Posted on: 27 April 2020
The employee experience after coronavirus. Return to normal?... OR re-define “normal”?
Culture | Employee Experience | EVP | Reward | Wellbeing
Yes, I admit it. I’m a dog fan. Sadly we have no pooch to keep us company these days, but I remember fondly the days when we did – and...
Posted on: 30 March 2020
Managing pay risks during the coronavirus crisis
Economic and legal environment | Employee Experience | EVP | Performance-related pay | Reward | Wellbeing
There is no hiding from the fact that the coronavirus pandemic is impacting many aspects of work and our personal lives. With organisations focused on plans to weather this storm,...
Posted on: 28 February 2020
Employee performance and salaries – Chasing unicorns?
Employee Experience | Engagement | EVP | Performance Management | Performance-related pay | Reward
Pay drives performance. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? At the very least, it sounds all-too-familiar. If I only had a penny for every time I’ve heard this – and another one...
Posted on: 03 January 2020
Weirdos, misfits and the pay question
Employee Experience | Engagement | EVP | Public Sector | Reward
News of Dominic Cummings, senior aide to the Prime Minister, calling for "weirdos and misfits with odd skills" to work in government have raised questions over the role of pay...
Posted on: 18 December 2019
Why incentives are still relevant (but the thinking behind them is not!)
Engagement | Performance Management | Performance-related pay | Reward
At a recent client event we asked for a quick show of hands to respond to the question “Who can think of an incentive plan that worked well?” You could...
Posted on: 08 April 2019
When John F. Kennedy referred to a “New Frontier” in a speech ahead of the 1960 presidential election he was looking ahead to an era of space exploration, geopolitical turmoil...
Posted on: 23 June 2017
And so the song goes “Can’t buy me love… I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love”. Who would have thought that more than 50 years...
Posted on: 24 April 2017
A viral job post was doing the rounds recently and it got me thinking about the power of no-nonsense, plainspoken reward communications. Granted, the learnings that I picked up could well...
Posted on: 20 March 2017
Gender Pay reporting and the opportunities you may be ignoring
Culture | Employee Experience | Engagement | EVP | Gender Pay | Reward
Would you be able to talk about your experience in a country when all you have done is see (a small part of) it through a plane window? Unlikely, right? And...
