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The Importance of Training Managers to Deal with Conflict
Some amount of conflict in the workplace is inevitable, but when conflict is allowed to linger and it escalates, this is when it becomes the business owner's problem.
Supportive and collaborative workplaces where working relationships are good, improve performance and productivity, but where co[...]
How to Increase Employee Engagement and Motivation in a Post-Covid-19 World
Of the many challenges, you’ll face as an HR manager returning to work after the Covid-19 pandemic, helping managers motivate and engage their teams will be one of the biggest.
You’ll no doubt have faced many career challenges in the past, but none of us have ever lived through something like[...]
What Should You Do When Employees Are Reluctant to Come Off Furlough?
Millions of workers have been on furlough for months now. Many will have had money worries, anxiety about health and the future, and some will have lost people they love to the virus.
Amid the pressures of working from home and the restrictions of the lockdown, many people will have felt stre[...]
How Putting People at the Heart of What You Do Can Transform a Business
Hello, I’m Nicola from The People Mentor and welcome to my Leadership podcasts.
In this series of podcasts, I want to share with you some of the wisdom I’ve gained in over 30 years of managing and leading teams.
One of the many things I’ve learned in that time is that the most successf[...]
Dealing With a Team Member With Performance Issues
Hi, I’m Nicola from The People Mentor.
In this series of podcasts, I want to share some practical tips and advice that HR managers can share with line managers.
Team and management issues clog up the desk of many HR managers when with the right support or tr[...]
How to Overcome the Challenges of Managing Virtual Teams
One of the biggest challenges that managers have had to navigate during the Coronavirus pandemic is managing virtual teams.
Amid the jokes about employees working in their pyjamas and the complaints about ‘Zoom fatigue,’ the shift to remote working has proven to be a huge challenge.
While it’s[...]
Redundancy: How to Support Those on Both Sides of the Fence
The furlough scheme was part of the government’s response to COVID-19. The intention was to protect businesses and jobs by placing employees on leave on 80% of their monthly salary, instead of making them redundant.
The scheme was recently extended until October, with employers being asked to[...]
How New Managers Can Get the Boss/Friend Balance Right
Most of us spend more time with our work colleagues than we spend with our families, so it is inevitable that friendships develop and people spend time with each other outside of the workplace. But when it comes to the relationship dynamic between a manager and members of their team, it’s differ[...]
The Mental Health Impact of Coronavirus on Employees: Why HR Support is Key
As the lockdown restrictions, ease and businesses make plans to re-open workplaces, HR managers have their work cut out.
In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, there will be endless people issues to deal with, and if you think you were pushed for time before this happened, I don’t thin[...]
Dread Difficult Conversations? Here’s How to Change Your Mindset
Having conversations that you’d rather not have comes with the territory when you’re a manager. As an HR manager, you probably have more difficult conversations with employees than most, but it doesn’t mean that you find them any easier.
No matter how experienced you are, difficult conversati[...]
How to Keep Remote Employees Engaged Without Micromanaging
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, millions of people have been working remotely, and this has left us all wondering, will this be the way forward for the future?
While it does take some adjusting to for most people, remote working does give people the chance to avoid soul-destroying comm[...]
How to Manage Your Team During Unprecedented Change
The Reactive Change Curve is based on a model that was developed by Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who used it to explain the grieving process that a terminally ill patient would go through when they were given their prognosis. After developing the model, she said it could be applied to any[...]