5 reasons we should all care about company core values
A week post cataract surgery a patient unexpectedly received a card from the practice with this handwritten note inside. “We understand you are paying for your treatment yourself. We have a huge...
View ArticleThe top 7 dos and don’ts of employee benefits programs {Slideshare}
Arbitrarily throwing benefits in the direction of employees and hoping something will stick is an approach taken by many organisations. But despite the significant investment, their employees still...
View ArticleThis is why you need to capture your employees’ hearts and minds
Contrary to common belief, job satisfaction and employee engagement aren’t the same thing. In fact, satisfaction in a role is the precursor to being engaged. It refers to how employees respond when...
View Article10 things leading employers do for happier employees {Slideshare}
There are many well-known and documented benefits to having a happy workforce, including higher levels of engagement and lower rates of attrition. Employees that find joy in what they do are...
View ArticleAttracting and retaining talent with employee benefits {infographic}
It can cost up to 5x an annual salary to replace a departing employee, but the reasons people leave may be different than we think. The assumption is they’re going in the pursuit of more money, but...
View ArticleThe importance of communicating employee benefits {infographic}
You can offer your employees the world’s greatest perks – but if they don’t know what they are or where to find them – you’ll only ever be half way there. The launch and ongoing success of an employee...
View ArticleThe secret to duplicating your best employees {Slideshare}
There’s no question that the most engaged, productive and loyal employees are the ones that every organisation wants, and needs more of. According to Leadership IQ research, 72% of employees polled...
View ArticleThis is how you give all your current (and future) employees what they want
How do you compete as a business if you’re recruiting for highly skilled talent, but can only offer to pay market value? And how do you ensure your current employees stay put when wages are the single...
View Article‘Why hasn’t he called me back?’ Recruitment and dating are surprisingly similar
“Should I call him now or wait a few hours? Maybe I’ll call him tomorrow; I don’t want to seem too keen. Oh my gosh, what if he’s seeing other people?!” Although I’ve pretty much said the exact same...
View ArticleEmployee Benefits – Taking the ‘Holy Moly this shopping centre is busy’ out...
Last weekend I found myself in a shopping centre. On a Saturday afternoon in December. As I shuffled bewildered through the frantically packed mall, people bumping into me, children screaming, Mariah...
View ArticleThe rise and rise of reward and recognition
If one word can define Reward and Recognition in the year 2014, it would be uncertainty. Ongoing economic caution is having an impact on how employers handle Reward and Recognition. However, as new...
View Article4 reasons employee benefits should be a top priority in 2015
Offering an employee benefits solution that delivers no real value is as useful as taking a significant amount of your business’ money and setting it a light. There are obvious differences between the...
View ArticleAre you offering this year’s 5 hottest employee benefits?
Although your sunglasses tan may not have faded and you’re still finding pine needles from your Christmas tree all over the house, 2015 is here and most of us are back to work. Now more than ever it’s...
View ArticleEmployee Benefits – Have you got the right strategy?
In Australia, there is still a considerable gap between organisations that do employee benefits effectively and those that offer their employees little beyond salary and superannuation. Today, creating...
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View ArticleThis is why your employee benefits must have mass appeal
“And do you have any questions for us?” This is a sentence that all HR professionals know well. They utter it at the end of every interview and wait for the candidate to reply by asking in varying...
View ArticleAre you offering this year’s 5 hottest employee benefits?
Although your sunglasses tan may not have faded and you’re still finding pine needles from your Christmas tree all over the house, 2015 is here and most of us are back to work. Now more than ever it’s...
View ArticleCould these employee benefits signal the beginning of a workplace revolution?
Traditionalists beware. A number of leaders in employee engagement are rewriting the rule book. And if the latest innovations catch on, work-life balance as we know it could become almost...
View Article5 ways an employee engagement specialist practises what it preaches
Imagine if Richard Branson was afraid to fly. If Jamie Oliver binged on junk food weekly. If the Pope wasn’t Catholic. Not only would these be sensational headlines, they’d impact my perception of the...
View Article7 tips to successfully engaging Generation Z in the workplace
I’m sorry. I’m sorry if you feel you’ve already reached your quota of generational engagement challenges in your workplace. Especially as Millennials, seemingly in the blink of an eye, have gone from...
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