One Mistake Too Many Companies Make When Thinking About Employee Incentives
In a results-driven marketplace, it’s easy to lose sight of the forest for the trees. Many companies tend to think of employee incentives as rewards for superior work, but they’re called incentives for a reason. An incentive isn’t just provided to reward an overachiever. It’s provided to show other employees what’s possible. But if you’re […]
March 23, 2019
Lessons from Companies That Got Employee Engagement Right
The terrible truth is that 2/3rds of the workforce is disengaged. Whether for reasons of dissatisfaction with the work itself, compensation or for personal reasons, that’s an alarming figure. And in 2016, Gallup studied the phenomenon, revealing a strong connection between poor engagement and performance on the team level. That’s a productivity issue and one […]
March 14, 2019
2019 Business Travel Trends: CFOs Look to More People-first Policies
2019 promises to be a banner year for business travel. The globe is shrinking. Moreinternational non-stop flights and the spirit of commercial adventurism are growing trends. Optimism is the name of the game right now, with companies poised to expand abroad to try their fortunes in other markets. Let’s review some 2019 business travel trends. […]
February 28, 2019
How to Keep Your Business Travelers from Stressing Out (and Going Rogue) on the Road
Most business travelers enjoy taking to the friendly skies to get out there and do the important business placed in their hands. They’re moving their careers forward while seeing new places, new faces and new horizons. But the same travelers are often faced with rigid policies around travel which prevent them from optimizing their travel […]
February 26, 2019
Incorporating Luxury Merchandise into Incentive Trips
Incentive trips which recognize the contributions of your teams are an excellent tool for fortifying engagement, rewarding superior performance and for retaining your brightest and best. There’s no question that they work, while rendering exceptional Return on Investment. But your incentive program and the trips it offers deserving employees gets even better when you get […]
February 21, 2019
Blurring the Lines of Consumer and Business Travel
Business travel can be a blur of builder’s beige hotel room walls featuring bad art and flight connections so tight they squeak. But it’s increasingly the case that companies are addressing the current reality – that business travelers want and expect the same ease of booking and travel experience they do when they’re travelling as […]
February 18, 2019
Building Employee Teamwork with Travel Incentives
Teams are what it’s all about, when you need to get things accomplished. When your employees engage with each other as they engage with their work, a special kind of alchemy occurs. Building employee teamwork with travel incentives isn’t alchemy, though. It’s just good planning, good strategy and an experienced partner, like Incentive Travel Group! […]
January 26, 2019
Providing Sales Incentives in 2019
People have always dreamed of seeing the world. We still do! That’s why travel incentives are such potent motivators. But the way people want to see the world has changed, as more of us are able to get on a plane and jet off to explore parts unknown. Today’s travelers desire experiences. They want the […]
January 20, 2019
Boosting Retention Rates with Incentive Travel
Employee retention is a bigger problem than it’s ever been. With Millennials firmly ensconced in the working world, many companies are finding that keeping them onboard is a hard slog. Millennials seek flexibility, upward mobility and the ability to work remotely. These are some of the top priorities of this cohort. And when they’re not […]
January 15, 2019
