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Don’t let your motivational programmes fall flat as a pancake!

February 21, 2012 By Darren Tracey Leave a Comment

Whilst most of us will be flipping our frying pans this Pancake Day employers are also wanting to make sure that their motivation schemes have not fallen flat. With the UK gearing up for what seems to be a year jammed full of mega events, from the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee to the London Olympics, there is no doubt that the UK will be the centre of attention… which is why employers want to ensure that their motivation and recognition programmes continue to be embraced and appreciated by their workforce. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heading, Motivation Tagged With: motivation schemes, staff motivation

Stryker Strikes again with employee engagement!

January 17, 2012 By Darren Tracey Leave a Comment

With business back to normal many organisations are now keen to review their current employee engagement processes. A recent article in HR Zone titled ‘7 Guidelines for Employee Engagement: Lessons from Stryker’ revealed Gallups enterprising new case study on global medical devices company Stryker. The case study illustrated several key principles in running a successful employee engagement and recognition programme…

Vice President of the North American plant operations for Stryker Fred Lorestrani revealed that “engaged people feel good about coming to work every day” The medical supply mogul which employs over 20,000 employees stated that despite their sales increasing by 8.9% since 2009 their levels of employee engagement (which had reached 45%) was just not good enough! [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heading, Motivation Tagged With: employee engagement, employee ideas, Engagement, Motivation

Make mine a prepaid Christmas!

December 6, 2011 By Darren Tracey Leave a Comment

Despite being the most generous time of the year Christmas 2011 is seeing more and more people change the way they normally ‘deck the malls’. The financial struggle has even made Santa explore the fastest, hassle free, most valued and cost effective gifts on offer this festive season.

Recent research from American Express (Amex) revealed that an increasing number of people are changing the way they spend this Christmas, with 1 in 4 now participating in a secret Santa system both with work colleagues and with friends. Employers are recognising the importance of their festive generosity and are spending their pennies more wisely, in order to ensure their gifts are used to motivate, incentivise, reward and most importantly be valued by their workforce. [Read more...]

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Give your employees what they want, what they really really want!

October 18, 2011 By Darren Tracey 1 Comment

With the festive season approaching many employers are facing the tough decision of how to effectively reward their staff. The days when people loved receiving a carriage clock, an engraved watch, a bottle of bubbly and mince pie are long gone. They have been replaced by the cyber surfing, Facebook tagging, instant messaging and plastic fantastic loving generation. A recent article in HR Zone titled ‘Recognition & Reward Programme Design - “What We’ve Always Done” v. What Employees Want’ identified the growing trend in gift card giving within the workplace instead of the traditional and once sought after merchandise. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Motivation Tagged With: Christmas rewards, gift cards, improve productivity, merchandise, morale
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