E-reward has commissioned international Excel for Reward guru Dianne Auld to design, develop and deliver a virtual training programme comprising two diplomas and seven short masterclasses focused and tailored so that we cover all of the essential Excel skills that are relevant to the needs of compensation & benefits professionals.
The diplomas, offer you the opportunity to enhance your learning as you progress from Level 1, a foundational diploma, to Level 2, the expert level.
Plus a series of seven Excel for Reward Masterclasses for those who want to immediately elevate their skills:
- Excel Power Query
- Grading Maps
- Using regression Analysis and Dynamic Arrays
- Transforming Reward Data with Macros
- Excel Dashboards
- Incentive Modelling
- Developing a Pay Range Zone Calculator
Elan Computing is one of the largest information technology and telecommunications recruitment companies in the world. Its current annual turnover is £500 million. Elan believed that its benefits package was a generous part of an approach to total reward which stresses investment in people, recognition, the quality of life and fair and competitive reward.
However, staff opinion was different. They simply did not understand or appreciate the benefits available to them and consequently take up was low. These issues came up at the organisation's annual staff conference and in the yearly people survey. There was a general view that employees wanted more benefits, but that was mostly because they were not sure what they had at the time.
In making changes, Elan's ultimate aim was to get better value from its benefits spend in terms of recruitment, retention and employee satisfaction. The company was also keen to reduce the administrative burden of running the benefits scheme and wanted to ensure that the appropriate management information was available to support and develop its reward strategy. Elan decided to rebrand the existing benefit package and deliver it differently.
The company wanted the new arrangements to be accessible and flexible, so an online system that employees could access whenever it suited them was chosen. These decisions have significantly improved take up and satisfaction and further changes are being planned to increase flexibility.