Dealing With Job Candidates Who Lie
03 / 07 / 2015
Recruitment seems to have been on my radar a lot recently – we’ve either helping clients recruit by designing processes, interviewing or testing, taking up references – or I have been carrying out recruitment training. While getting recruitment right is the absolute gateway to creating and building a successful business, it’s not always a straightforward process. Quite apart from the...
Managing Careless Work
01 / 07 / 2015
‘I just fired one of my Section Leaders!’ Jeremy, the recently appointed SVP of a construction company, in London, told me last week during my monthly coaching phone call. ‘And what were your reasons?’ I asked. ‘He was making repeated work errors that were unacceptable’. I couldn't manage the situation any longer as he was becoming a liability to the...
Misconduct - Missing Money
29 / 06 / 2015
More and more people now use debit and credit cards when they go shopping, but even so there’s still a lot of cash changing hands, and shop safes can get very full, especially at peak times of the year. Faced with such large quantities of money can be too tempting for some employees whose job it is to count and...
How Will Employers Prevent Extremism?
26 / 06 / 2015
An area of the Queen’s Speech that has received particular coverage is the requirement for some employers to identify would-be extremists applying for jobs. If found to be associated with extremism a candidate could be barred from working with children. Under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act (CTSA) 2015, schools, universities and health service providers can no longer opt out of...
Company Cars after Clarkson
24 / 06 / 2015
Despite the furore over Jeremy Clarkson’s departure from “Top Gear”, Britain’s addiction to the company car market is still buoyant. An Oxford Economics report states that the vehicle rental and leasing industry contributes £24.9 billion to the UK economy annually. If you then look at data released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the number of new cars...