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Attracting Employees & Top Talent
2021. With the ‘training’ we all received in 2020, we thought 2021 was going to be cinch. Wow, how wrong we were. Now the challenge of attracting employees is rearing it’s head. For any business trying to recruit at the moment, it’s not about finding top talent…..any talent is proving difficult. Unlike a peacock, you…
Top 3 HR Mistakes You are Making Right Now
Yes, I know, making a mistake is a learning experience. But it can be an expensive experience, whether in dollar terms or a loss of a relationship with your team. It is far better if you can learn the lesson without the cost so here are 3 mistakes I hope you avoid. The definition of…
Are you a ‘Dubler’ Leader?
Tokyo 2020/2021. They were games that weren’t supposed to happen. They were the games we didn’t know we wanted but desperately needed. But it wasn’t the gold medals that will leave a lasting impression. It will be the golden nuggets of wisdom and strength from extraordinary athletes. To quote a few of the more memorable…
When working from home bites you in the a$$…..literally!!
Currently, my work colleagues are a 3 ½ and 2-year-old and today we hit an all-time low. My 2-year old’s melty involving him biting me on the a$$!! Needless to say, we were both in tears. Now I’m not sharing because I think I’m the only parent suffering this working from home fate. Parents with…
Top 5 HR Headaches
What is your number 1 business problem? If it is employing people (those HR Headaches), you probably already know you are not alone. Many business owners are card-carrying members of the “Bring on the robots” party! It’s also true that people are the key to growth in your business and that means that we must navigate the…
Making Working from Home, Work
One of the twists and turns of 2020 was the working from home phenomenon. Until there are satisfactory vaccination levels, we can bank on having Marty McFly ‘Back to the Future’ moments with continuous working from home government mandates. Many large businesses adopted a hybrid-working model a long time ago and had the systems and…
Intelligences and Team Development
I seem to be spending a lot of my time in planes lately, which has the advantage of allowing me to catch up on reading articles of more general interest. Last week I read a couple of articles that particularly attracted my attention from the point of view of team development for any small business. Team development is…
Curiouser and Curiouser!
Have you ever had this same thought as Alice in Wonderland, about the people involved in your business? Whether it’s staff, clients, peers or perhaps your business partner, there always seems to be times that surprise, or even shock, you at their reaction. So many times I have heard people don’t understand why they can…
Employees: Can’t grow with them, can’t grow without them.
How many times have you said to yourself, if only I didn’t have to employ people? It would be so much easier to employ robots but let’s face it, it would be pretty boring….and I wouldn’t have a job. With all jokes aside (I hear you say ‘what you were joking!!!’), if growth in your…