Chandler tech company takes employees cruising
Arizona-based Able Information Technologies bused a group of more than 100 employees to Los Angeles, from where they sailed on a cruise ship to Mexico.
How To Retain Your Best Rent To Own Employees
As globalism and the proliferation of technology relentlessly level the playing field, it's safe to say that the men and women who work for you are everything.
Employee recognition gettings its due
The Boston Globe reports that companies are switching gears to focus on catching their employees doing things right.
A nicer office can boost morale
New research from Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital reinforces the idea that a person's physical environment impacts his or her mood at work.
Australian business embraces 'reward and recognition' culture
The Queensland Business Review reports that a skills shortage in Australia is propelling businesses there toward cultural change with more flexible workplaces.
Money is not everything, intangibles are vital
An article in India's leading business daily, Business Standard, lists four factors besides compensation that determine how committed workers are in their jobs.
A Trained IT Staff Is A Happy and Competitive One
On the IT Jungle, a business IT professor argues that IT managers should foster learning opportunities for their staffs.
Ideas to Help Employees To Provide Good Service
The restaurant business offers a glimpse into how companies juggle rewards and reprimands to motivate employees.
Timing Is Everything: Learning to Say "Good Job"
Outside training or providing greater resources can help frontline leaders stymied about how to implement rewards.
Measuring success with employees this Labor Day
Management consultant Terry Corbell cites several studies in arguing that effective worker-recognition programs can alleviate profit concerns and low morale.
How to Handle a Boss Who Takes Credit for Your Work
Lacking recognition for a job well done? Use these tips from The Wall Street Journal's Career Journal to tilt the spotlight back on you.
Heroic Reward and Recognition Tool for Workplace
The Recognition Management Institute recommends "Psychology of the Hero Soul" as a helpful resource for companies to use in their Reward and Recognition programs.
Incentives for Workers Combine Cash and Fun
A Wyoming bank is experiencing reduced turnover and improved morale by letting its employees play Las Vegas-style games.
Workforce Shortage: Retaining Knowledge and Expertise
An Industry Week article says it's time for manufacturers to offer choices to senior employees or risk losing years of knowledge and expertise.
What is so difficult about saying thank you?
A business columnist at the Houston Chronicle says that when it comes to recognition, bosses should do it frequently, do it simply and do it on a timely basis.
Retooling Time Off to Prevent Burnout, Reward Performance
Some companies give time off as a reward for good performance. Find out why.
Holiday Bonuses: Tradition of the Past?
Why an increasing number of employees recieve pay-for-performance rewards.
Bank
of America Ties Bonuses to Overall Success, Not Individual Achievement
According to this Workforce Management article, Bank of America's
new bonus program is a departure from conventional rewards in that they
are not based on individual performance.
Recognizing
the Unsung Heroes
Personalized messages of appreciation are just one way Keyspan Corp. CEO
Bob Catell has helped instill loyalty among his workers.
What
Are Your Employees' New Year's Resolutions?
The holidays tend to be a time to reflect on the past and plan for the future.
So be warned, your employees are reflecting and planning, and now is the
time to pay attention to keeping and reaping top talent.
High
Impact for Low-Wage Workers
Some companies have decided their low-wage employees don't have to be disposable.
They use such incentives as performance bonuses, child care or educational
opportunities to increase loyalty and save on hiring and retention.
A
Reward Money Can't Buy
Procter & Gamble gave employees two extra vacations days as a reward
for outstanding stock performance. It's a model that other companies can
follow.
Gifts
That Gall
The reward program that your company thought was so fabulous could instead
turn out to be a swamp of ill will, malice, sabotage, fraud and even litigation.
Happiness
Pays
PaeTec Communications is fiercely dedicated to two things: worker contentment
and inexorable growth.
Clever
Companies Turn Thoughts to Keeping Workers
As the economy heats up, employers are again thinking of retention strategies.