Effective recruitment and onboarding (inc interviewing skills)
This popular course identifies the types of difficult conversations managers may face and explores constructive tools and techniques to deal with common management challenges. Through discussions and activities, we identify what makes a conversation difficult, how to address it and increase the chances of a positive outcome.
Leading your team
This popular course identifies the types of difficult conversations managers may face and explores constructive tools and techniques to deal with common management challenges. Through discussions and activities, we identify what makes a conversation difficult, how to address it and increase the chances of a positive outcome.
Effective time management
This popular course identifies the types of difficult conversations managers may face and explores constructive tools and techniques to deal with common management challenges. Through discussions and activities, we identify what makes a conversation difficult, how to address it and increase the chances of a positive outcome.
Managing grievances and disciplinary cases (including investigations)
This popular course identifies the types of difficult conversations managers may face and explores constructive tools and techniques to deal with common management challenges. Through discussions and activities, we identify what makes a conversation difficult, how to address it and increase the chances of a positive outcome.
Managing Neurodiversity
This popular course identifies the types of difficult conversations managers may face and explores constructive tools and techniques to deal with common management challenges. Through discussions and activities, we identify what makes a conversation difficult, how to address it and increase the chances of a positive outcome.
Addressing a toxic work culture
This popular course identifies the types of difficult conversations managers may face and explores constructive tools and techniques to deal with common management challenges. Through discussions and activities, we identify what makes a conversation difficult, how to address it and increase the chances of a positive outcome.
Managing difficult conversations
This popular course identifies the types of difficult conversations managers may face and explores constructive tools and techniques to deal with common management challenges. Through discussions and activities, we identify what makes a conversation difficult, how to address it and increase the chances of a positive outcome.
Managing fertility issues at work – and other family-related leave (Online)
This popular course identifies the types of difficult conversations managers may face and explores constructive tools and techniques to deal with common management challenges. Through discussions and activities, we identify what makes a conversation difficult, how to address it and increase the chances of a positive outcome.
Why we are seeing an increasing need to support long term sickness
Here is the Hot Topic for March 2024 and an accompanying webinar will follow, which will be hosted on 14 March 2024. Last year, new data was published that provided startling statistics about sickness absence and the UK labour market for 2023. In this month’s Hot Topic, we are going to focus specifically on long […]
Spring Budget 2024 – what it means for employers
Today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer set out the Spring budget in which it addressed key areas which we had expected to be addressed given the continued challenges with rising costs. Despite continued financial challenges however, it was announced that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is reporting economic growth because of falling inflation and […]
Paternity Leave and Pay
The Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and the Statutory Paternity Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2024 are due to be in force on 8 March 2024. Despite the March enforcement date, the changes will practically apply to babies expected to be born, placed for adoption, or entering Great Britain for adoption on or after April 6, 2024. […]
Case Law Update – Petrofac Offshore Management Ltd v Mr D C Wilson
Petrofac Offshore Management Ltd v Mr D C Wilson considers whether a gross misconduct dismissal may be unfair if the employee has previously received a disciplinary warning in respect of the same offence. In most cases, a one off act of gross misconduct would result in dismissal, but in some exceptional circumstances you may wish […]
Poor work-life balance affects the mental health of 9 out of 10 women
A study conducted by Bloom UK has revealed that over 90% of women have encountered mental health challenges due to inadequate work-life balance. The survey, which targeted 704 women in the marketing and communications sector, explored their perceptions of work-life balance and its impact on their personal well-being. According to the findings, more than two-fifths […]
Record number of work days lost to long-term sickness
Long-term sickness levels continue to be a significant challenge for employers with recent statistics revealing concerning trends. In the period from October to December 2023, the number of economically inactive individuals aged 16-64 due to long-term sickness surged to a staggering 2.8 million. This data underscores the pressing need for proactive measures to address this […]
Managing stress in the workplace
We conducted our annual SME Business Survey at the end of 2023 and asked what the most important aspects of Health and Safety over the next 12 months would be. Mental health came out top, with 68% of SME business leaders stating that mental health would be their biggest health and safety challenge in 2024, […]
‘Time to Talk Day’ and help to prevent work related ill health
The beginning of February marked Time to Talk Day. Effect change across workplaces in Britain by joining the effort to raise awareness about stress prevention and support for mental well-being during key moments throughout the year. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)’s Working Minds campaign gives employers access to a calendar highlighting awareness days, weeks, […]
Case Law Update – Miss S J Austin vs The Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
In Miss S J Austin vs The Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, a hospital secretary has been found to have been unfairly dismissed and discriminated against on the grounds of disability for repeatedly checking her own medical record. The tribunal found that the Hospital Trust did not take account of the fact that her behaviour […]
Introducing Fees in the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal
A new consultation has been launched which proposes to reintroduce modest fees within the Employment Tribunals (ET) and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) systems, aiming to enhance the ongoing refinement of the Court and Tribunal Service while lessening the burden on taxpayers to finance these services. Charges were previously in place from July 2013 to July […]
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ILM Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management (Online)
This popular course identifies the types of difficult conversations managers may face and explores constructive tools and techniques to deal with common management challenges. Through discussions and activities, we identify what makes a conversation difficult, how to address it and increase the chances of a positive outcome.
