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History of Reward in Your Organisation

When considering potential changes to the Total Reward offering, it can be useful to have an understanding not only of current reward policies and practices within the organisation, but also of the history of Total Reward - what has been tried, what succeeded, what failed, and why.
If you have been in your organisation for a period of time, you may well know the answers to many of these questions. Otherwise, you may need to ask your manager, your predecessor (where possible) or someone who has been in the organisation for a long time, whether a manager in another department or an administrator who has worked closely with key decision-makers.

All questions should be considered against the relevant parts of the Engaged Performance® Model:

• Enabling Environment
• Future Growth/Opportunity
• Inspiration/Values
• Tangible Rewards
• Work/Life Balance

It may also be helpful to consider these questions in conjunction with those in your Current Reward offering.

These questions are not intended to be exhaustive, and may not all be relevant to your situation - look at those questions that are reasonable in the context of your organisation. However, the answers (where known) should give you a starting point to finding out what has gone before.