What is your ideal office? An environment where you’re free to create and work with minimal supervision or a micromanaged space with constant instructions? How about casual attire and subsidised gym memberships? The ideal office is different for everyone, but […]
Two contrasting posts on my LinkedIn feed this week highlighted the importance of making sure that departing employees leave your business on a positive note. One was from an employee who was chuffed to bits that a senior executive had […]
Worrying news this week in the shape of a survey from Unit4 which suggests employees in the UK are wasting almost a third of the working year on repetitive, administrative tasks. This kind of unproductive working is costing companies dearly […]
HR are often the first to notice when a manager is struggling with their role. There’s an unusually high turnover of staff in their team. Absence levels in the department are going through the roof. Project deadlines are slipping and […]
Look up from your desk for a moment and survey the people and the atmosphere around you. Are employees happy and smiling? Getting on with their work, but finding time to exchange pleasantries or enjoy the odd joke with colleagues? […]
A new survey out this week from Canada Life has added to the weight of research showing that older employees face a lack of support and ingrained negative attitudes at work. According to a report in HR Magazine, of the […]
HR guru Dave Ulrich has been stirring things up again – this time with a new book that suggests HR people should be questioning where they are focusing their time and efforts. If you’re an HR practitioner, ask yourself the […]
Google the phrase “people leave managers, not companies” and you’ll find plenty of research that flags up the vital link between employees’ performance and engagement and the relationships they have with their managers. Some line managers seem to instinctively “get” […]
HR have long recognised the value of effective team work but identifying the elements that knit disparate people together to form an effective unit has often proved elusive. A landmark study by Partners in Leadership suggests that the key issue is accountability, but that the business world is in the midst of an accountability crisis, which […]
Dealing with an employee whose performance isn’t up to scratch is a challenge most managers will have to face at some point in their career. Thankfully, very few resort to the rather extreme action taken by one boss in East […]
