No-one likes having difficult work conversations – but as a manager, it’s inevitable that at some point an issue will arise that has to be addressed. It may be that an employee’s performance has been consistently under par, a project […]
With every business looking for effective ways to retain their best staff and attract the brightest talent, pulse surveys have proven a simple yet vital method of collecting targeted employee feedback. The best thing about them is that they are […]
What’s been distracting you today? The relentless ping of emails arriving in your inbox? A constantly-ringing telephone? Or maybe working from home has made it difficult to separate your work and non-work life? Research carried out by Totaljobs found that […]
When your appraisals, reviews or check-ins roll around, how are they received across your business? Are employees happy and excited at the thought of discussing their performance? Or does the thought of an appraisal fill them with dread? If it’s […]
With all our attention focused on the continued effects of the COVID pandemic, a different kind of epidemic has also been seemingly sweeping the world of work – an epidemic of employee demotivation. Results of a recent Gallup poll found […]
If the latest research is to be believed, companies are still struggling with two of the most fundamental people management issues – keeping employee absence under control and employee performance management. The latest data from the ONS shows that employee […]
As employers increasingly feel more confident about their business prospects* post-lockdown, many organisations have upped their recruitment efforts. But instead of spending arduous amounts of time and resources on external hiring, identifying and growing your talent internally may be the […]
No one likes having to give an employee difficult feedback – especially with all the challenges thrown everyone’s way this year – but eventually, you’ll reach a point when issues just can’t be ignored. If performance has dipped, serious mistakes […]
I’m really looking forward to the next round of performance reviews – said no manager, ever. Endless form filling and the task of fitting appraisal meetings into an already packed diary can make performance management feel like a real chore. […]
For many organisations, when the workplace had to quickly adapt to cope with COVID-19, they didn’t expect to still be managing those challenges come performance review time. Yet, as November looms, that’s exactly what businesses are facing – performance management […]
