With remote working now becoming commonplace, line managers must be competent at tackling poor performance from afar. Along with offering support and encouragement to their employees, they also must be ready to have difficult conversations if productivity falls below acceptable […]
The ongoing lockdown in the UK has undoubtedly increased organisations’ concerns about how long their employees will be working remotely, and how this will impact productivity. Being distant from team members, the mental toll of constant COVID-19 news coverage and […]
HR teams are facing unprecedented demands on their time. Hot on the heels of managing the first, fast adjustments to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic – moving to remote working, furloughing staff, reducing headcount – comes the need to […]
Ensuring compliance and making clever use of HR time at leading sexual health and wellbeing charity Brook has been supporting young people’s sexual health and wellbeing since 1964. At a time when unmarried women didn’t have access to contraception or […]
Paper, Excel and outdated systems – they used to be the lifeblood of organisations, with a lot of HR time spent chasing around, as many of their processes are driven by authorisation. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy for organisations to […]
Five steps to an effective Performance Improvement Plan in summary… A performance improvement plan (PIP) is a structured process that helps employees identify areas for improvement and develop strategies to enhance their performance. The key steps in creating an effective […]
LifeSearch selects Cezanne HR to deliver best practice onboarding and engagement programme LifeSearch, which has over 500 employees across offices in London, Leeds, Milton Keynes and Cape Town, South Africa, is a leading life insurance broker specialising in providing protection […]
According to analytics and advisory company Gallup, employees who have a best friend at work are seven times more likely to be engaged with their job, and feeling more connected with colleagues can boost productivity by as much as 25%. […]
The Cezanne HR team recently conducted a survey of 1,000 employees to assess the current state of UK performance management, and it’s safe to say that the findings make for an interesting read. Nearly half of the employees we polled […]
UK productivity has dropped yet again, with the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) report showing output per hour has gone down a further 0.5 per cent. Given the amount of turbulence going on in the wider political and economic […]
Being a leader ain’t what it used to be. Today’s managers are negotiating unchartered territories, with technology disrupting markets, often almost overnight, intense competition and an increasingly global work environment, complete with all the cultural and communication challenges it brings. […]
