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Staff incentive ideas that actually motivate your team
July 17, 2026
Practical staff incentive ideas from low-cost to bigger, what makes an incentive work, and what quietly backfires. Built for HR and People teams.
Staff incentive ideas that actually motivate your team
July 17, 2026
Practical staff incentive ideas from low-cost to bigger, what makes an incentive work, and what quietly backfires. Built for HR and People teams.
Employee recognition examples: what good recognition actually looks like
July 16, 2026
Seven employee recognition examples, each with a scenario and a sample message you can lift and make your own. Plain, human wording your team will actually use.
Employee engagement ideas that actually work in 2026
July 15, 2026
Employee engagement ideas that actually move the needle, grouped by what they really do: recognition, good managers, autonomy, growth, connection and wellbeing.
A breakup letter to the office whip-round
July 14, 2026
A fond farewell to the office whip-round. Why peer-to-peer recognition works better, what the research says, and how to let colleagues thank each other without anyone being left out of pocket.
What actually makes a best place to work: three companies on what worked, what flopped
July 9, 2026
Three Sunday Times Best Places to Work - Huggg, Octopus Energy and Stowe Family Law - on what actually built their culture, what flopped, and what they'd change. No vendors, no silver bullets.
How to let managers recognise people in the moment, without a sign-off chain
July 9, 2026
The thank-you that lands is the one that happens now. How to give managers a small gifting budget so they can recognise great work on the spot, while finance keeps full control.
How to keep a team feeling valued through a merger or acquisition
July 8, 2026
Mergers and acquisitions reshuffle teams and leave people feeling overlooked. A practical, light-touch way to keep your people feeling valued while the org chart is still moving.
Perkbox alternatives: what HR teams move to when the platform goes unused
July 3, 2026
Looking for a Perkbox alternative? The honest reason perks platforms go unused, what to look for instead, and a fair comparison of the options UK HR teams actually move to.
Men's Health Week 2026: small resets that actually help
June 17, 2026
Men's Health Week is a good nudge to check in on the men on your team. Here's how to do it without the tokenism, plus a small daily reset that actually sticks, featuring Scentered.