• TIPS AND TRICKS #1: SETTING EXPECTATIONS

    TIPS AND TRICKS #1: SETTING EXPECTATIONS

    Employees all over the world, over several decades, have delivered a clear and consistent message.  “If you do these things for us, we will do what the company needs of us”. This first Tips and Tricks #1 kicks off the twelve part series and deals with the single most important thing managers can do to… Read more

  • MY TEAM HATE ME…

    MY TEAM HATE ME…

    About a week ago I received some feedback (from my team but through HR) about my management style and the culture of my team.  Some of it was good and great to hear, but much of it was quite negative.  I’m pretty upset about it.  I have always considered myself to be a good manager,… Read more

  • OFF DUTY BAD BEHAVIOUR

    OFF DUTY BAD BEHAVIOUR

    I have received a complaint from one of my staff about one of their colleagues who has, let’s just say, been misbehaving out of hours. Now the team are all pretty close and they tend to socialise together quite a bit in small groups. The problem is that this particular employee has apparently been drinking… Read more

  • DO I HAVE TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST?

    I have a new starter who has informed me on her second day that she’s going to want to work part time three days a week as she is a single mum with a four year old. Do I have to approve this? Read more

  • YOU CAN’T WEAR THAT TO WORK

    YOU CAN’T WEAR THAT TO WORK

    As the summer sun blazes and temperatures soar, the workplace often becomes a melting pot of varying fashion choices. Throw in a number of years of largely remote working and it’s understandable, almost expected, that dress standards might tends towards a more relaxed image. Read more

  • YOU CAN’T SAY THAT STUFF AT WORK !

    YOU CAN’T SAY THAT STUFF AT WORK !

    ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴇᴍᴘʟᴏʏᴇᴇ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ɪɴᴀᴘᴘʀᴏᴘʀɪᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜰᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ… Read more