Why Employers Must Teach Employees About Total Rewards

Why Employers Must Teach Employees About Total Rewards

The short answer to the question is; “Businesses are losing great talent to perceived better paying competitors because employees simply don’t understand the Total Reward they are receiving.”  Let’s start with the definition of Total Rewards  You’re probably aware of ‘Total Benefits’, because you will have received a benefits statement. ‘Total Compensation’ is a phrase common to most, but ‘Total…

Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019

Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019

As we look forward to an exciting year of growth in our market in 2019, the NGA HR Leadership Team have been sharing their thoughts on the major trends across our industry. Looking back at 2018, there were so many developments in the HR and HR Tech space we couldn’t summarize them all: It was…

The rise of flexible benefits

The rise of flexible benefits

The working world has changed, and it will continue to do so as job functions evolve, new technologies are introduced and peaks and troughs in the economy each play their parts in changing the ever structure of the workforce. I’ve written before about the notion of tenure, permanency and lifetime employment being gone. So too has…

Change On A Page

Change On A Page

Summer holidays are over, everyone is back at work and you have used your vacation time to create a list of everything you would like to change once your back. Autumn is the perfect time to start creating change programs and roll out your great ideas in the organization. Have you ever used a “Plan…

Guest Post – The HR home front: Why the war for talent is dangerous and how to fight it right

Guest Post – The HR home front: Why the war for talent is dangerous and how to fight it right

I am pleased to introduce a new guest post by Colin Wong (@colinjwong). Colin is passionate about talent and a better way to work. If you like this post, check out his Wooblog. The war for talent was a mistake. Or at least this seems to be the opinion of a growing number of people…

HR is not about Technology…

HR is not about Technology…

I’ve been reading some articles that question the influx of technology into HR. The general idea is that technology dehumanizes the personal touch that HR leaders are keen to have. Somewhere along the line, we’ve become so obsessed to make HR service delivery as cost-efficient as possible that we’ve overlooked the employee experience. And that…

The Carnival of HR is coming

The Carnival of HR is coming

On February 26th I will be hosting the next Carnival of HR and I invite you to send me your latest post. The theme is “anything goes” but considering all that’s happening elsewhere I also look forward to receiving posts about “winter” or “Olympics” and maybe, if you’re in the mood, a combination of the…