Leadership Skills and Management 
Turning your employees into a well-gelled team is not an overnight job. It takes time, patience and a lot of effort to get people working as one. But nobody said it was impossible. If you find your organisation is made up of individuals who only speak to each other when they need to, and barely…
The importance of finding the ‘Right fit’ emphasizes the value soft skills bring to the workforce. Technical skills are important – people need to be able to, or be trained to, be technically able. But even as we face an increased skills shortage, employers increasingly recognise the value of soft-skills. These attributes are easily transferable…
When an employee lands their dream job how important is it to exceed their expectations as an employer? Employees can have grand expectations when starting a new job, and it’s important to manage these by setting employees up for long term success. With these four simple tips, your employees will be more engaged and motivated…
How you can help your team stay motivated during quiet times Both the lead up to Christmas and the summer holiday period can cause slow periods in the workplace. When the pace slows it is easy for the team to take their foot off the gas and just cruise. And once your team is cruising…
With one in six individuals in the UK experiencing a common mental health problem in any given week, and over 15 million work days lost to work-related stress, anxiety or depression last year, it’s clear that workplaces need to do all they can to support the mental health of all their employees. Experiencing mental illness…
If you’ve got nothing good to say, should you say nothing at all? What do you do if you’re asked for a reference for an employee that you can’t honestly recommend? While many might breathe a sigh of relief that a not so brilliant employee is leaving it’s possible that they may want a…
Bullying in the workplace is a tricky situation to deal with. Here we help you with what you need to know and how to prevent any unwanted legal disputes.
Most workers really don’t leave for money but managers like to hear it’s the money, because that shifts the blame for losing employees away from themselves.
Our economy is becoming ever more reliant on technology. Whatever job you do there is very little that is not impacted in some way by IT, whether it’s the way your organisation does business or the manner in which you complete your tasks.
Since 30 June 2014, all UK employees – no longer just parents and carers – have the right to request flexible working.
Whistleblowing policies are being accepted across both the private and public sectors as an essential element of risk management that can be used in tackling fraud and crime.
The main responsibility of corporations used to be the generation of profits at any cost. Even today, there is zero point in a business behaving responsibly if, in so-doing, it puts itself out of business or generates less profit. That’s why corporate social responsibility aims to contribute to profit, rather than being a net cost.
There are plenty of reasons for downsizing, and it’s still happening – but how do you get it right for your organisation? Whatever the company size or profile, there are valuable insights and steps to consider when approaching this matter.
There’s great potential in the market that is often overlooked because of the reluctance to have a strctured internship programme in place. Learn how to avoid this and attract quality candidates.
A study entitled “Sustainable Organisation Performance Through HR in SMEs” has been undertaken specifically to address this oversight and begins by identifying four key stages that most SMEs find themselves in.