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What is my company culture? And how on earth do I manage it?
It’s a commonly held misbelief that company culture is just a bunch of motivational adjectives (brave, creative, innovative *delete as appropriate) graffitied on the walls of funky/industrial looking offices with pool tables, Nespresso machines and beers on a Thursday...
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Succession Planning For SMEs: Managing Promotions Without Starting An Internal War
Within SMEs, career development opportunities can seem few and far between. And within a small team, their impact can be huge. Here are our top tips on how to go about promoting from within - whilst keeping your team intact. Succession Plan For All Roles Take it from...
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Mission Impossible? Getting Performance Right In An SME
Whilst the everyday discussion of performance does not (to most I hope) harbour potential disasters of such epic proportions as the explosions common to any one of the Mission Impossible series of films, confidence and success in this area for many businesses can seem...
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How to Inspire Loyalty Like a Bodyguard
You may have noticed that over the past few weeks, the nation has been gripped by ‘Bodyguard’ fever: the television series most watched on the BBC all year, which has been the topic of numerous ‘water cooler’ conversations at work. Centred around the ongoing threat...
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Employee Wellbeing: What’s All The Fuss About?
If you’re anything like me, you don’t have to scroll far down your LinkedIn news feed to stumble across a blog, article or company talking about employee wellbeing. It’s become the buzzword ‘de jour’ and my usually cynical self can’t help but feel rather excited about...
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The Bad HR Habits Of Good Bosses – How Many Are YOU Guilty Of?
Even the most well-meaning of leaders can fall into habitual behaviours that can have a negative impact on their people. It's the same as eating or drinking too much, it's only when things spiral out of control that you realise you've got a problem. Here are some of...
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HR Surgery: What Should I Be Doing As a Startup Every Month For HR?
Time flies when you’re running your own business. One minute it’s January and you’re hiring your first few team members, telling yourself you’ll align their progress with the rest of the business, and then the next, you find it’s Summer already and all your good...
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How To Create A Vision Your Team Can Really Get Behind
A vision will outline your destination to all those who touch your business: your team, your customers and your investors. The poster boy for creating a vision is Steve Jobs (of course). And for good reason. According to researcher Carmine Gallo, there’s no question...
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Childcare Vouchers: What’s Going On??
You could be mistaken for thinking that the current Childcare Voucher scheme has now closed (after all we have been talking about it since 2017 now....) however it has now been extended for new members by another 6 months following a Commons debate, with a revised...
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HR Futures: Engagement With A Fractional Workforce
Fractional: [adjective] Relating to only a part of something; Extremely small or insignificant The fractional workforce is a phrase new to many. But not for long I suspect. A term used to loosely describe those who provide work to one or more businesses, it includes...
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