Can you teach common sense to your employees?

20 / 01 / 2014

Some years ago one of my administrators booked a meeting for me in Redditch at 11.30am scheduled to last 1.5 hours and another meeting at 2pm the same day in Cambridge. When I pointed out that there was a distance on over 100 miles, mostly cross-country and even the optimistic AA Route planner gave a travel time of two hours...

Inappropriate Workplace Relationships: A job for the CIA?

17 / 01 / 2014

But while recent polls showed that one in eight French people take the view that the matter is a private affair for M Hollande and his family (and therefore a non-issue, never mind a scandal),members of the EU are taking the view that with France in the dire economic straits it is, the President should park his personal relationships...

Talent Management: In Business as in Football

15 / 01 / 2014

Even if you don’t watch football you’ll probably be aware that January is a transfer window i.e. a month for football clubs to buy or loan players to fill in gaps and booster their squads. It’s also a time when they transfer out or loan out players that they believe are redundant to the requirements. The aim is that by...

Zero Tolerance

13 / 01 / 2014

There is much talk of zero hour contracts (ZHCs) being abusive, but there are pros and cons in all schemes and ZHCs are no exception. Many employers simply want to have flexible working arrangements and are happy to agree the way forward with workers. Unfortunately some employers will exploit any loophole and this can lead to real employment injustice. The...

Finding and Keeping Good Staff

10 / 01 / 2014

The ability to attract and retain employee talent is vital for success in any organisation. It’s not easy and more than one business owner has complained that the dearth of good quality candidates is holding the growth of the business back. Many businesses don’t give staff retention the priority it needs. But if you don’t give it some thought and...