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How important is Health & Safety in the Workplace?
If we asked you what the key factors to the success of your business were, what would you say? Clear strategy? Sales and marketing? Would you have said health and safety in the workplace? If not then you should have, and this is why…. It’s because Health & Safety adds real value to...Author: Ian Keen | Date Submitted: 27/01/12 | Comments: 0 | View -
Employment Law Changes for 2012 by Hugh James
With the first couple of weeks of 2012 under our belts, the New Year once again heralds more change on the employment law front. Key changes include: Increased parental leave from three to four months; Annual increase to statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay in April to £135.45 per week; Qualifying period...Author: matthew.channell | Date Submitted: 10/01/12 | Comments: 0 | View -
Importance of staff development in SME's
The benefit of staff development is never more prominent than in SME's. As an SME you'll probably have limited budgets, cashflow constraints, resource limitations or all of the above. When new projects, roles, technology or business opportunities occur it is essential that these are taken full advantage of in order to...Author: Ian Keen | Date Submitted: 01/11/11 | Comments: 1 | View -
Does your organisation have a vision?
What is it? The vision is an ideal picture of the future of the organisation as set by the leader(s), what they want the organisation to become. Why have a vision? There are many reasons and benefits for have a strong vision, these include: • Clarifying the direction and purpose of the organisation • Involving...Author: Ian Keen | Date Submitted: 12/10/11 | Comments: 1 | View -
Managing the motivation of your talent
All companies have talented staff, some more than others however, it takes more than just talent to succeed, that talent needs to be motivated! It's true that different things motivate different people but as a leader there are a handful of simple tools you can apply daily that will create...Author: Ian Keen | Date Submitted: 30/09/11 | Comments: 1 | View -
Why you should promote based on leadership skills, not technical skills
Many of us have experienced the scenario where a colleague is promoted to management based on their excellence in the technical role only for them to be exposed as an ineffective leader. It is a common misconception amongst employers that high levels of competence should result in a promotion and that...Author: Ian Keen | Date Submitted: 23/09/11 | Comments: 4 | View -
Holding difficult conversations with colleagues and team members
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Goal Setting
Following on from last weeks post about managing the motivation of your talent we thought that it would be a good time to discuss how to set effective goals for your team members. Effective goal setting is an under-rated management tool and can be the key to an effective team. However,...Author: Ian Keen | Comments: 1 | View -
Welcome
We would like to extend a very warm welcome to you and thank you for taking the time to read our new blog feature, which we hope you find useful and informative. This exciting new facility will provide our members and visitors with an excellent way of keeping up to date...Author: Ian Keen | Date Submitted: 16/09/11 | Comments: 1 | View
