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When employers face economic uncertainty and declining demand they are often forced to cut back on labor costs- leaving the workforce composed of an organization's most loyal and talented employees. These survivor employees are left with concerns about their job...
According to a recent World at Work survey, telework has increased from being offered by 30% of employers in 2007 to 42% in 2008. Whether you have telecommuting employees or plan on transitioning workers to telecommuting positions to take...

Employee Raises and Rewards in a Bear Economy

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Rocky economic times of late have put a damper on many organizations' plans to award raises and bonuses this upcoming holiday season. A recent Hewitt survey revealed that the average raise for salaried exempt employees is expected to be around...
Although branding in the past for incentive programs has meant many things, branding modern incentive programs has transitioned from placing logos on awards to truly making staff award program an extension of your company's overall brand and mission. There are...

Increase Employee Motivation and Productivity in 7 Days

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Many companies are gearing up for the beginning of their fourth quarter, leaving managers with last minute projects and an extra workload. We prioritize these tasks and often put off planning employee incentives or recognition awards until another, less hectic...

The Changing Faces of Staff Recognition Awards

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Part Three: How to retain and motivate Baby Boomers, Veteran Employees   For the past two weeks I have been discussing how to design an employee incentive program in order to make it appeal to various demographical groups of employees....

The Changing Faces of Staff Recognition Awards

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Part Two: Developing Incentive Programs for Millennial & Generation X Employees Last week I began a three part series on how employee demographics should play a role in developing an employee incentive program that will appeal to, and more importantly,...

The Changing Faces of Staff Recognition Awards

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Part One: How to make Employee Award Programs Appeal to all Demographics As a new generation is beginning to change the face of the corporate world, companies are dealing with the fact that there are four different generations in the...

Shifting Corporate Culture with Employee Awards

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When organizations recognize the need to change and/or solidify the culture of a workplace, no ordinary incentive or recognition program need apply. Whether you are looking to make the workplace a safer, healthier or happier place to be, the right...
A recent survey by World at Work revealed that under one third of companies are preparing for the upcoming baby boomer brain drain. Within the next ten years most baby boomers will be eligible for retirement, but before they leave,...