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My client Greg was feeling totally overwhelmed with running his business; ensuring the quality of his products, managing his staff, keeping his clients happy, keeping up with the invoicing, admin, marketing and all the other essential things.
Learn how to maximise your team, with effective management
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When you have a business challenge is your first thought, ‘How can I fix it?’ or ‘Who can help me fix it?’
I’ll bet you generally go into the solve-it mode, I used to do that too…and being totally transparent sometimes I still do!
As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to release the reins and allow others to work on your ‘business baby’. You’ve put so much into building up your business you want everything to be perfect.
The whole idea of hiring and building a team is to free you up to do the high-value stuff, like speaking with potential clients and delivering excellence to your paying clients.
Get our tips for getting the help you need, so that you can focus on taking your business to the next level.
Read moreIs what you want for your business growth aligned to your personal objectives? Get some tips on how to make sure everything is aligned, so that you increase your chance of success and avoid trying to do ALL.THE.THINGS
Read moreHiring in a rush can lead to issues, check out our tips to ensure you get candidate you need to take your business to the next level
Read moreWould your business still function effectively, if a member of your team resigned or fell ill? Learn how to build resilience into your team in this weeks blog
Read moreReviewing the performance of your staff and setting new objectives can feel like a big job, but I’ve got a solution that means that you’ll never be bogged down with the paperwork again in this week’s blog.
Read moreIt’s that time of year when we review how our business and team has performed and set our objectives for the year ahead. And as the CEO you set the direction of your business, with the input of your team of course! In this week’s blog we look at how and why you should be setting business goals.
Read moreMay is National Share a Story Month, so this month we’ll be sharing an interesting HR story a week.
We started working with a new client who contacted us after receiving a lawyers letter challenging the way they had dismissed a member of staff, threatening to take them to the employment tribunal for unfair dismissal. Find out what happened next and why …
Read moreIt’s time for the April HR Legislation update. Make sure you review and update your policies.
Read moreThere are some definite No No’s when it comes to interviewing. Make sure you don’t do the things listed in this weeks blog …
Read moreEver been really good at ensuring that everyone else is doing things correctly and then realising you haven’t been following your own advice ? Here is a timely reminder
Read moreSometimes in our rush to get things done, we only look at the surface and don’t look at the depth of an issue. We get carried away with what we assume an issue is and then wonder why the solution didn’t work.
We need to change our perception and take the time to understand the underlying issues.
Read moreThe annual Christmas party is a great way to show your appreciation got your team, however they can also pose a risk. Typical tricky scenarios include fighting, drunkenness, offensive remarks, broken promises, inappropriate sexual behaviour and similar.
Learn how to take the risk out of your Christmas get together.
Read moreWhen Ian walked into the café I barely recognised him. It wasn’t just that he wasn’t wearing his usual sharp suit, he seemed to have shrunk and his usual smile and twinkling eyes had disappeared.
Did you know that Stress Management is one of your responsibilities as a business owner as part of the health and safety regulations?
Read moreI remember a time when every day I would wake up and the thought of going to work would make me cry. If you know me you’ll know I’m not THAT GIRL who cries, I’d rather punch something to vent my frustrations!
Has the thought of work ever reduced you to tears or anger?
I’m speaking to more and more businesses who have record numbers of staff signed off with work-related stress, for small businesses this has the potential to be crippling.
Read moreI meet a lot of people and I can guarantee that someone will always tell me about a terrible experience they had with managing a team, which is why they’ll never do it again. Then they’ll tell me about their aspirations for their business or their career and I’ll just know that they’ll need to manage people in one shape or another to reach their target.
Read moreDo you count the cost of reactive versus proactive action? Not taking proactive action will affect your business! Doing nothing could cost you your business, are you willing to take that risk?
Read moreDismissal is a very serious sanction. It is a decision that should always be well thought out, which can be difficult if someone has done something potentially damaging to your business baby.
Read moreDoes your team know what is expected of them? And how their work relates to the success of your business?
Read moreWhat do you do, when a poor performing member of staff keeps calling in sick, whenever you schedule a meeting to discuss their performance?
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