levels.The supermarket will reward managers for improvements in employee engagement following surveys conducted in retail stores earlier this year and at its head office last month.The aim is to use the ...
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RAC launches recognition scheme for patrolmen
RAC has launched an employee recognition scheme to motivate its patrolmen to perform well.The motoring organisation plans to award eligible employees with points on a weekly basis according to how they perform. These points can be redeemed against a range of rewards and products, including RAC-branded merchandise, via access to ...
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Fun benefits engage First Direct staff
First Direct has found that a fun working environment engages staff more effectively than than pay and traditional benefits.Employee surveys revealed that the bank’s workforce placed core values, brand identity and a sense of strong family bonds as factors which matter most to them at work, said Jane Hanson, head ...
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Managers should be accountable for low staff engagement
Line managers should be held accountable for disappointing engagement levels among their staff and should even be denied pay rises.This is according to Martyn Phillips, HR director at B&Q, speaking on Wednesday on the topic of Getting Engaged at the CIPD conference in Harrogate. B&Q uses an HR success model ...
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Competitive staff threaten productivity
Competition in the workplace is threatening to undermine productivity, with 28% of employees claiming that they compete with their colleagues to get ahead.YouGov's Healthy Competition? research also reveals that 38% of the 1,986 employees surveyed online, claim that the people they work with are competitive and 45% of these believe ...
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Finance professionals are working longer hours
More than half (53%) of finance professionals in the UK admit that they have increased their working hours in the last two years.A similar proportion (52%) of finance professionals globally have put in more time over the last two years. The two most popular reasons for this increase in working ...