If you (or someone you know) are invited to a disciplinary hearing to answer allegations, it can be a frightening, isolating and disorienting. The thing with fear is it can paralyse people - however, this is no time to freeze! In this week's video, I talk...
Do you know the total value of your employee package? Most of us tend to focus on salary, annual leave, sickness entitlements, and perhaps pensions. However, there is generally more than these elements. Selwyn's surprise Take Selwyn, for example. His salary is £45,000 per year. Selwyn...
I thought I would remind you of a few of my HR-wise quotes and some eternal wisdom to help you in the workplace. Ready? Here goes: HR skills are not the sole province of the HR department. If you fail to familiarise yourself with the HR knowledge...
It is not uncommon for people going through HR processes to experience increased stress levels or for their mental and general health to be affected to some degree. Typically, this results in periods of sickness absence, costly for both the individuals, their families, and the organisation. Frequently,...
Some years ago, my colleague and I were approached by a senior manager to deliver an application skills workshop to nurses who wanted to apply for specialist training. The manager explained that the majority of fully funded training places in the previous year had gone...
Last week I set a quiz on your organisation's short-term sickness absence policy. Click here to take the quiz. This week's quiz is on long-term sickness absence. The same rules apply - you have to rely on the knowledge in your head, so no peeking at...
I will be administering a test this week on short-term sickness absence, specifically your organisation's policy. This test is a closed book examination which means you will have to rely on the knowledge you already have in your head. Are you ready? Remember no peeking at the...
I've been blogging about the importance of employees reading their organisations HR policies and procedures for a while. Yet many people (for whatever reason) are still failing to carry out this critical responsibility - a quick look at your staff handbook, job description, person specification,...
Nine months ago, amid the first lockdown, I asked, how are you? Who would have thought that several months later we would be in the middle of another lockdown? Nine months later, I'm using this blog to ask, how are you doing? Have you taken...
The history of gaslighting is an intriguing study of human behaviour—the desire to control, manipulate and intentionally attempt to completely change another person’s perception of reality.In the 1930s a British playwright created ‘Gas Light”. However, the more noteworthy illustration is taken from the film in...
