Understanding religious festivals and holidays
The dates for some religious festivals and holidays change every year. As a business leader, how diverse is your workplace when it comes to religion and are you understanding of all faiths?
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Supporting a multi-generational workforce
We are now facing a multi-generational workforce with four generations of employees in the same workforce. Managing and motivating multiple generations creates a unique set of challenges for business leaders. How can you ensure that you are engaging all off your workforce?
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2023
In February 2020 we ran a blog “Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace: Should we do more than just talk?” and as this week is Mental Health Awareness week, (15-21 May 2023), we thought it is a good opportunity to focus on this important issue again. The week is being coordinated by the Mental Health Foundation and the theme this year is “Anxiety”. Their aim is to provide a better understanding of anxiety and share ideas on how we can help ourselves and others for whom it has become a problem. All over the country events will be held connecting members of the community to talk about mental wellbeing.
With Mental Health Awareness Week gaining good media coverage, the drive to shed the stigma and the importance of discussing mental health at work has continued to grow. So why is this such an important topic in the workplace?
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Downloading people policies online and outdated policies
Do you need to put people policies in place or perhaps the ones you currently have need a review and update? No doubt you have picked up a lot of valuable business advice online, but before you go ahead and download your policies, exercise a little bit of caution. After all, would you always trust medical or financial advice given on the internet? Your people policies have the power to make or destroy your business.
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Managing bank holidays
For stressed out workers bank holidays are a highlight, for an employer it can be a source of stress. Employees are likely to want time off in quick succession to stretch a long weekend into a week’s break. With the responsibility spread across a handful of people, SMEs can find losing just one person during this time, feels like losing a core part of the business. How can you ensure that the succession of bank holidays don’t disrupt the running of your business?
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The gig economy
The gig economy is thriving. With platforms like Uber and Freelancer growing the digital economy they are challenging existing business. Recent debates around the protection of gig economy workers have seen tribunals ruling in favour of the worker rather than the employer. There is a concern that this regulation will lead to changing the principle of the gig economy and threatens its innovation, freedom and flexibility.
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The candidate experience
The recruitment process is vital to the success of any business in finding new talent. Too often it is approached as a corporate process and not viewed from the candidate’s perspective. It is an opportunity for the candidate to evaluate the company and gain an insight into the company’s culture. It is the company’s opportunity to effectively recruit the top talent out there and increase their brand strength and referrals. Creating a good candidate experience is essential and not a complex task, read on for how you can improve the candidate's experience when you are recruiting.
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What can go wrong in a performance review?
Performance reviews are important tools for managers, they can boost performance and productivity and are key for talent retention and a positive working culture. These are all vital for the overall growth and productivity of an organisation. There are common mistakes and pitfalls to avoid when conducting reviews, if you don’t they can go very wrong leaving an employee disgruntled and disengaged. Read on for how to avoid these pitfalls in a performance review.
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What does the triggering of article 50 mean for your business?
This week we will see the momentous triggering of article 50, it will be one of the most complicated negotiations of political history. But what exactly does it mean for your business? Read on for areas that could see change and could have an impact on your business.
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How to have a constructive conversation about pay
As a manager and leader, you will face having challenging conversations with your employees. One of the most emotive conversations is around pay and people are likely to become defensive. When having a conversation with a member of staff about their pay, you will need to be able to manage emotions and manage the exchange to make it a constructive conversation. If you get it wrong you may find the employee goes absent, becomes disengaged and their performance suffers, or they may even resign. This blog gives advice on how to have a constructive conversation about pay.
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