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Bribery – Have you protected your business?
I was in a room with 20 different employers this week and asked a simple question…. How many of you have a policy on bribery and have trained your staff in the application of that policy? Despite the Bribery Act 2010 having come into force in July 2011, 90% of the businesses represented did not…
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Recruiting Blind
Would you? Could you? Over 100 UK businesses have pledged to recruit blind as a way of increasing social mobility and reducing the risk of discrimination candidates with submit their applications on standard company from without a name or school. As an HR professional, I’m not sure how I feel about this. 15 years ago…
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I can’t afford to give pay increases!!
As I speak to my clients, I pick up on general trends. Sometimes it is based on stuff they have heard in the news, sometimes it is the fear of forthcoming legislation; but recently there is one trend which is repeated by almost all of my clients – pay increases! Staff are asking for them…
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Strike Day – Business Continuity
As business owners we should all have a business continuity plan, but talking to my small business clients, I wonder how many of us do? What happens if we are ill? What happens to our business when we go away? What happens if our Internet access goes down? What happens if our staff can’t get…
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Look the part, play the part, be the part.
I’m not sure if anyone famous has ever said this or if it genuinely came out of my head this week, but while interpreting some 360 degree feedback for a client as part of a management development programme, I wrote this phrase and I have decided that I really like it! The issue identified was…
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Are you guilty of bribery and corruption? Are you sure?
It’s everywhere …… every newspaper, every news bulletin, every conversation down the pub. How could they not have known? Who knew what? Are they telling the truth? Will Cameron go next? Have you taken a step back and looked at your own business? When you ask someone experienced, someone you have known for 5+ years, someone…