The Lodge Court Blog

Read our tips, advice and insight on the most talked about HR topics, including Employee Communications, Training & Coaching and Change Management.

The awareness days your business should celebrate and how to do it

Ian

6 days ago
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.

The link between Financial wellbeing and employee performance

Ian

Jun 23
3 min

The link between Financial wellbeing and employee performance

Recent research has found that poor financial wellbeing has a detrimental effect on work performance. Here's how you can act.

Ian

Jun 13
4 min

Does Remote Working work for everyone?

Remote working has benefits and drawbacks for employees as well as employers so what's the best option for your business?

Burnout in HR – how to spot the warning signs and keep your wellbeing in check

Ian

May 4
4 min

Burnout in HR – how to spot the warning signs and keep your wellbeing in check

98% of HR pros feel they're suffering from burnout. Here's what to do before it hits you too.

Time to check in on your employees’ mental health

Ian

Apr 8
4 min

Time to check in on your employees’ mental health

We are well into 2022 now, and the easter holidays are upon us. Over two years since the Covid-19 pandemic began and lockdowns were put...

Marking National Careers Week – how employers can do their bit today, tomorrow and for years to come

Ian

Feb 28
5 min

Marking National Careers Week – how employers can do their bit today, tomorrow and for years to come

The annual National Careers Week, which runs in 2022 on 7th-12th Feb, was created as a celebration of careers guidance in education...

What to do when the cost of living has gone up but your wage bill cannot

Ian

Feb 23
3 min

What to do when the cost of living has gone up but your wage bill cannot

The cost of living is to increase significantly this year in the UK, leaving households very concerned about how they'll make ends meet....

How your managers can cultivate Emotional Intelligence to become more effective leaders

Ian

Jan 10
4 min

How your managers can cultivate Emotional Intelligence to become more effective leaders

Modern businesses rightfully value critical thinking, resilience and innovation, but many forget a pillar of all strong relationships: EI.

The world of work has changed. It’s time to rebuild your support network.

Ian

Oct 26, 2021
4 min

The world of work has changed. It’s time to rebuild your support network.

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every role in the country. For the office-based, their roles became a juggle with childcare or...

How to get new starters up to speed as quickly as possible

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...

A new company culture: how to establish one, and why you need to

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...

Creating high performing teams in a pandemic

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...

What social ticks has the pandemic given you? Learning to communicate again

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...

It’s time for another census (of your business)

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 8, 2021
4 min

Objective Setting in 2021

Shock horror. Your team didn’t meet all of their objectives last year. Who would have thought would be possible?! In fact, after the home...

Is your workforce about to become T. W. and T.s and what can you do about it?

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...

When your staff cannot Stay Home and Stay Safe

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

Support Remote Working

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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