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From talented Individuals to extraordinary teams

No doubt you have gone out of your way to hire talent: from experienced heads to eager learners and everyone in between. Every individual in our business then has to fit into our hierarchy, be it the Senior Leadership Team, a cross functional project team or our juniors, out there running the engine of the business. How do we make those teams extraordinary? Do we even try? If we did try, would it work, and would it even make a difference?

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Contamac Client Testimonial

Listen to our client Contamac discuss why they chose to work with Gill Banham from People Puzzles and the benefits of having a fully embedded long term part time HR Director.

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How should you deliver negative feedback?

Giving negative feedback can be a daunting experience. Jude Owens, HR Director at People Puzzles, gives some tips on how best to approach it and how to get the best result in this months free download.

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Gonzalez Byass Client Testimonial

Listen to our client Gonzalez Byass discuss why they chose to work with Morag Woodliffe from People Puzzles and the benefits of having a fully embedded long term part time HR Director.

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The challenges for HR strategy of being a multi-site organisation

As businesses grow, it’s natural to acquire different sites – you might open a regional office, create a production facility out of town with more floor space and cheaper rent than your current offices. Or perhaps more commonly, you’ll acquire a smaller business with its own staff and premises. This blog by Andrea Richardson discusses the challenges for your HR strategy of being a multi-site organisation and the challenges for HR strategy of being a multi-site organisation.

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Five benefits of walking the ‘shop floor’

‘Walking the shop floor’ is a term where the business owner or manager – or the leadership team in larger organisations – spends time in the business talking to those working at the coal face. In a factory, this would be the production line; in an IT firm it would be the developers; in a courier company it would be the drivers. Many managers and MDs find that doing a regular shop floor walk has multiple benefits.

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How to avoid a CRM car crash

Any CEO knows that customer information is a very valuable asset. And how you manage customer relationships is vital. So of course you need to implement systems to help you standardise and manage this… But countless CRM projects fail, systems are mis-used, under-used, or never used at all.

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