Self-Management: a vision of the future part one – introduced the idea of self-managed teams explaining what they are and how they work. In part two we explore the idea working in practice, and how you would move from traditional hierarchical structures to self-management.
Read MoreThe idea of self-managed teams might sound attractive to business leaders who feel over-burdened with decision-making. However, they may also wonder how the idea can work in practice. How do you stop teams descending into chaos without someone in charge? And how do you move from traditional hierarchical structures to self-management?
Read MoreBrexit: who knows where we’ll end up?! Most SMEs are still not prepared – are you?
Read MoreCheck the direction your business is heading by asking yourself these 10 key questions to help unlock your People Strategy.
Read More“Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.” – Richard Branson
Anyone who’s ever caught a Virgin train might baulk at the suggestion, but there’s a lot of truth in Branson’s statement. Employees’ determine the success of a business day to day. They also contribute hugely to the value of a business when it comes to selling it.
Read MoreScott Glacken and Kate Martin of Taylor Vinters look at some of the changes and trends in employment law that all employers need to know.
Read MoreYou might think of HR and marketing as separate business functions with limited crossover. However, at People Puzzles we work closely with one of our sister businesses The Marketing Centre and we agree that HR and Marketing are very much dependent on each other, particularly in a growing businesses.
Read MoreConflict is usually a much-dreaded scenario in the workplace and something that many people avoid at all costs. However, fear of conflict can be a problem in itself – so much so that it is described as one of the five workplace ‘dysfunctions’ by leadership guru Patrick Lencioni in his bestselling book, ‘Five dysfunctions of a team’.
‘Conflict is a fact of life’, says People Puzzles HR Director Jude Owens. ‘When you interact with people, at some point it is inevitable.’ Jude believes that while conflict is often perceived as negative, it can be a driver for positive change. ‘I sometimes call it productive challenge,’ she says. ‘Sometimes all you are doing is challenging.’
Read MoreIf you’re looking at ways to fire up your sales and commercial teams and encourage them to think more about the psychology behind a successful sale, then a workshop centred around the EverythingDiSC Sales tool could be a great way to get them to analyse their current approach to selling. It is this analysis that offers your sales teams a greater insight into their own selling style.
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Experience is not necessary as full training will be given on all of our communication channels including LinkedIn, Social Media and SEO/PPC. A CIM Level 4 award is also being provided as part of our offering.
In return you must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be educated to A level standard or equivalent and of course love learning about new ideas and technologies to support business development and marketing.
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