Are You Sourcing Top Talent For Your Business?
11 / 07 / 2018
Are you sourcing the top talent you need for your business? Or are you just putting up with the least-worst option? Sport, music and fashion have had talent scouts for years. Most businesses don’t. They wait until they have a vacancy and then look round for someone suitable to fill it. It’s not an effective way to recruit. The dearth...
Are You Allowing Your Top Performers to Compensate for Weaker Ones?
04 / 07 / 2018
Some time ago I was asked to investigate the apparent gross misconduct of a senior manager, John. He had gone from being an incredibly high-performing, conscientious individual to a major problem. During the course of the investigation several people said things like: “it’s completely unlike him. It’s as though a switch had flipped”. When I met him I realised there...
Holiday Pay for Atypical Workers
27 / 06 / 2018
Tis the season to go on holiday, so I’m getting lots of requests for help in working out holiday pay at the moment. One of the regular queries is: “How do you work out what to pay employees who work irregular hours throughout the year?” These may be casual workers, employees or workers n zero hours contracts or part time...
Responsibility for Employee Engagement
20 / 06 / 2018
This week I’m starting with a joke. It had been pouring with rain and the floodwaters were rising. A religious man (could be Christian, Muslim, Hindu – doesn’t matter) was watching the floods rise anxiously as he retreated to the top floor of his house. A boat came along and offered to rescue him. “It’s OK,” said the religious man....
Does The Appearance of The Sun Cause Your Staff to Disappear?
13 / 06 / 2018
Barbecues are sizzling. Prosecco sales are rocketing. Trains are late because the rails are buckling and the chat radio stations are getting over-excited about wearing shorts to work. The UK is enjoying quite a good summer and the predictions are that it will last until September. Ho hum. We’ve heard that before. Let’s keep the brolly handy along with the...