All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 49
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Taking Steps to Manage Productivity in 2021
Going forward, it’s important that businesses start to prepare for 2021. Taking lessons from the last few months, now is the perfect opportunity to press the reset button and take the time to look at how your business and employees are doing.There are no handbooks of what should be done. ...
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Supplier articleWhat does gamification in employee recognition really mean?
By Chloe Deiulis, Head of Content Strategy at Reward GatewayWelcome back to RG Blog Live! After our first two episodes, we took a pause so that we could focus on helping you to support your employees and businesses through the pandemic. Now we are back with our third and final ...
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Article50 Cent and Jay Mazini reward Burger King employees with $30,000 in cash
Something for the weekend: US rapper 50 Cent and his business partner (influencer) Jay Mazini decided to reward employees working at a Burger King restaurant with a lump sum of cash to recognise them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Cent (pictured right) and Mazini were spotted around ...
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Supplier articleHow to communicate with remote workers
By Alana Kiner, Client Success Manager at Reward GatewayAt the start of the pandemic, many companies whose workforces were entirely office-based had to transition overnight to being fully remote. Keeping employees connected, engaged and happy was a challenge many businesses faced.One of our clients, C Space, encountered these issues as ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Microsoft UK to discuss the new normal at Employee Benefits Reset 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Tim Robertson, UK compensation and benefits lead at multinational technology organisation Microsoft UK, will discuss how the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has shaped the future of the benefits and reward market at Employee Benefits Reset 2020.The session titled ‘HR and the new normal’ will be the opening keynote session on ...
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Supplier articleWhat does Reward and recognition mean to you?
Reward and recognition go hand-in -hand, yet are two different components. Recognition is often viewed as the cause, and reward as the effect. Employee reward and employee recognition both have important roles to play in engaging and motivating staff so it’s no surprise that many HR professionals have taken to ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Motivating & Rewarding Employees in 2021
There are many economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the most pressing ones if the challenge of how to best manage the motivation and engagement of employees to drive business innovation and increase business productivity and profitability. In the new “normal,” businesses have to reassess their working processes ...
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ArticleMicrosoft, Virgin Unite, Special Olympics and Ikea to deliver keynotes at Employee Benefits Reset
Technology giant Microsoft, the charitable arm of the Virgin Group, Virgin Unite, sporting organisation the Special Olympics and Swedish retailer Ikea will be the four keynote speakers for Employee Benefits Reset online series.The online series of keynotes, how-to and strategy sessions, which will run from 5 October 2020 for two ...
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Supplier articleExploring 5 benefits of digital employee recognition
With the onset of COVID-19 forcing the majority of the global workforce into remote work, companies are finding that their old methods of recognising, connecting and supporting employees are no longer effective. As morale waivers amidst the uncertainty in the world, it is more important than ever for employees to ...
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Supplier articleFree eBook: What does peer-to-peer recognition look like today?
Peer-to-peer recognition reaches the largest number of people at your organisation. It’s a meaningful step towards helping employees feel appreciated, motivated and engaged 365 days a year, and to start building a culture of continuous recognition. By downloading this highlight you’ll: Discover how employee recognition programmes help create a positive ...
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ArticleAspen Snowmass employees write and produce original song
Something for the weekend: Employees at skiing organisation Aspen Snowmass came together to write and produce a song during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Heading up the team of musical maestros at Aspen is chief operating officer Matt Jones who is no stranger to the music industry, having worked a tour manager ...
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ArticleCalifornia Court of Appeals grants Uber and Lyft extension over ruling
The California Court of Appeal has granted US ridesharing businesses Uber and Lyft an extension to classify their drivers as employees during the appeal process in its ongoing court case.On 10 August 2020, the superior court of the state of California, ruled that over 750,000 Uber drivers and over 1.4 ...
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Supplier articleFree eBook: 3 steps to boost employee motivation
Do you know what employees crave in the workplace? Alexandra Powell, Director of Client Culture and Engagement at Reward Gateway, has spent a lot of time working with employers of all sizes to deliver the right tools to help motivate and engage their employees.In this eBook, she shares these tips ...
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Supplier articleUsing your employee recognition programme to raise productivity
Whatever your industrial sector, talent acquisition and retention is crucial. Recruiting the best employees is a highly competitive business, but once you’ve acquired the best talent, how do you ensure that their productivity remains as high as possible? The short answer is to see past remuneration and rewards to focus ...
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ArticleUS Supreme Court rules Uber and Lyft must classify drivers as employees
US ridesharing organisations Lyft and Uber will have to identify all drivers as employees and not independent contractors, following on from a ruling by the superior court of the state of CaliforniaThe court ruled that over 750,000 Uber drivers and over 1.4 million Lyft drivers have been misclassified as independent ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Managing The Future In An Uncertain World
As we get back to work, the challenge for many is how to engage employees and increase motivation and morale so that efficiency levels can bounce back to pre-COVID-19 levels.One way of ensuring that a business keeps up with its competition is to modernise the way it delivers its reward ...
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ArticleChick-fil-A celebrates employee's 90th birthday with a drive-through party
Something for the weekend: US fast-food chain Chick-fil-A celebrated the 90th birthday of one of its most-loved and longest-serving employees in style.The Atlanta branch of the organisation arranged for the staff member, named colloquially as 'Ms Ann', to receive a surprise birthday bash, and she was well and truly tickled ...
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ArticleBoris Johnson looking to hire a media spokesperson to fill his shoes
Something for the weekend: UK prime minister Boris Johnson (BoJo) is on the search for a spokesperson to fill his shoes at media briefings.The Conservative party has posted the job vacancy on its official Linkedin page, in the hope the business networking site will find them the perfect candidate to ...
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Supplier articleSix creative ways to recognise your employees
At the end of the year, most organisations hold some kind of award ceremony to recognise long-serving employees or those who have performed above and beyond expectations. But these events are often awkward affairs where every employee is given an identical gift, handshake or short time in which to express ...
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Supplier articleHow can reward and recognition assist a team to be innovative?
Cast your mind back 20 years. Imagine a world of dial up internet, mobile phones just making phone calls, no plethora of online platforms to communicate both personally and professionally? It's mind blowing to see the pace of innovation and development in such a short period time, and it's only ...