It’s good to talk… Are you happy with the way your team works together, or are there people who you find frustrating? Do you feel you can be completely honest with your colleagues or are there so many things left unsaid that you have a major communication problem?
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Why HR Should Not Report to Finance A finance team’s job is to contain costs and drive income and profit. So the crucial starter question is: Are your people a bottom line cost, a revenue stream, or something more than both of these? Can they be treated like any other machine in your business, run
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The Hazards of Scaling Up Your Business (and How to Avoid Them) Imagine this: the co-founder of a multi-million-dollar HR management software company with almost 500 employees likes to micromanage to the point he and not the HR department has sole approval over employee benefits. Likewise, when any of those hundreds of employees requests time
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Modelling fast-paced success: stoke the engine of your business with Strategic HR Do you have a strong leadership team and staff who are happy, engaged and working to the best of their ability? Are your people in the right jobs that suit their strengths, and is everyone in the business committed to seeing it
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Peak-GDPR is here: The latest Legal, Marketing and IT developments on the change The clock is ticking for UK businesses to become GDPR-compliant, with the legislation coming into force in May 2018. The consequences of failing to adhere to the new rules are considerable: businesses of all sizes face fines of €20m or 4%
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Building a portfolio career ‘Portfolio career’ is a phrase that is gaining traction and popularity, but its meaning is often still a little murky. Defined as having several part-time jobs at once, rather than one full time role, it has the potential to be very flexible, varied and immensely satisfying. So why aren’t more
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Well, I’m sure it’s not really us and I’m positive it’s not a sexual harassment claim, an increase in sickness or a Christmas party that everyone is talking about for the wrong reasons! With Christmas fast approaching and everyone getting into the party spirit it is important to remember as an employer you can end
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GDPR Essentials – the impact on IT, Marketing and Legal for your business GDPR – the EU General Data Protection Regulation – is among the biggest legislative changes to hit UK businesses in years. Organisations that fail to adhere to the new rules face fines of €20m or 4% of their global turnover. And
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How to keep your star players I’ve spent over two decades now observing the comings and goings of ‘star players’ in a diverse range of environments from big bureaucratic public sector bodies to boutique high tech SME’s. I’ve pulled together my purely anecdotal list of the most prominent reasons why your star players choose to
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Why bother with succession planning? As the founder and CEO of People Puzzles it has been a real privilege to take six months off work completely with my new baby, a luxury many business owners couldn’t afford. I’m just a month into a further three months of only working two days per week. Year to
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