All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 89
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Success deserves to be celebrated
One of the things I love most about my role – and there are many – is judging the Employee Benefits Awards each year. One of the reasons I became a journalist is that I’m intrinsically curious and the whole judging process presents a real insight into what employers are ...
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Red Letter Days For Business launch world-exclusive £7,500 reward
Incentive and reward experts, Red Letter Days For Business, know how important it is to recognise employees for a job well done and the company has stepped its rewards up a notch this month by launching the Hypercar Holy Trinity 200mph Challenge – a world-exclusive supercar experience in partnership with ...
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ArticleSporting life is a rich repository of lessons
The political unrest in Brazil is currently overshadowing preparations for this year’s Olympic games for many. Yet, when the curtain rises on the opening ceremony, eyes around the world will be on Rio to support and cheer on their national teams.As the competition gets underway, spectators could take away much ...
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OpinionEmma Hart: Sport teaches motivation and teamwork
As children, we are encouraged to take part in physical activities, through which we learn motivation, determination and teamwork among a wide range of other positive skills. Parents are not always trying to create the next Chris Hoy or Steve Redgrave, but rather trying to encourage us to learn from ...
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OpinionKatherine Bond: Rewards derive from good performance
The worlds of high-performance sport and business are both obsessed with results, and there is often great reward that comes with producing great results.For the Olympic athlete, the potential reward of an Olympic medal is a huge motivator and gives some interesting insights into human motivation and rewards.Potential Olympians choose ...
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AnalysisWhat lessons can reward professionals learn from sport?
Need to know:Transferrable lessons from sports professionals can help shape benefits strategies.In some instances, motivational benefits can be as significant as pay when it comes to engaging and retaining employees.Workplace healthcare programmes inspired by the sporting world can boost productivity and motivation.The 2016 Olympics kick off in Rio de Janeiro, ...
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ArticleEmployee engagement is fundamental to a wide range of organisational objectives
Strong employee engagement is the lynchpin for numerous organisational objectives.An engaged workforce is known to be more productive, demonstrate higher levels of performance and, often, its members act as ambassadors for their employer. Organisations that have achieved a successful engagement strategy have invariably noticed links between employee engagement, customer satisfaction ...
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ArticleHow can holidays form part of a staff motivation strategy?
In January 2016, travel firm the Group Company rewarded its 32 members of staff with a three-day trip to Barbados to celebrate the organisation’s 10th anniversary. The five-star, all-inclusive break aimed to recognise the part that employees played in the firm’s growth trajectory.Helen Bilton, founder of the Group Company, said: ...
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Case StudiesAsda moves to segment motivation
Retail-chain Asda currently has a one-size-fits-all motivation strategy for its 175,000 employees, but it is hoping to offer more diverse options in the future.It uses its annual employee engagement survey, Your Voice, to find out more about what its employees want and need in terms of benefits and motivation. In ...
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Case StudiesUKTV works together to motivate employees
Television broadcaster UKTV operates according to its philosophy of working together to create a better organisation and in line with its set of values: create, learn, influence, challenge and collaborate.Keeping its 279 employees highly engaged has been vital to the organisation’s success, and its incentive and recognition schemes have helped ...
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AnalysisInfographic: What will motivate employees in 2016?
An infographic looking at what will motivate employees in 2016 (Source: Red Letter Days for Business' Employee motivation: who came out on top in 2015 report, published in January 2016).Read more in Can a one-size-fits-all motivation strategy work?
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18-24 year olds not rewarded at work
Almost half of 18-24 year olds have not received a reward from there employer in the past 12 months.42% of 18-24 year olds did not receive a reward in 2015, making them one of the least rewarded age groups in the UK25-34 year olds were the most rewarded age group ...
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AnalysisCan a one-size-fits-all motivation strategy work?
Need to know:A one-size-fits-all approach to employee motivation can be successful as long as it includes an element of choice for staff.Involving employees and garnering their opinions on a motivation strategy can keep it relevant to the organisation.Many parties within an organisation can take a role in helping to motivate ...
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Article42% of under-25s are not rewarded by their employer
More than two-fifths (42%) of employee respondents aged 18-24 did not receive a reward from their employer in 2015, according to research by Red Letter Days for Business.Its The rewards report, which surveyed 2,006 British employees, also found that almost half (48%) of respondents aged 55 and over did not ...
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ArticleAdmiral CEO gifts £1,000 to employees
Henry Engelhardt, chief executive officer (CEO) at Admiral, and his wife, Diane Engelhardt, are personally gifting between £500 and £1,000 to each member of the organisation's 8,300-strong global workforce.Engelhardt, who is retiring in May, is offering the gift as a gesture of thanks for employees’ hard work during his 25-year ...
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ArticlePorsche awards €8,911 bonus to staff
Porsche AG is awarding employees a €8,911 (£6,952) bonus in recognition of their role in helping the organisation achieve positive results for 2015.The bonus will be paid to around 15,600 members of staff who are employed under the firm’s collective pay agreement.The 2015 bonus will be adapted according to employees’ ...
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Put employees to the test with new SAS-style team building
Ant Middleton, star of Channel 4’s hit SAS show Who Dares Wins, is using his Special Forces skills to motivate, bond teams, and help people achieve goals by taking his coaching skills to the workplace with an SAS style package.Incentive and reward experts, Red Letter Days for Business, has partnered ...
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ArticleIntu awards £10,000 prize through employee recognition scheme
Retail property management and development organisation Intu has rewarded its employees for their achievements through its national employee recognition scheme.The organisation, which employs 2,500 members of staff, held the first award ceremony for its Win Your Dream scheme on 3 March, when the national winner received the gift of their ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Visualsoft treats staff on Employee Appreciation Day
EXCLUSIVE: Web development organisation Visualsoft has given its 200 members of staff a token of thanks to mark Employee Appreciation Day today (4 March).The organisation treated each of its employees to a cupcake to celebrate the occasion. It conducted an early morning desk drop so that staff would receive the ...
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ArticleAdmiral Group rewards employees with free shares
Admiral Group has given each of it 8,000 employees £3,600-worth of free shares through its employee share scheme.The motor insurance firm rewarded its staff with the free shares after achieving a record profit before tax of £377 million in 2015, 6% higher than in 2014.The employee share scheme has been ...