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Top 10 Tips for Working from Home
With many businesses now encouraging or even mandating that employees work from home, millions of people can expect to have their daily routines and work styles impacted. But not everyone is accustomed to working from home. Getting into...
IR35 ‘on-hold’ for 12 months
The Government last night announced they are postponing the reforms to the off-payroll working rules, also know as IR35, from 6 April 2020 to 6 April 2021. This is in light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak and was announced among a £330bn financial...
The Digital College and Petaurum Solutions offering Accredited Online Training
We’re thrilled to bring the Digital College on board with us and to offer their accredited online training courses on our website. These courses cover a broad range of subjects and support individual learners and organisation training needs. The...
Budget 2020: Coronavirus advice for HR and SMEs
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced his 2020 Budget yesterday with a clear focus on Coronavirus and getting the country through the outbreak. One of his main focuses was on protecting employers and employees in the event of self-isolation and forced...
Champions of Gender Equality – International Women’s Day
This Sunday is International Women’s Day so we’re celebrating by looking at some of the companies in the UK who champion gender equality. The odds are stacked against women in the workplace, with the UK ranking 21st in the Global Gender Gap Index...
Protect Your Workplace and Employees from Coronavirus
With the situation changing almost by the hour, it’s important to keep abreast of the latest advice from Government and other official sources. From an employer’s perspective, here’s our latest advice: What should I be doing now? The government has...
Our Charity Challenge for The Children’s Air Ambulance
Last week, we attended the Doncaster Business Showcase event and in a spur of the moment decision, signed up for the 10TENK challenge. What is that you might ask? The challenge will see us run 10 x 10k in 12 months – or if you’re Adam, 10 days! –...
7 Tips to Stay Motivated When Working from Home
Working from home is more popular than ever, with flexible working hours and work-from-home options being two of the most important workplace benefits employees look for. The benefits of remote working include increased flexibility, no...
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Writing a Vision Statement
In our recent blog article on vision and mission statements, we gave a few examples of the excellent ones from well-known brands. We talked about the way in which they live that vision and mission in their brand. We looked at how that has a positive effect on...
Vision, Mission, Values and Culture – Does This Add Anything Meaningful to the Bottom Line?
An article in Forbes[1] last year, headed ‘The Importance of Having a Mission-Driven Company’ stated: “Employees who fall in love with their work experience higher productivity levels and engagement, and they express loyalty to the company as they remain longer,...
HR Strategy – How Do You Know It’s Working?
So far in this series we’ve written about what should go into an HR strategy and why, what HR levels of experience and expertise can help put together and implement the strategy, and the subject of implementation itself. The final subject is: How can you...
Now You Have Your Hare – Implementing the Strategy
In our recent article on how to put together a good HR Strategy, we mentioned the famous – infamous, even – quote from Mrs Beeton on how to make Jugged Hare: “First, catch your hare”. Next step, how to cook it. Or in HR terms, how do you put your strategy into action...
HR and Strategy – Levels of Input and Influence
If your business has reached the point where you think that help with your HR management and strategy is the best next step, do you know how to successfully find the right and appropriately qualified person? In some businesses, there is still a belief that HR added to...
What’s Trending in Leadership for 2020
Leadership is a hot topic at the moment. With the recent change of Prime Minister in the UK and ongoing leadership issues around the world, the style of a leader has never been a bigger discussion point. Within the world of business, the theme of Leadership has...
The Influencing Leader
The article covers the specialised Leadership Style of “Influencing Leaders” and how they can operate in bringing teams together to work more efficiently.
Creating a High Performing Team on Simple Principles
A guide on how Employers, Managers and Team Leaders can build High Performing Teams by following several simple principles set out in this article.
Everyday Leadership in an Uncertain and Changing World
This article discusses the various main types of leadership styles, their strengths, weaknesses and how they can improve and become more employee aware.
Change Management and Managing Change: Dealing with Challenging Behaviours
Change Projects can produce negative and challenging behaviour from employees, as such suitable action must be taken by management to resolve this behaviour.