How businesses can keep employees happy when they are putting their prices up but not their wages
In a tough economic climate, businesses may need to raise their prices, but how do you keep employees happy when wages cannot rise too?
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Ian
- Nov 7, 2022
- 5 min
How to get more out of your employees during hard times
Times are tough, but that doesn't mean that productivity can't be improved. Check out these nine tips for getting the most out of your team.
Ian
- Sep 12, 2022
- 5 min
Why your business should run an Appreciation Week at Work and how to do it
Learn how to give your employees some light relief and recognition just when they need it most.
Ian
- Aug 3, 2022
- 4 min
Reinstating and reinforcing appropriate behaviour in the workplace
Inappropriate behaviour can have a serious impact on your business. Learn how to deal with it and prevent it from happening again.
Ian
- Jul 6, 2022
- 4 min
Should WhatsApp be a business communications tool?
Learn why Whatsapp is inappropriate for employee communication and what you should do instead.
Ian
- Jun 30, 2022
- 7 min
The awareness days your business should celebrate and how to do it
There are hundreds of national, regional, and global “awareness” days that your business could mark. Learn which are the most appropriate.
Ian
- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
HR technology – just what does your business need?
The future of business is now intrinsically linked to technology. Sectors from manufacturing and logistics through to travel and retail...
Ian
- Jan 18, 2022
- 7 min
28 ways to empower your workforce
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: people drive business success. This is why one of the most important things a leader can do...
Ian
- Sep 15, 2021
- 4 min
How to get new starters up to speed as quickly as possible
We wrote last month about redundancies and offboarding for the businesses affected by the end of the furlough scheme but there are also...
Ian
- Aug 17, 2021
- 4 min
Planning redundancies? You need an offboarding programme.
In September, the Government’s furlough scheme will come to an end, and no one can be certain how many of the 11.6 million jobs that it...
Ian
- Aug 4, 2021
- 4 min
A new company culture: how to establish one, and why you need to
Almost everyone hates Mondays, but imagine how much worse it would be if you hated every day of the week. This can be the case when a...
Ian
- Jul 14, 2021
- 3 min
A happy return to the office?
The day we’ve been eagerly anticipating for over a year is nearly here – the restrictions on life are almost over. We can meet in large...
Ian
- Jun 7, 2021
- 4 min
Creating high performing teams in a pandemic
As we continue our series of articles on recruitment during a pandemic, it seemed only right to look at how to create high performing teams.
Ian
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Happiness At Work
Ask five people how they feel about returning to work at the office and you’ll get five different answers. This is because, even though...
Ian
- May 10, 2021
- 4 min
What social ticks has the pandemic given you? Learning to communicate again
For many of us, it’s been a year of video calls and while there are some advantages to these over in-person meetings, some bad habits...
Ian
- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
It’s time for another census (of your business)
We all had a duty last weekend to take part in the census to give the UK Government a better picture of the population in order to help...
Ian
- Feb 23, 2021
- 4 min
How to prevent a senior team exodus in 2021
The end of the lockdown is in sight (horray!!) but whether we have weeks or months to go, there’s one thing we can say for certain - this...
Ian
- Jan 25, 2021
- 5 min
Is your workforce about to become T. W. and T.s and what can you do about it?
Ah, now I knew that headline would get your attention and you may have thought of a way to shorten the acronym further but for the...
Ian
- Jan 11, 2021
- 4 min
When your staff cannot Stay Home and Stay Safe
The phrase I have heard a lot this week aside from “Happy New Year” and “Good bye 2020” is “Here we go again”. For many of us, we’re back...
Ian
- Oct 9, 2020
- 5 min
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with World Mental Health Awareness day on Saturday 10th October we share our top tips to help support mental health in the workplace
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