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Enterprise Management Incentives Scheme Update

The enterprise management incentives (EMI) scheme is a tax-favoured share option scheme, designed to assist smaller and/or entrepreneurial companies to recruit, incentivise and retain employees. This is done through the offering of tax-advantaged share options in the company as an alternative to cash rewards such as bonuses. read more

 

Structuring Employee Rewards Without Using Shares

Employing people is usually the biggest cost and headache for most businesses; for companies to be successful, they need to attract, motivate, reward and retain the key individuals who will make this happen. This takes the form of reward, usually in cash, but a sense of ownership is also a huge incentive for those concerned. read more

 

Measuring Employee Performance

The success and growth of your business depends on your employees contributing effectively to your business objectives and priorities. Their contribution is a blend of achieving objectives (the ‘what’ of the job) and behaviour (the ‘how’ of the job). Both these aspects need to be based on clarity of what is expected, fair and meaningful measures, and regular feedback. read more

 

Keeping Your Staff Happy And Motivated

The difficulties in the current job market mean that your employees are less likely to move jobs in a hurry. Most businesses are still trying to keep costs at bay and it’s important to remember that your staff will be motivated by more than just money. read more

 

The Importance Of Employees Being Earnest

British businesses have faced relentless challenges over the last few years. There has been a constant stream of news about financial problems both locally and globally. In the last month alone, several large British companies have suffered serious issues, with high street giants announcing job cuts and HMV facing administration. read more

 

Know When to Hold ‘Em, Know When to Fold ‘Em

A few years into the building of blinkx, a very senior person on my team burned out right before my eyes. This person, let’s call him Dave, was (and is) a legendary contributor and one of blinkx’s best secret weapons. One night after work he sent me an email: “Urgent: can we meet early tomorrow morning? Not in the office—the Ferry Building at 8:30?” read more

 

Caring For Employees – What History May Teach Us

“In light of the lessons learned from major incidents from the early 80s onwards, most large UK organisations are aware that their role after a disaster in supporting their staff is pivotal in ensuring staff retention”… and now let’s put the text book down and go for the for the human version of that sentence… read more

 

How To Build A Stronger Team

The need for staff to pull together has never been more important as bigger workloads, tighter targets, redundancies and uncertainty take their toll on morale. read more

 

Has Performance Support Come Of Age?

The big question on everyone’s lips is: what can we expect workplace learning technologies to look like in 2013? The answer is a performance support solution. While this might not be a new answer (but rather an old answer marrying together a new technology with a new approach to business) the argument for performance support is stronger than ever. read more

 

Five Business Reasons To Invest In Developing Your People

Once a business has hired people, whether it’s as little as two or as much as two hundred, giving employees the opportunity for development is a must. Why? Put simply, developing your employees effectively helps to improve the success of your business - both the individual and the business benefit - it’s a win-win situation. read more