HR professionals hate Christmas shopping the most

HR professions hate Christmas shopping more than any other profession, according to a recent survey.

How to engage staff at Christmas

The subject of 'engagement' has certainly been rising up the corporate agenda and is set to be a key factor in performance in 2011.

New reward and recognition programme for Computacentre staff

Computacentre has launched a strategic staff reward and recognition programme for its 4,000 employees.

Flexible working is more important than money to new graduate jobseekers

Flexible working, happiness in their job and learning experiences are more important to graduates than a good salary, new research shows.

Tesco's World Cup champions aim to bring the tournament to life in its stores for staff and customers

Tesco has appointed 1,900 'World Cup champions' to kick off the celebrations and bring the tournament to life in stores.

Care UK introduces employee recognition programme

Care UK has launched an employee recognition scheme to 900 doctors, nurses and administrators.

How can you retain and engage your employees to keep them with your organisation?

Keeping employees happy when the opportunities for internal promotion are limited by the economic situation is tricky for HR directors.

Performance-related pay and the importance of recognition

I never took kindly to the idea of respecting my elders and betters. There is a fallacy in that smug paternalistic expression - because your elders aren't necessarily your betters. As it happens, I...

Capital Incentives & Motivation offers ethical employee benefits option to encourage greener behaviour

Capital Incentives & Motivation, a division of Accor Services, has launched an ethical employee benefits solution.

We'd all benefit if the spirit of Valentine's Day was adopted in our business relationships.

It's Valentine's Day this month and my thoughts have turned to love. I believe that love - or at least the way we express our love for others at this time of year - can be a model for great business...

Office environment: Music - Key to success?

The likes of Google keep their workers pepped up by piping out tunes, but opinion is divided on the benefits of playing music in the office.

Incentive plans for sales staff are failing

More than two out of five plans to incentivise sales staff do not work, new research shows.