Practices

For the last decade, Sibson Consulting has focused our Rewards of Work Study around gaining an understanding of how employees feel about their work. What motivates employees? What retains them? What attracts them? These questions have represented the core of what Sibson Consulting considers the “Rewards of Work.”

A primary goal of our national studies has always been to determine what factors engage employees and how these might differ across industries, generations and employee demographics.

For 2006, Sibson Consulting has expanded our approach. Recognizing the importance of both wanting success and knowing what to do to achieve it, we’ve set out to discover how employee attitudes link to business outcomes.

The Rewards of Work (ROW) framework provides a method for measuring and improving upon these fundamental elements of engagement. Developed over the course of the past 10 years, our ROW framework finds its foundation in national research studies completed in 2000, 2003 and 2006. These studies survey a random sampling of American workers and provide a comprehensive examination of the value exchange between employees and their employers.

Goals of the 2006 study included:

• Defining and measuring "employee engagement,"
• Identifying the major reasons cited for turnover,
• Understanding industry differences,
• Identifying differences between top performers and bottom performers, and
• Further clarifying the perceived value of benefits and its place in a total compensation package.

Sibson Consulting is releasing the results of this latest study via a series of reports. Abstracts of the first five reports can be found below:

First Report of Results from Sibson's 2006 Rewards of Work Study: How Employees Gauge the Rewards of Their Work.

Second Report of Results from Sibson's 2006 Rewards of Work Study: Insights into Employee Engagement.

Third Report of Results from Sibson's 2006 Rewards of Work Study: Benefit Satisfaction, Retention and Productivity.

Fourth Report of Results from Sibson's 2006 Rewards of Work Study: Sales Force Findings: Rewards and Engagement.

Fifth Report of Results from Sibson's 2006 Rewards of Work Study: Keys to Retaining and Engaging Employees in Different Age Groups.

We can also help your organization measure itself against the results of the national study through the creation of a customizable survey tailored specifically to its workforce.

To receive the results of the 2006 ROW Study as they become available, please click here.

This series of reports will be complemented by in-depth articles appearing in our e-magazine, Perspectives. In these articles, senior Sibson Consulting experts look beyond the numbers and discuss how the results pertain to various HR, compensation and benefits issues. You can subscribe to Perspectives when you request ROW Study reports.

If you’d like a consultant to contact you regarding a customized study for your organization, please check the appropriate box on the information request form.

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