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Why Bother with HR as a Small Business?
If you were to invest in technology or machinery, you would utilise these to maximise their performance and return on investment. So, why should your people investment be any different? In your business, people will be one of you biggest monthly...
Benefits Cloud Connect
Over at our sister site, Benefits Cloud, we recognise the power of connectivity and communication throughout times of remote working and that’s why we’re now offering FREE access to our Benefits Cloud Standard Package to businesses for FOUR months....
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...
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What’s the Value in Values?
To what extent do we hold ourselves accountable for our values? A young relative of mine was recently travelling on a bus when a group of laughing schoolkids, having finished drinking from a can, screwed up the can and threw it out of the window in the path of a car...
Get Ready for the World Cup
The Rugby World Cup has just kicked off in Japan and excitement is mounting around trying to predict the likely winner. Can anyone stop the All Blacks? How will the Northern Hemisphere teams’ performance fair against their Southern Hemisphere counterparts? Who knows?...
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.