Recognition
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Brighter Ideas
To cook up greater creativity, organizations ought to update their approach to collaboration, compensation and culture.
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An Empty Stocking for Garbage Workers
Consumer Reports has released its annual survey on holiday tipping, and, again, garbage collectors rank at the bottom as the least-tipped service-provider.
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Kinder and Gentler: The New Path to Reducing Employee Turnover
Auto dealers are moving toward a more flexible, more enjoyable, less rule-restricted workplace—in hopes of keeping staffs content and motivated enough to stay on the job.
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Report: People Management Propels Profits
A technology firm and a supermarket chain are among companies that validate a recent report that found that proper management techniques push companies from good to great.
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Happy Holiday: More Executives Are Taking Vacation
Completely unplugging from the office is still a challenge, although about 50 percent of CFOs in a recent survey said they didn't check in while checked out.
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Etching Out a Creative Culture
To connect with its employees and improve engagement, DreamWorks introduced initiatives that range from paying for the personalization of workspaces to sending daily updates from the CEO.
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New Push for Employee Recognition May Have Broader Implications
Two new surveys point toward executives realizing that the random gift card, or company watch and pin for years of service, do little to motivate behavior.
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The Golden Egg of Incentive Pay Policies Is an Elusive Bird
Even with the best-designed programs, companies face challenges in making incentive and merit-pay programs effective in today's economy.
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Compensation Plan Helps Insurance Firm Cash In
The practices can be time-consuming and arduous to implement, but the time taken to focus on talent management has paid off in ConnectiCare's overall success, an executive says.
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Successful Wellness Programs Hinge on Emotional Well-Being
A recent study notes that companies should pursue the development of a workplace culture where employees are supported for their health and well-being.
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For 401(k) Advisers, Time to Shelve Old Retirement Dogmas
Plan participation, investment options are not always true measures of a plan's performance.
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Prepaid Gift Cards Offer the Benefit of Found Money
To reward their workers, nearly half of HR executives are using prepaid gift or credit cards as part of incentive programs and wellness initiatives.
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Today's Workforce—Pressed and Stressed
While politicians and pundits fret about unemployment and underemployment rates, growing numbers of employees are under pressure to do more. The resulting “work-more economy” threatens not just workers' sanity but companies' long-term success.
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Preventing Employee Burnout: Customized Solutions
Employers are demanding more while employees are engaging less, but there is one way to keep your best workers from checking out completely—recognizing who they are and rewarding them accordingly
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EAPs: First Responders in a ‘Work-More Economy’
Employee assistance providers say they continue to see a continued spike in employee calls for help in coping with added work pressures.
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Worker ‘Gas Tanks’ Close to Empty
Scholars say employees have a reservoir of physical and psychological resources for fueling their work contributions—and those tanks are running low.
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Companies Pushing Workers Over the Limit
Like Charlie Chaplin's character in the comedy Modern Times about an assembly-line worker who loses it after tightening one bolt too many, HR consultant Art Quinn says that when employees are pushed to their limits, the workplace can be a dehumanizing place.
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Perhaps Your Workers Are Entitled to New Titles
A promotion can do a lot to make up for the longer hours and extra duties that many workers have wrestled with in the past couple of years. But firms often fail to see where employees who are learning on the job might fit into new roles.
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Effective Talent Assessment Starts (and Ends) With Leadership
A bad hiring decision can cost a company more than 1.5 times the mis-hire's salary, depending on the level of the role. With the right assessment, businesses can avoid this cost.
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Avoid Culture Shock When Rewarding International Employees
When properly executed, employee recognition programs and rewards can go a long way in inspiring employees, especially during difficult economic times.
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Top Performers Look for a Little Love Outside of Pay
Rewarding employees goes beyond pay and benefits, especially in a tight economy where pay raises are still averaging 3 percent.
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Pay 'Philosophy' Could Prompt Workers to Stay
'Organizations should focus on communicating how their philosophies were developed and continuously benchmark their scores on pay satisfaction to remain competitive,' says Ashley Nuese, director of marketing and sales services at Chicago-based HR Solutions.
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Employers Turn to Creative Strategies to Reward Employees
As salaries slowly stabilize, employers are still seeking creative methods for rewarding employees. Noncash compensation and variable pay programs are on the rise and may be part of a new model for attracting and retaining employees.
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Ad Firm Turns to Twitter for Intern Applications
The shop moved the application process onto Twitter to demonstrate that it’s thinking about the marketing world through a digital and social media lens, the agency said.
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Post-Recession Incentives Kudos vs. Cash
In the book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us , author Daniel H. Pink asserts that financial rewards motivate people only when tasks are routine.
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A Cure for the 'Been There, Done That' Syndrome
Children's Hospital of Orange County in California rolls out another in a long line of initiatives to change employee culture. Will persistence pay off this time around?
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On Recognition, Multinationals Think Globally
Companies with operations scattered around the world believe centralized reward plans reach more people and their value can be assessed more easily. Multinationals also reap financial benefits from a global approach, says one executive.
