How New Managers Can Get the Boss/Friend Balance Right

Team dynamics can make or break a workplace, and managing relationships with your team members can be one of the trickiest things about management. Especially if you’re a new manager. Maybe you’ve been moved from another department to manage the team. Or maybe you’ve been promoted to manage a team of people you consider to … Read more

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 conversations are a challenge because: You worry about what … Read more

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 commutes and to have a better … Read more

Creative Ways to Keep Your Business Afloat During the Coronavirus Outbreak

The relentless spread of the coronavirus is hitting businesses hard, and many will have had to cut back on their normal operations or stop trading completely as the government and health service try desperately to get the virus under control. Small business owners have had a very rough couple of weeks, to put it mildly. … Read more

How to Maintain Business as Usual When Things Feel Very Unusual

As challenges in our professional and personal lives go, the coronavirus is unprecedented. Increased home working, the need to self-isolate or reduce social contact, plus the worries about health, finances, and the future mean that it’s more important now than ever that as an HR manager, you keep in touch with employees during this difficult … Read more