On my birthday, I am thinking about the value of a well chosen gift over cash. It's the same at work - a great non-cash award trumps cash!
Publications and press coverage
Michael Rose writes and speaks on Reward and HR issues. His first book, Recognising Performance, was published in 2001 by the CIPD. His second book A Guide to Non-cash Reward was published by Kogan Page in February 2011.
Here are some examples of articles he has had published as well as some press coverage and speaking engagements.
All links are either Adobe Acrobat PDF files or links to off-site pages.
Publications
What HR can learn from Marketing? (Employee Benefits, August 2007)
Talking point (People Management, 19 September 2007)
Benefits analysis can be very revealing (Employee Benefits, July 2009)
Thought leaders 2010: Communication must maximise reward (Employee Benefits, March 2010)
Using non-cash reward: recognition, incentives and reward (Developing HR Strategy, January, 2011)
A Guide to Non-Cash Reward (Kogan Page, February 2011)
Aligning reward and talent management to achieve organisational success (Croner, Wolters Kluwer, Dec 2011) ![]()
Press coverage
Building the case for flex (Employee Benefits, February 2004)
Meet the new VP; Michael Rose appointed CIPD Vice President (People Management, 26 October 2006)
Aon switches from trust-based pension plan to GPP (Employee Benefits, August 2008)
FSA code won't prevent further rewards for failure (CIPD news and blogs, March 2009)
Total reward in today’s workplace (Employee Benefits, September 2009)
Employee Benefits Awards 2009: Compensation and benefits professional of the year (June 2009)
Big bonuses: A just reward? (Edge Online, January 2011)
Non-Cash Reward (You and Yours, BBC Radio 4, February 2011)
Media Spotlight – A guide to non-cash reward (Mortgagestrategy.co.uk, 2 May 2011)
E-reward.co.uk – A Guide to Non-cash Reward (Free registration required, 10 May 2011) ![]()
A Guide to Non-Cash Reward reviewed (Rideau: Recognizing People. Inspiring Greatness blog, 22 August 2011)
CIPD: In a nutshell – Review of A Guide to Non-cash Reward (Membership required, September 2011) ![]()
The incredible shrinking share (Financial Director, October 2011)
Creative non-cash rewards ‘drive key staff behaviours’ (People Management, November 2011)
Talent, Reward and the Equality Act (Askgrapevine.com, December 2011)
Recognition programmes (The Good Life For All, December 2011)
A non-cash award as an enduring memory (HRmagazine.co.uk, January 2012)
Olympics can kick-start new benefits (Employee Benefits Magazine, January 2012) ![]()
Hit the right reward note (Sunday Times, 25 March 2012)
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Editor of Employee Benefits, Debi O’Donovan, presents the award for the
Compensation and benefits professional of the year to Michael Rose, with host Rhod Gilbert


