Category: Recognition
GUEST BLOG: Employee Appreciation Day: Appreciate employees all year round with reward and recognition
Motivation | Recognition | Reward | Employee Experience
4th March is Employee Appreciation Day – a great opportunity to say an extra “thank you” and make your staff feel valued.
It's not always about the money: how to motivate your staff with non-cash rewards
Pay & Reward | Employee engagement | Recognition | Reward | Employee Experience
While financial motivation can certainly attract key talent to your organisation, it will not always keep it. Emer Bucukoglu suggests ways in which you can use non-monetary rewards to attract, motivate and retain staff, and improve your company's bottom line along the way.
Keeping employee recognition at the forefront in an ever-changing world
Employee engagement | Recognition | Employee Experience
There is much research out there that demonstrates the clear link between recognition and engagement, and, ultimately, increased productivity and profit levels. With this in mind, Alastair's has pulled together his top tips for recognition during these uncertain times.
Keeping morale high with remote recognition
Long Term Incentives | Motivation | Recognition | Covid-19
Simple recognition is often the best. Every time we run focus groups on the subject, the thing people want to most is a simple thank you – they just want to be acknowledged. Whilst we run round like headless chickens, reacting to the latest need this pandemic creates, take a moment to say thank you to those around you – it goes further than you think.
Paying for performance in the not-for-profit sector: Part 2
HR Reward | Pay Transparency | Bonus | Performance Related Pay | Reward Intelligence | Employee communications | Pay trends | Recognition
This week Justine Woolf presents Part 2 of her How-To on performance-based pay in the not-for-profit sector. She looks at how to decide if it's right for your organisation and if so, how to make it a success.
Planning for the Other Side
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Bonus | Performance Related Pay | Pay & Reward | Communications | Salary survey | Recognition | Reward Strategy | Pay benchmarking | Pay Review | Covid-19
Senior Reward Consultant Emer Bucukoglu explains why now is the time to take a considered approach to reward, review your current reward strategy and policies and explore smarter, more agile reward solutions.
Download our Responsible Reward guide
CEO Pay Ratios | Corporate Governance | Pay Transparency | Reward Consultancy | Pay Fairness | Equal Pay | Gender Pay | Measuring pay | Employee engagement | Pay trends | Communications | Business Ethics | HR Ethics | National Living Wage | BAME reporting | Recognition | Pension
Our aim in producing this guide is to share knowledge around what responsible reward means today and bring it to life with practical examples which you may want to explore at your organisation.
If budgets are squeezed how do you get the most from your pay budget? Part 1 of 3
Bonus | Pay & Reward | National Living Wage | Pay Structure | Recognition | Reward Strategy
Other elements of the total reward package come into starker focus when pay budgets are tight, and across this three-part insights series we will look at how employers can leverage bonus, benefits and culture to make the most of their pay budgets, with part one focusing on creative peer-to-peer and crowdsourced bonus solutions.
The targeted approach to strategy
HR Reward | Pay Transparency | Reward Consultancy | Pay & Reward | Good data | Employee engagement | Employee communications | Analytics | Communications | HR Technology | PayLab | Recognition | Reward Strategy | Pay Review
Have you started setting targets for this year's reward strategy? For many HRD’s & Reward professionals, it's hard to find time to go above and beyond the day job whilst keeping an eye on long term goals. Justine Woolf explains why awareness and preparation are key to managing the ebb and flow of long or short term strategic planning.
Using reward to enhance company culture
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Motivation | Employee engagement | Business Ethics | Culture | Total reward | Pay Structure | Recognition | Reward Strategy | Job evaluation
At a time of record levels of job-switching, how do you keep employees on-board? One answer is to focus on something money can’t buy. Here's some ideas on how to reinforce your company culture through good reward policies and practice.
How to create a high-value bonus scheme
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Bonus | Performance Related Pay | Motivation | Pay & Reward | Measuring pay | Employee engagement | Employee communications | Analytics | Communications | Recognition | Reward Strategy | Performance | Reward
Designing and implementing a new bonus scheme is a big commitment - how can you make sure it's working as hard as possible? Sarah Lardner takes you through some key considerations.
Baby steps to solving the Gender Pay Gap
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Performance Related Pay | Pay Fairness | Gender Pay | Gender Pay Gap | Gender Pay Reporting | Pay & Reward | Women in leadership | Pay Progression | Recognition | Reward
How to close the Gender Pay Gap? It's a complex question, but Innecto's James Bigus has one suggestion - make your workplace family-friendly and encourage parents to 'share the load' on childcare.