There are Nine Million Lonely People in the UK – Are Your Employees Among Them?

04 / 12 / 2019

Yesterday I was in a local shop buying milk and mince pies. My husband, Peter, was with me. He started chatting about the mince pies with the cashier (whether it’s too early to start scoffing them – you know the sort of thing) and she was beaming and chatting away with him. He often has these little chats with people, and do you know what? They love it. He’s just so good at making those little connections and we all need more of it.

How to Help Your Team Build Good Mental Health

27 / 11 / 2019

Employers have a duty of care to employees and must do what is reasonably practicable to reduce the risk of hazards to mental ill health. This includes having initiatives to build positive mental health. How can employers do that?

Draw Your Team Together to Create Solutions to Problems

20 / 11 / 2019

Solving an issue as a team often involves sitting in a room and talking through the problem to try and develop solutions. You could try a different approach by asking your team to sketch out their ideas in visual form instead. It seems that doodling can play an important role in creative thinking. It really doesn’t matter if you don’t have any artistic talent. In fact, studies have shown that a misinterpreted drawing can lead to new ideas.

The Works Christmas “Do” (and Don’ts!)

13 / 11 / 2019

There’s a distinctly un-festive atmosphere this year, but setting aside Brexit, election and economy worries (incidentally if you check the figures you’ll find that the UK economy has grown faster than Germany, France and the eurozone as a whole for most of the last two years and the total accumulated growth for the UK is actually about 4.9%),Christmas is only about six weeks away.

The Only Way is Up

06 / 11 / 2019

Being promoted from the shop floor to a management role has its challenges, especially if you must now manage your former peers.