by Tricia | Mar 23, 2020 | Management, Employee Engagement, Blog
New ways of working are being forced on many of us, but they can lead to a more motivated and inspired team and a better business. No matter what industry you’re in, or the size of your business, leading effective meetings is often a difficult tasks in the best of...
by Tricia | Mar 23, 2020 | Management, Mental Health, Blog, Employee Information, News
It’s a difficult time for sure. Remote working (sometimes with kids at home) is a new experience and a new challenge for many. Some of us have lived through national crises before and it will pass. In the mean-time we need to ensure our businesses survive during...
by Tricia | Mar 22, 2020 | Management, Blog, General
The Coronavirus situation is evolving daily. Travel restrictions, changing guidelines and organisations’ policies are in flux, and because of these, there are three major influencers on recruitment decisions • International travel. • Domestic travel. • Meetings of...
by Tricia | Mar 3, 2020 | Management, Blog, Trends
With thanks to Darren Sherbourne, Employment Solicitor at Sherbourne Solicitors – current advice regarding employer’s liability and obligations relating to issues arising as a result of the spread of Coronavirus. First of all, we should put this in perspective....
by Tricia | Feb 24, 2020 | Management, Mental Health, Employee Engagement, Blog, General
The sad story that hit the headlines regarding Caroline Flack once again put mental health in the spotlight as more celebrities, sports people and business leaders open up about their own challenges. Mental health issues of course don’t just affect those people we...
by Tricia | Feb 24, 2020 | Management, Employee Engagement, Finding the perfect candidate, General, Job Seekers
The UK’s unemployment rate has remained at 3.8% – its joint lowest level since early 1975, according to official figures. New figures, released by the Office for National Statistics, reveal UK unemployment fell by 16,000 to 1.29m in the three months to December and...
by Tricia | Feb 24, 2020 | Management, Blog, Employee Information, General, Trends
Any business that has depended on recruiting from overseas should make sure that they familiarise themselves with the governments new immigration points-based system. The Home Secretary has announced that a new scheme will take effect from January 2021 that will...
by Tricia | Feb 12, 2020 | Management, Employee Engagement, Blog
I’ve asked over 600 groups of managers from all around the world about their personal experience of good management. In these groups activities I always made it clear I wasn’t looking for ‘text book’ responses about leadership and that I wanted real personal...
by Tricia | Jan 24, 2020 | Management, CV, Blog, General, How to stand out
A recent national news item outlined the story of a senior manager who received a suspended jail sentence because he lied on his CV. He falsely claimed to have a University Degree (which as it happened was not even required for the post) and the Judge in summing up...
by Tricia | Dec 11, 2019 | Management, Blog
You’ve come to the conclusion that you can’t manage the growth of your business without some help. You’ve been putting off the question of how to hire your first employee and have been trying to juggle all the demands of a small business on your own for too...
by Tricia | Oct 24, 2019 | Management, Employee Engagement, Blog, General
Do we have another HR buzzword? Is Employee Experience just another phrase for Employee Engagement? If not, what exactly is it? Employee Engagement has been on the agenda of forward looking organisations for a number of years. Managers across all sectors and sizes of...
by Tricia | Oct 24, 2019 | Management, Blog, Finding the perfect candidate, General
Harvard Business Review recently revealed a review of 81 studies that investigated the link between an employee’s prior work experience and their performance in a new organisation. The HBR study found no significant correlation. Even when people had completed tasks,...
