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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Steve Baker, Recognition & Incentives Share Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave over the last few weeks, you can hardly fail to have been aware of the ongoing debates regarding bonus payments. While discussions may have been clouded by emotions fuelled by the current economic climate, they do raise some interesting questions of when and how bonus payments should be made and...
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Alison Godding, Employee Engagement Share I was delighted to be invited to the Best Companies award dinner last week, where Grass Roots was placed at 56 in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For.  It was a great opportunity to spend time with colleagues from across the business, and wonderful to see a number of our clients being recognised as top employers...
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Barbara Bezani, Prepaid Cards Share One of our part-time employees stopped me in my travels the other day, to say how useful she was finding her new prepaid VISA card.  “It’s made such a difference,” she told me. I asked her what she meant, and was not entirely surprised to find that the real benefit – to her – was having a set amount loaded onto the card direct from her...
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Francis Goss, Reward Bad weather, financial austerity, and failed resolutions...  winter can be tough.  For employers, this can mean reduced productivity and employee engagement, too - not good news for business prosperity.  So here are some easy-to-action tips to get the year off to a stronger start, and brighten the engagement outlook for January and beyond in your...
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Ian Luxford, Learning From Ian's recent article in Training Journal. Some years ago, after attending one of my weekly language classes at the City Lit, (a Central London adult education institute with a great heritage), I shared dinner with a language tutor who had very clear views about the application of e-learning in his own field. “You will never,”...
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Paul Bartlett, Reward I recently came across an article that declared that employers would face 'incredibly complicated' calculations from January, when the VAT element of the tax changes (announced back in July) will come into effect. Really? True, the changes may make the VAT element of any savings harder to realise, but existing schemes have been protected...
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Francis Goss, Reward Employee engagement relies on a clear line of sight running throughout the organisation, transmitting its vision and purpose clearly and accurately in an unbroken line - from top to bottom, board room to shop floor and all points in between.  Great stuff. But somewhere in the path of that transmission sits the line...
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Steve Baker, Recognition & Incentives For some employers, Christmas is an appropriate time to say "Thank you" and to launch plans for the new year.  For others, the festive period is a key trading time and incentives can be a cost-effective way of engaging and focusing staff on maximising sales. Whatever your reasons for seasonal recognition and reward,...
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