Alison Godding, Employee Engagement On Monday, the ‘Go Live’ phase of  Engage for Success - the movement that believes there is a better way to work - will be well under way. The work of hundreds of people will be shared with the rest of the community and the wider world through events, media coverage and the new website.   Some might call it...
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Steve Baker, Recognition & Incentives A bit like ‘being grateful for whatever Aunty got you for your birthday’, is having a choice of awards in a recognition or incentive programme important? And if it is, who should define what the choices are, the agency, the client or the participant? Is there a science behind ‘choice’? I’m not sure...
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Paul Bartlett, Employee Engagement Reward professionals are placing a higher priority on communications, according to the results of " The Evolving Compensation Function ", a WorldatWork study released this week.  Nearly half of the 656 surveyed respondents said they plan to focus more effectively on communicating the value of total rewards to employees, and...
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Steve Baker, Recognition & Incentives Two of the most frequent questions I get asked by clients when they are considering implementing a recognition or incentive programme are: 1. How often should I give out awards? 2. How long should the programme run for? A study conducted by the International Society of Performance Improvement shows that “if selected,...
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Four of the Grass Roots Games Makers, Bryony, Cindy, Rozmin and Tim Francis Goss, Employee Engagement The recent recognition for London 2012’s Games Makers has been well-deserved, and many are citing this amazing volunteer workforce’s enthusiastic and essential contribution to the success of the Olympics as the ultimate example of engagement at work. ...
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Paul Bartlett,  Reward Did you see the WorldatWork 2012 Total Rewards Professionals' Career Census ?   It surveyed 2,300 HR professionals from around the world to identify key focus areas to move the profession forward, and create a broad view of success factors for top performers in total rewards. In terms of skills development priorities for total reward...
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Nick Wake, Marcomms One of the more amusing stories to catch my eye in the last month or so was headlined: “Kit Kat voucher angers Torbay Hospital Staff”. It concerns the decision by the powers that be at the South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to celebrate their success at the annual Health Service Journal awards, by giving each of their 4,000 workers a voucher for a Kit...
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Paul Bartlett, Reward To get maximum value and impact from our reward strategy, we all want to make sure our employees get involved.  We want them to take up benefits options, participate in programmes and appreciate the value we’re adding to their overall package. When that happens, we know we have achieved our aim of driving engagement, and being recognised...
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Cindy Withey, Corporate Social Responsibility Last month, we published our 2011 CSR report; and although it's only our fourth annual summary, the concept of corporate and social responsibility has been part of our DNA since Grass Roots was founded in 1980. Many of our staff are local, their children go to the local schools, play for the local sports clubs and visit the...
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Luke Brason, Creative Design & Build Share The short answer is "Yes". As in, "Yes, really!".  Try these principles next time you’re trying to create or solve something: Allow time ... This video says it all really about the proper importance of allowing time and how you can’t shortcut creativity: http://youtu.be/jgvx9OfZKJw   Look at things...
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