Author: dawn

The summer is prime planning time. Maybe there’s more time to reflect on business direction and hatch ideas … or the ‘busyness’ of the season creates exciting potential or challenges to address. Plans could impact your employees in three ways ...

The summer holiday season can be stormy for employers, especially for small businesses. Unauthorised absences, inappropriate behaviour, increased illness … all need to be managed carefully. A readily accessible tool highlights the issue: social media.

Have you ever asked your colleagues what they would like to see more or less of at work? Have you asked them why they work for your business? Why do they stay, why have some left? 

I recently found myself unintentionally listening to a divisive radio DJ who was telling the story about a horse who had been sacked from South Yorkshire police for not ‘excelling’ at his job. I would normally switch this particular DJ off, however he had grabbed my attention. How and why do you sack a horse?

This year's International Women’s Day in March was focused on embracing equity - imagine a gender-equal world, with no discrimination, unfairness, inequality or inequity.