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People

Development, nmangement and training of people including HR Development and training, disciplinary, recruitment and retirement including MAP Managerial Assessment of Proficiency

Getting the Right People: Managing your workforce

on Getting the right people with the right mix of competence (skill, knowledge and experience) into your manufacturing business, is arguably one of the most difficult challenges management teams face.  Especially when you consider the fact this needs to be achieved whilst developing, sustaining and maintaining it as a valuable workforce. We often hear the debate Read More...

The First Employee or is it The Second?

on Your business has gone well and now you have too much work to do! So now, you think you need an employee to grow the business. Firstly, if you are doing everything, look at the admin tasks you can give to someone else or automate. For example, who enjoys doing the bookkeeping or procedures. There Read More...

Can The Good You Do Boost Your Business?

on It’s a wonderful thing to take time out of your busy life to help others or get involved with charity work – so why do many of us find it hard to be vocal about our good deeds? The famous British stiff upper lip often stops us from broadcasting about such activities, and yet being Read More...

Improving Team Performance

on “When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren’t the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation.”– Arsene Wenger (quote source) Providing a clear and realistic reward strategy helps all the team focus as one to achieve business and individual goals.  Pretty much all of us fall Read More...

Fit for Work, Occupational Health Scheme

on The health and wellbeing of staff should be of upmost important to all employers – they are the key to the smooth operation of your business after all. However, everyone suffers when illness strikes and long-term sickness can have a huge impact on both your employee and your company. That’s why the Government has rolled Read More...

Holiday Pay With Overtime is on The Way

on Recent cases about holiday pay have not escaped attention and the underlying issue is based on the principle that holiday pay should be paid at the employee’s “normal” rate of pay. Recent tribunal rulings confirm that “normal remuneration” must be paid during periods of holiday so that employees are not deterred from taking their annual Read More...

The Four Stages of Competence

on How many times do you drive to a destination and have little recollection of the journey? I know when I first got in a car to drive I was aware of everything I couldn’t do. Trying to release the clutch whilst depressing the accelerator seemed nigh on impossible without lurching the car forward. You could Read More...