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If you’re out of your depth with a tricky HR issue at work, whether it’s a grievance, performance issue, disciplinary matter, change to T&Cs or just working out what you are going to do tomorrow when furlough is no longer an option, get some advice on your options. Most Tribunal Claims could have been avoided […]

Managing people can feel like a relaxing game of chess on a Sunday afternoon or a crazy paintball shoot out in the woods, in the dark, with paint all over your visor! You have no idea what your strategy is but you’re going for it anyway! Are you equipped to play the game of Employopoly? […]

Are you telling yourself that you are not a good manager? What are you basing that on? Is it ‘false evidence appearing real (FEAR)’? How are you overcompensating for this feeling? Are you trying too hard to be liked by your employees and therefore tolerating behaviours that make your blood boil? Are you feeling like […]

When the going gets tough …the tough get going. And if you sang that, “hello” my people! Billy Ocean will be in your head for the rest of the day! What do you do when things are tough at work? Do you hide? Delegate? Or do you lean into the issue and work your way […]

Did this sentence give you nightmares after watching Crimewatch?!  It sometimes made me sleep with one eye open!  Fear is a very powerful thing and is often the reason why we avoid action: “What if I get it wrong?” “What if I make it worse? Maybe if I ignore it, the issue will just go […]

After several long months the guidance that, if they can, people should work from home will finally come to an end along with other restrictions with effect from 19th July. A number of employers have already confirmed that they require staff to return to the office over the coming weeks, although the number of days […]

Having our people “happy, healthy and here” will have a positive effect on them as individuals, on our colleagues and customers, and on the business as a whole.  A happy and healthy employee is more likely to be engaged in the Company’s purpose and values, which means that this will be reflected in their performance […]

Our Forward-Thinking Career Consultant Penny explains all. As we start to emerge from the pandemic, more people are going to experience redundancy as organisations fight for survival. Fortunately we’ve seen a compassionate response from the business community where many organisations are doing all they can to support their employees as they move back onto the […]

  Why is it that you can hear the same message over and over again and ignore it, until the penny drops?!  I’ve spent 22 years searching for the answer to how I can be a better version of myself. I’ve read half of the self-help books that I have bought (and beaten myself up […]

When our business is under threat, we feel under threat and our natural emotional regulation systems kick in. For some of us, we go into overdrive and create an impossible list of tasks or conditions which we think will make us feel safe again. Others may go into hiding and avoid dealing with the issues […]