All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 65
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Supplier articleWhat’s the value of recognition? Start with a ripple
By Alexandra Powell, Director of Client Services Bringing recognition into your employee engagement efforts is a must. Thoughtful recognition is a powerful way to show appreciation, help employees learn from each other and help your team focus on “the wins.”When you get good at recognising those who do their job ...
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Supplier articleNHS trust partners with Each Person
NHS Foundation Trust Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital, based in Surrey has partnered with Each Person to recognise and reward over 3,300 employees. Each Person is the recognition, reward and employee discount scheme, powered by multi-retailer platform and digital currency epoints. It offers employers a unique and flexible approach to ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Highways England launches engagement platform for 5,650 staff
EXCLUSIVE: Motorway and A-road maintenance and operations organisation Highways England has launched a new employee engagement platform for its 5,650 staff.The Extra Mile platform, provided by Xexec, was implemented on 1 April 2019 to offer employees access to more than 3,000 discounts and lifestyle services, as well as a dedicated ...
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Supplier article6 stories to inspire employee recognition success
By Ren Patel, Client Success Director at Reward GatewayA key ingredient to empowering your people is continuous recognition. The right kind of employee recognition can drive forward alignment with your organisation’s mission, purpose and values, plus encourage behaviour that leads to greater business value.And that’s a winning combination any HR ...
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Case StudiesJohnsons of Whixley uses imaginative benefits to motivate employees
As one of the largest commercial nursery businesses in Europe, Johnsons of Whixley takes a flexible and imaginative approach to rewarding its workforce. Based between York and Harrogate, the organisation employs more than 90 members of staff, a number which can rise to nearly 200 during seasonal peaks, representing a ...
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Supplier articleHow to spend wisely on reward and recognition
One of the biggest misunderstandings when it comes to employee recognition is that any initiative aimed at acknowledging or praising your staff for their good work costs money. In fact, the opposite is true.A new research conducted by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans, shows that more than ...
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Case StudiesThe Phoenix Group places wellbeing at the centre of benefits strategy
After an acquisition in September 2018 that saw life fund consolidator The Phoenix Group grow from 800 to around 4,300 employees in the UK, the organisation set out to ensure that benefits provisions are clearly aligned, and that there is a strong emphasis on employee wellbeing.Although the acquisition of Standard ...
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Supplier article20 ways to motivate your employees with Reward and Recognition
If you want to retain your top talent and keep them excited and engaged about coming to work, then outdated reward and recognition tactics won’t be enough. What may have worked 10 years ago isn’t going to cut it in today’s workplace.The key to success in keeping your employees happy ...
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ArticleFCC Environment staff have awarded recognition 1,300 times since October 2018
UK-based waste and resource management organisation FCC Environment (FCC) has seen its employees award 1,300 instances of social recognition since October 2018 via its online recognition programme.FCC, which employees 2,400 staff across 200 sites, launched its online recognition portal in October 2018 to help improve engagement and align with its ...
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Supplier article3 steps to building an employee recognition strategy
Developing a culture of recognition in which employees are genuinely acknowledged for their contributions, is more important than ever to maintain productivity, profitability, and retention of key employees. Employers can gain the edge over competition by establishing a culture of employee recognition that engages ...
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Supplier articleReward and recognition and the rise of AI: don’t treat your staff like robots
Like it or not, we are currently in the grip of what has become known as the ‘fourth industrial revolution’. Just as steam once transformed industry, now data and artificial intelligence (AI) are revolutionising the way we work. And for some, the changes this will bring will be stark. A ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: The Gym Group sees employees save £100,000 through retail discounts platform
EXCLUSIVE: Employees at no-contract gym provider The Gym Group have saved £100,000 since April 2016 by using the organisation’s retail discounts platform.The Gym Group, which has 700 employees, introduced the platform in April 2016 as part of a three-year deal with employee experience organisation Perkbox.Providing access to retail discounts, offers ...
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Case StudiesAdmiral Group supports employees financially to lower stress and boost performance
Insurer Admiral Group has approximately 7,500 employees, predominantly based in Cardiff and working in roles ranging from customer service through to technical support. It has a relatively young workforce, with an average age in the early 30s, roughly equally split between men and women.The organisation bases its benefits strategy around ...
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AnalysisHow can benefits packages help maximise employee performance and potential?
Need to know: Recognition can help reward positive behaviour, but health, wellbeing and environment are factors that facilitate strong performance in the first place.Providing nutritious food and ensuring employees take proper breaks can boost concentration and wellbeing.Looking at the employee holistically will help organisations understand the various influences that might ...
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OpinionMichael Brown: Online learning is an important tool for wellbeing and development
Wellbeing at work means a lot of different things, but the fact remains that, whether you are talking about someone’s physical wellness, mental health, or just simply whether they are happy and reaching their potential, wellbeing at work is now a top HR agenda item.Our awareness of what it means ...
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Supplier articleFive recognition examples for managers to try at work
By Alexandra Powell, Director of Client Services Each and every individual at your organisation has the power to influence recognition. But those that lead teams — your managers — arguably wield the greatest influence. I’ve spent years training teams of all sizes, from all industries on how to incorporate employee ...
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Supplier articleResearch: The Effect of Peer-to-Peer Recognition
How effective is peer-to-peer internal recognition? Can external recognition from customers or clients be beneficial? A research paper from Harvard Business School titled “Seeking to Belong: How the Words of Internal and External Beneficiaries Influence Performance” examined just that. Here we’ll look into what the research found and how companies ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Inspired Villages to launch recognition programme for 220 staff
EXCLUSIVE: Luxury retirement village organisation Inspired Villages is set to launch a recognition programme on 22 April 2019 for its 220 UK staff, to help embed and bring to life the business’ five new values.The new recognition programme, provided by Reward Gateway, will offer both top-down and peer-to-peer instant rewards ...
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ArticleGovernment recommends cap on executives’ total remuneration
The Business, Energy and Industry Strategy (BEIS) Committee has recommended that employers’ remuneration committees should set, publish and explain an absolute cap on executives’ annual total remuneration, in order to encourage fairer pay practices.In its Executive rewards: Paying for success report, published on 26 March 2019, the BEIS Committee states ...
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Supplier articleWhy do 1/3 of employees feel undervalued? Clue: it’s about reward and recognition
A recent survey of 1,000 employees across UK businesses employing more than 500 people, conducted by CENSUSWIDE on behalf of Xexec, revealed that over a third of employees feel undervalued. It’s a stark indication that big businesses have a long way to go when it comes to making employees feel ...