Developing Resilience In The Workplace

Are you sitting comfortably? Welcome to my series of podcasts that will help you to navigate those inevitable difficult events at work that are part of being a manager. Today I want to talk about how to build resilience at work. The World Health Organisation has called stress the “global health epidemic of the 21st … Read more

Are You Giving Your Accidental Managers What They Need?

Even the most experienced managers come across situations and issues they haven’t dealt with before, so spare a thought for the accidental manager who is thrown in at the deep end to manage a dysfunctional team. They might be a highly-skilled employee, but leading and managing people is a completely different beast. Being a good … Read more

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 conflict and dysfunction have become the norm in a team, the business … Read more

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 this. We’ve lost people. … Read more