Tag Archive for Employing & managing staff

Delegating in a small business

Owning and running your own business means you get used to doing everything by yourself. But there comes a time in every business’s success story when the workload becomes too much for one pair of hands. If you’re a sole trader, or used to managing your team in a very specific way, then delegation probably
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Why businesses should consider refresher training

Typically, putting in a request for some refresher training for your staff can be seen as a possible insult. It could perhaps be perceived as suggesting to your staff that the job they’ve been doing for the last year or so simply isn’t good enough. But in the advancing worlds of industry, office and social
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The dos and don’ts of managing the millennial workforce

Millennial talent is engulfing the workforce. The Baby Boomers will know them known for being lazy, entitled and unable to grow up, but by 2020 they’re predicted to hold more than 50 per cent of jobs worldwide. The millennial mindset is deeply shaped by the climate of their emerging years; doting parents, a social media
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Choosing people over process – tomorrow’s take on performance

It’s Friday night. The city’s finest restaurant is bathed in candlelight, while a couple clinks to ten years and sips on overpriced champagne. This evening was long awaited; the prospect of some adult conversation was worth the logistical gymnastics required to get the kids babysat. One partner looks into the other’s eyes, lingers lovingly over
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How can businesses improve the mental health and wellbeing of staff?

On average, we spend about a third of our lives working, so it’s unsurprising that our jobs can have a huge impact on our health and wellbeing. But, worryingly, a fifth of workers claim that their jobs have caused them to feel anxious or stressed. Performance and effectiveness at work are largely dependent on mental
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Supporting someone with cancer in the workplace

Breast and prostate cancers are the most common cancers in the UK, which means someone is likely to work with a person affected by the disease. This Autumn, In support of breast cancer awareness month and ahead of Movember, Dr Steve Iley, Bupa UK medical director UK shares advice on supporting a colleague. According to
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How to ease the transition from education to the workplace

The number of people applying for UK university places fell by more than five per cent last year, with a rise in young people choosing alternatives such as apprenticeships and internships. Interestingly, this year has also seen a 19 per cent increase in employers choosing to take on apprentices rather than graduates. Apprenticeships and traineeships
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The consequence of illegal working for your business

It has been recently reported that many employers are unaware of their duty to check the right to work of their employees and of the consequences of illegal working in the UK. It is illegal to employ someone aged 16 or over without the right to work in the UK. The Home Office imposes a
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How an employee’s use of drugs/alcohol can impact the workplace

These days everyone is aware of the impact drugs and alcohol can have on the workplace environment and most, if not all, companies will have a strict drugs and alcohol policy in place. Societal use of drugs and alcohol has undergone a dramatic change in recent years in terms of attitude towards drink driving and
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Performance management in a 21st century business

Organisations are increasingly realising that the annual performance appraisal process no longer meets the needs of today’s agile workplace environment. Julie Lock, service development director at MHR looks at why we need to ditch annual appraisals, why they don’t work anymore, what damage they cause and offers advice and guidance on how to successfully manage
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