Hi, I’m Nicola from The People Mentor. Today I want to talk about building a powerful culture and how it is key to the success of any SME business. A strong company culture can help you attract and retain talented employees, improve productivity and efficiency, increase customer satisfaction, and ultimately drive business growth. Let’s look … Read more
There is nothing worse for a stressed employee than a business that fails to enact a proper stress management process. Businesses often fail to understand the negative outcomes on employees from stress in the workplace. Frequently one stressed employee will create ripples across the team through lack of attendance, unusual behaviours, and lower productivity. It … Read more
Motivation is a complex topic that has been studied extensively in the fields of psychology and management. Motivation refers to the factors that drive people to act in a certain way or to achieve certain goals. There are different types of motivators, including hygiene factors, intrinsic motivation, and extrinsic motivation. In this blog, we will … Read more
None of us walk around 24/7 feeling happy and at peace with the world. Sometimes we have things going on at home, health issues to contend with, or sometimes something silly sparks off a bad mood, like someone cutting us up at a roundabout on the way to work. As a manager, you don’t have … Read more
Hi, I’m Nicola from The People Mentor and today, I want to talk about difficult conversations, and in particular, how to have them without crying. One of the things that many people worry about when they have to have a difficult conversation is that they’ll lose control of their emotions. They worry about exploding with … Read more
How to address a drop in productivity
Supporting a team member with cancer
