How to… break the sickness cycle
‘Tis the season to be sniffly – if the number of people who’ve been ‘off sick’ when I’ve tried to contact them this week is anything to go by. Now of course it’s not uncommon for employees to succumb to […]
stress
Is stress an issue in your workplace? If so, please read on…
Research released by Mind this week has found that work is the most stressful factor in people’s lives. No surprises there, perhaps, in an uncertain economic climate. What was interesting to me is that it’s actually frustration with poor management that is […]
How to stop your best staff heading for the door
Hands up if you’ve had a sneaky look at a recruitment website or the jobs section of your professional press this week? If you have, you certainly weren’t alone. The first Monday in January is widely known as ‘national job […]
How to keep your managers happy
So it’s official. The honeymoon period is over after two years and its downhill all the way from then on – well if you’re a newly-appointed manager that is anyway. Research by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) has […]
How to take the pressure off and improve performance
Uncomfortable reading for employers this week in the shape of research suggesting a third of workers are in danger of ‘burning out’ due to longer hours and excessive pressure. The findings of the Towers Watson study are perhaps not that […]
Stress in the workplace: HR under pressure
I can’t help feeling it’s apt that I should be blogging about stress in the workplace on a day when the computer’s been condemned by the repair man and I’ve just had to climb into a communal bin to retrieve […]
Employees under pressure: Workplace stress is a top cause of absence
Confirmation from the CIPD, should we need it, that the UK workforce is under more pressure than ever before. Its latest research survey puts workplace stress as the top cause of long-term absence, overtaking the previous contenders (musculoskeletal disorders and acute […]
Wish you were here? What’s your HR holiday policy?
Several of my friends have been away on holiday this week – but I have to say I haven’t really missed them.