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Advice on how to support a bereaved employee

Feb 6, 2020 | 0

UK is the world leader in paid bereavement leave.

Sally Hancock: Responding to workplace incidents

Dec 4, 2019 | 0

When a workplace incident occurs, read about the immediate steps to take.

Christmas: Surviving a weighty workplace issue

Nov 27, 2018 | 0

British Nutrition Foundation’s scientists have compiled their best advice for enjoying Christmas in the workplace, January guilt-free.

Employers should learn from Cipriani case

Sep 4, 2018 | 0

The recent criminal case of Gloucester rugby player, Danny Cipriani, has sparked concern amongst employers unsure of what they would do if an employee was charged or convicted of a criminal offence, an employment lawyer has revealed.

Renae Jackson: 10 tangible steps to better recruitment

Sep 11, 2017 | 0

What is the best way to start an effective recruitment strategy? Renae Jackson, head of HR at Search Laboratory, considers the ten tangible steps to better recruitment.

Bruce King: Not a hatchet man: a ‘kid gloves’ man – how to tackle a corporate restructuring

Apr 26, 2016 | 0

Over the years I have been involved in a number of corporate restructurings and I know how difficult and challenging a process it is.

TUC launches new guidance to recruit more union members and health and safety reps

Apr 26, 2016 | 0

The TUC has launched new guidance to help recruit more union members and encourage more existing union members to become health and safety reps.

Jean Gamester: The Shackleton Spirit – how to lead our teams through change

Mar 2, 2016 | 0

One hundred years ago, in early 1916, Ernest Shackleton’s plans lay in tatters. Having set off two years earlier to be the first to journey across the Antarctic, this Anglo-Irish explorer and his men had lost their ship to crushing ice. They were stranded on an ice floe in the Weddell Sea facing a bleak and uncertain future.

Paul Russell: So you want to be…an engaging presenter?

Oct 14, 2015 | 0

You’ve delivered the presentation, your attendees are busy scribbling away at the evaluation cards, what do you think they are writing? ‘Dynamic speaker, kept me interested, learnt a lot’, or perhaps a rather less encouraging ‘the biscuits were good’. Making presentations to external organisations, delivering workshops to new starters, conducting seminars during company training days; presentation skills are particularly relevant for the HR professional. However, not all of us are naturals at bringing others on board for the journey and keeping them interested along the way. At the heart of being effective at imparting information that others retain is engagement, here are our top tips to engage your audience.