Pay, incentives and benefits make up a significant proportion of an organisation’s operating costs, so isn’t it vital to ensure these rewards contribute directly to the strategic goals of the organisation? This day will focus on ways to increase the value of your reward offering in-line with your wider business objectives.
Chaired by: Clive Wright, Mercer
09:30-10:10
Making Reward Work
Are you getting the most out of your reward strategy? This seminar will discuss the opportunities and risks of pursuing a reward strategy including:
- establishing the link between reward strategy and business goals
- using reward to support and reinforce a positive organisational culture
- balancing long-term direction and practical effectiveness.
Duncan Brown, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
10:10-11:10
Flexible Benefits
The concept of flexible benefits is not new, but finding new ways to approach it is a recurrent challenge. Hear how leading organisations are utilising flex:
- using flexible benefits to increase the perceived value of the reward package
- aligning flexible benefits to meet the needs of changing workforce demographics
- constantly injecting new life and energy into the flex offering.
Ralph Turner, Director of Benefits, ICI
Tracy Wray, National HR Operations Director, Learning and Skills Council
11:10-11:30
Coffee and networking
11:30-12:30
Reward to Engage
Examine how you can use reward to encourage committed employees who are willing to go the extra mile. This seminar will provide practical advice including ways of:
- analysing packages for the most engaging benefits
- rewarding to motivate and improve business performance
- recognising the drivers in different employee groups.
Paula McDonald, Deputy Director, (Pay and Workforce Reform), The Cabinet Office
Tim Jones, Head of Organisation Performance, Somerfield
12:30-13:00
Facilitated Round Table Discussion
This session will provide the opportunity for you to discuss the key challenges you are currently facing. Talk through problems and future objectives and compare notes with your peers. How can you better align your reward strategy with your business goals?
13:00-14:10
Networking lunch
14:10-15:10
Creating and Communicating the Reward Brand
In this seminar you will hear practical examples and ideas from leading organisations. Hear how they have clearly communicated their reward offering and successfully connected their reward brand to the employer and corporate brand.
- aligning the message with the wider organisational strategy
- deploying innovative communication methods
- achieving maximum return from your benefits spend
Mark Darby, Head of Internal Communications, Visa Europe
Tom Crawford, Head of Brand as an Employer, Deloitte
15:10-15:30
Tea and networking
15:30-16:30
Evaluating the Impact of Your Reward
How can you accurately assess the business benefits of your reward strategy? This session will provide expert guidance and practical examples of how to measure the sucess of your pay and benefits schemes including:
- setting the criteria and framework to measure against your objectives
- proving a return on investment of your employee benefits package
- using actual data to improve your reward strategy and increase the business benefits
- practical examples from a live case study
Peter Christie, UK Director of Reward, Hay Group
16:30
Close of focus day