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 | The RedBalloon Corporate articles section offers a vital resource of topical and valuable information for professionals at all levels. With insightful articles that range from employee remuneration to the ecology of the modern workspace, there are always new topics of interest on offer. |
25 Aug 08Breathing Life into Rewards
Keep it simple, stupid. The KISS principle can be applied in almost every business practice. A recent program we ran for Oxygen, a leading SAP consulting specialist, is a great case study of how a simple reward program can delivery results quickly for customers and staff. Read more >>
25 Aug 08Cutting Costs...at what cost?
As we enter uncertain economic times, cost cutting is becoming the number-one boardroom discussion. Of course, efficient businesses continually look at ways to reduce overheads and increase productivity, however there are many unseen costs in cutting costs. Read more >>
26 May 08Employee Reward Points & FBT
Points have fast become a currency unto their own, with financial institutions continuing to develop increasingly sophisticated loyalty programs that offer their individual and corporate credit card users more and more opportunities to earn and redeem (or “burn”) loyalty points. Nowhere is this more exemplified than in the corporate credit card arena. Read more >>
26 May 08Employees Are The New Customers
We have learned to be customer focused by asking “How do our customers experience the brand?” Now the question of the times is “How do our employees experience the brand?” Businesses are feeling the pinch of the current economic climate, with the nation to experience the lowest consumer and business confidence levels in a decade. Decisions on investments, and specifically any activities not perceived to be revenue generating tend to be the first to be cancelled. Read more >>
29 Apr 08Employee Engagement Through Uncertainty
What many businesses fail to recognise is that continued investment in people may be precisely what they need in order to maintain their business advantage during these uncertain times, particularly when a ‘War on Talent’ is simultaneously being waged. Unemployment is at an all time low, with the power clearly shifted in the employee’s favour. Given the current economic climate, people simply no longer need to stay in an environment where they do not feel they are valued or recognised. The result is an increasingly unstable workforce with a greater propensity for disengagement. Read more >>
01 Apr 08Hewitt Best Employer ANZ
Hewitt’s Best Employers ANZ Survey is the largest employee research project and market practice audit in Australia and New Zealand. It’s also something we recommend to our clients who want to draw a line in the sand from which to build or who want to benchmark themselves against other organisations. Read more >>
13 Nov 07You Inc. – Freelance Fit?
In a recent edition of the RedBalloon Corporate newsletter, we delved into the phenomenon of "Career Slashing" and explored the growing segment of workers who are choosing to live split professional lives by actively pursuing two separate career paths. Freelancing and those who choose to independently sell their skills on the open market have a lot in common with the entrepreneurial spirit that drives the likes of Career Slashers and have become another piece in the mosaic that makes up the modern workforce. Read more >>
16 Oct 07Career Slashing - Split Professional Lives
The phrase “Career Slashing” can conjure visions of recession-induced corporate downsizing and employees clearing out their desks en masse, but this latest employment buzz phrase will instead see workers gaining a desk to add to their existing one. Whether it’s the Psychologist-slash-Photographer who is a practitioner from 8am to 4pm and a commercial photographer from 5pm to 9pm or the police officer/actor, walking the beat during the day and treading the boards at night, there is an expanding segment of the workforce splitting their careers down the middle. Read more >>
19 Sep 07The Secret To Winning The Employee Engagement Battle
In today’s workplace, a high performance culture requires high maintenance, and people issues are at the top of most HR and CEO to-do lists. Read more >>
24 Aug 07Social Networking Sites: Friend or Foe of Employee Engagement?
It is widely believed that Facebook could be responsible for a loss of $5 billion to businesses, as productive work hours turn into time spent updating profiles and connecting with friends and colleagues across the globe. In many companies across Australia and New Zealand, Facebook is fast being added to the list of sites on the ‘banned’ list, joining MSN Messenger, MySpace, YouTube and Second Life, which are also considered addictive, distracting and a drain on productivity. Read more >>
