All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 41
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Supplier articleHow to come up with company values
Company values can be described as the core values or standards that guide your business. Your company values sum up what your business stands for, influence your company culture and drive how and why you do things. Company values help businesses grow and evolve without losing focus on what is ...
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ArticleDaisy Hooper: Should employers cut pay for staff who continue to work from home?
Over the past year, the pandemic has drastically changed the working practices for most organisations. One of these changes has been the dramatic increase in home working. However, as restrictions are lifted and we slowly return to the workplace, employers need to be making a choice on how they will ...
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ArticleClare Fletcher: Should employers cut pay for staff who continue to work from home?
Where employers are considering implementing pay cuts for staff continuing to work from home, it is important to understand the reasoning behind this.There are a number of potentially legitimate reasons why an employer may look to implement a pay cut. This could be because of a need to make cost ...
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ArticleRita Fontinha: Should employers cut pay for staff who continue to work from home?
In March 2020, the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic led to lockdown restrictions and businesses quickly adopted a remote-working policy for all jobs that did not require a face-to-face interaction.While remote work has been an ongoing practice over the past two decades, it was often a voluntary decision where some employees chose ...
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ArticleWorkplace conflict costs employers £30 billion
Workplace conflict costs employers nearly £30 billion per year, according to figures published by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).The research, published in the organisation's Estimating the cost of workplace conflict report, focused on figures from 2018-19. It found that such was the impact of workplace conflict - defined ...
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Supplier articleThe Evolution of Reward and Recognition post Covid-19 and how companies need to adapt [Webinar]
As lockdown and some Covid-19 restrictions continue, more and more organisations are looking at the best ways to recognise and engage with their dispersed teams. In this expert webinar, hosted by Jamie King, Director of Global Rewards at Xexec, and Michael Rose, Director at Rewards Consulting, discover ...
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Supplier articleMental Health Awareness Week: Focusing on your employees' mental health
This week is 2021’s Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK. This is the UK’s national week to raise awareness of mental health and mental health issues as well as to encourage action to promote the message of good mental health for all, both in the workspace as well as ...
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Supplier articleHow to inspire a creative and innovative workplace remotely
Creative and innovative workplaces are vital within today’s remote working climate. Repetitiveness and a lack of inspiration is an everyday occurrence to those working from home. This can lead to a decrease in motivation, and therefore productivity. Subsequently, employers need to develop new ways to inspire their people and break ...
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Supplier articleHow to motivate a hybrid workforce
By Alexandra Powell, Director of Client Culture and Engagement at Reward GatewayWhat would you say if I told you that employee engagement is not the end game? I know, I know, we’re ‘the employee engagement people,' but stay with me. One thing we know for certain is that every employee ...
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ArticleDarren Skinner appointed Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust interim HRD
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) has appointed Darren Skinner as its interim director of human resources.Skinner, who joins today (10 May), will be with the trust for at least the next nine-12 months. His remit will be to lead its Workforce and Organisational Development Team.He will also ...
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Supplier articleThe psychology behind great communications
The key elements to any successful communication are that it’s relevant, timely, and personal. Putting this into practice, however, is easier said than done. Communications aren’t just about informing, educating, or engaging – they’re about guiding the reader and empowering them to make informed decisions.If you really want to ‘put ...
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Supplier articleReward Gateway Announces Sale to Private Equity Firms Abry Partners and Castik Capital
Earlier this week, Reward Gateway, a global HR technology, and employee engagement company announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Abry Partners and Castik Capital. The acquisition of Reward Gateway validates the company’s strategic vision, expansive growth strategy, and the value its products and services ...
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ArticleImproving morale with Ed Sheeran
Something for the weekend: Forget trying to boost morale and energise your team with virtual group yoga sessions, time out with the digital office dog, online pod walkathons, and by posting snacks and drinks to them in place of the Friday night office get together (although make no mistake, the ...
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ArticleMental health not a priority for 43% of employers
New research has showed a startling mismatch between rising demand for mental health help and this failing to translate into a priority for businesses.According to Koa Health’s Wellbeing at work report, more than half of UK organisations (56%) questioned said they had seen an increase in employee demand for support ...
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Supplier articleThe Digital Watercooler: Keeping comms a constant through hybrid working
Communicating with a diverse and widespread employee base is difficult at the best of times. Add in a global pandemic, and many organisations have found themselves floundering.To mark the end of our ‘Comms Month’, Gethin Nadin is joined by Kathryn Kendall, Chief People Officer at Benefex, to look at how ...
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ArticleUse of flexible hours drops due to pandemic
The use of flexible hours has dramatically dropped since the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic began – mainly because people have been forced to work from home.This is the main conclusion of new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which found forms of flexible working - such as ...
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Supplier articleDoes working from home provoke toxic workplaces?
For over a year now, most of us have been working from home or in a remote environment. But has this new way of working developed a toxic workplace, and if so, how is it avoided?How working from home can cause a toxic workplace.Monitoring staff Firstly, managers are now unable ...
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ArticleForest Bathing to boost team engagement
Something for the weekend: Let’s face it, working remotely has taken its toll on the togetherness of work teams. Who doesn’t miss those precious moments spent sharing each other’s latest commuting nightmare around the empty water dispenser, taking your turn to do the tea round, listening to a colleague munch ...
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ArticleDechert gives staff extra day off and $1,000 bonus
Global law firm Dechert LLP has announced it is offering every business services member of staff ‘A Day to Thrive’ – an extra day of leave that they can use however they like.This year's Day to Thrive follows its successful introduction in 2020 and links to the company’s THRIVE@Dechert wellbeing ...
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Supplier articleCompanies that give more and take less- Innocent drinks
Innocent Drinks’ was founded by three university graduates in 1999, Richard Reed, Adam Balon and Jon Wright. The business provides smoothies and juice and is sold in various coffee shops and other outlets around the world.Innocent Drinks’ workplace culture embraces healthy living, an approach that it integrates with its reward ...