Category: Performance Management
How to use your reward strategy to support good performance
Cathryn Edmondson | 22 December 2022
Performance Management | Reward Strategy | Performance | Reward
Every client we have is likely to want some kind of high performance culture, but where some fall down is by not making it clear enough what high performance means. For some it leans towards performance outcomes and specified KPI’s, for others around driving workers’ skill development and competency levels. It is very difficult to properly align your reward to support performance, whatever it is, without first knowing what this means to your organisation, and then getting real clarity around the purpose of each aspect of your reward suite.
How responsible reward practices are shaping performance and incentive strategies
09 September 2020
Performance Management | Reward Strategy | Performance | Responsible Reward
Changes in the design of incentive plans, with the inclusion of more diverse measures in the form of ESG metrics can demonstrate a focus on long term sustainability. Justine Woolf looks at how HR can make responsible reward work for their business.
Get ahead of Pay Review in 2020
07 January 2020
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Bonus | Performance Related Pay | Pay & Reward | Performance Management | Pay trends | Pay Review
Happy New Year! Kickstart 2020 with Justine Woolf's handy guide to Pay Review, Performance Review and Bonus Review.
Employee Experience: Maintaining Peak Performance in the Modern Workforce
20 August 2019
Performance Management | Performance | Employee Experience
As we focus on maintaining peak performance in the modern world, it is important to remember that lens we are looking through is that of employee experience. How do we enhance our day to day work experiences, using the insights we can generate often through data, to help us get better return on investment and boost our experience at work?
How HR can fix the UK's productivity problem
16 January 2018
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Performance Related Pay | Reward Intelligence | Analytics | Performance Management | HR software | HR Technology | Recognition | Reward Strategy | Performance | Productivity | Reward
The UK struggles with productivity compared to the rest of the G7. In this week's blog, Sarah Lardner explains why HR needs to be leading the fightback - and how to go about it.
5 ways to start your Reward year right – Part II
09 January 2018
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Bonus | Gender Pay Gap | Pay & Reward | Performance Management | New Year | Pay Review | Performance | Reward
This week, it's Part II of our plan to kickstart your Reward Year - we're covering the familiar headache of Pay Review, Performance Review and Bonus Review.
The New World: How to Link Evolution in Performance Management to Pay Decisions
12 December 2017
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Performance Related Pay | Reward Intelligence | Pay & Reward | Measuring pay | Employee engagement | Employee communications | Engagement | Analytics | Gen Y | Performance Management | Pay Progression
This week, Deborah Rees-Frost looks at addressing changes in Performance Management approaches and how they can cause problems in rewarding Talent. How can we retain the best from the new world of open discussion between employee and manager and yet develop a workable link to pay decisions?
Engaging a multi-generational workforce using benefits | Part II – Communication
31 October 2017
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Performance Related Pay | Pay Fairness | Motivation | Pay & Reward | Benefits intelligence | Employee engagement | Employee communications | Engagement | Performance Management | Communications | Performance | Reward
Mark Macoun follows up on his multi-generational benefits blog with a look at communication strategy. When it comes to telling your employees about their new benefits package, how do you make sure you're all speaking the same language?
Big data & pay benchmarking - what do they have in common?
18 July 2017
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Reward Intelligence | Pay & Reward | Performance Management | Communications | Organisational Design | Performance | Reward
Big data is big news. In this blog, Sarah Lardner explores how HR can harness the power of big data in pay benchmarking to gain ongoing value and insight to help make better informed decisions around pay...
Another look at steps to shape high impact sales improvement
08 June 2017
Bonus | Performance Related Pay | Pay Fairness | Pay & Reward | Benefits intelligence | Employee engagement | Employee communications | Engagement | Performance Management | Sales Bonus | Culture | Pay Progression | Recognition | Performance | Productivity | Reward
While talking to clients this week about how to improve sales when teams are feeling pressured and overwhelmed, it reminded me of a blog which continues to be relevant. Read more...
Performance appraisals – that’s so passé!
11 December 2013
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Reward Strategy & Audit | Performance Management
Is it the end of the annual performance and reward cycle? Justine Woolf, Director and Senior Consultant looks at the brave new world of performance management and how pay and reward is changing to meet the needs of today's workforce ...
