Review: Learning paths
Title: Learning paths: Increase profits by reducing the time it takes employees to get up-to-speedAuthor: Steve Rosenbaum, Jim WilliamsISBN: 0-7879-7444-7Publisher: PfeifferPrice: £27.95Reviewer: Tanya CowinLearning paths is an easy to read book full of practical tips and templates (provided on CD) divided into three sections: The learning path methodology Doing the right training Do the training […]
The Couch?! Colleagues from Hell
With the summer well and truly over and the dark nights closing in on us the Couch?! team is feeling a bit grumpy and irritable. This inspired us to have a right good old rant about the things that colleagues do that annoy us. So don’t just sit there, let it all out purge yourself […]
What’s the answer? Sick pay rules
This week Nadia Hoosen, senior solicitor at Clarkslegal LLP and Helen Badger, an employment law expert at Browne Jacobson present their ideas on how to manage the communication of sick pay rules. The question:Is it enough for me to place a copy of the document or booklet that contains the information regarding Company Sick Pay […]
HR Zone Briefing #267 – Lifting the lid on cowboy recruiters
================================================================ HR Briefing Issue 267 13 October 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. HR Practitioner’s Diary: A new chapter 2. Extracts of a Life Coach: Reconciling tensions 3. How to: Hang on to star performers 4. Bad habits: Time to go ‘smoking’ cold-turkey? 5. HDIGH? Jo Bond, RightCoutts […]
Gender equality: Harmony or chaos?
Women now make up nearly half of the UK’s workforce. It is therefore of no surprise that over the last half century there has been considerable developments in equal opportunities legislation but are bosses finally getting to grips with compliance? Employees are already protected against discrimination on the grounds of sex by the Sex Discrimination […]
Feature: The perfect balance
With so many options for blending different forms of learning to provide a tailored package, Mike Ditchburn of Bourne Training offers some advice on getting the balance right. Blended learning has been around forever – what’s new is the enhanced opportunities for its implementation. It involves the conscious sequenced integration of different elements, using appropriate […]
How to: Hang on to star performers
Neil Gouldson, head of employment at national law firm Rowe Cohen, takes a look at what managers can do to retain their key players in an increasingly volatile job market. It seems to be getting easier and easier to get a new job these days. Adverts on television, radio, bus shelters and magazines increasingly command […]
Managing in adversity: Preparing for a crisis
Terrorist atrocities like the London bombings and natural disasters on the scale of the Tsunami are sadly part and parcel of the modern world we live in; read on to find out how to plan for the worst. 1) PlanningDisasters do happen, be they terrorist attacks, transport accidents, natural calamities, or fire, explosions and the […]
Bad habits: Time to go ‘smoking’ cold-turkey?
Fears about the effects of smoking on health were first raised in the Lancet in 1858 and while cigarettes have dodged outright extinction since that time it looks as though the days of smoking at work are numbered; Ranjit Dhindsa, head of employment at the Midlands office of international law firm Reed Smith slaps on […]
Review: Coaching at Work magazine
Our two reviewers, Emma Ranson Bellamy a fledgling coach and Duncan Gee a senior coach and mentor put the launch magazine through its paces and reflect on its worth from their two very different coaching perspectives. Title: Coaching at Work magazineAuthor(s): Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)Publisher: Personnel Publications LtdPrice: £75 (CIPD members) or […]
Member wire #120 – Adultery: Grounds for constructive dismissal?
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 120 11 October 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. Adultery: Grounds for constructive dismissal? 2. News in Brief: HR meets Gershon challenge 3. The Couch?! Health, wealth and happiness 4. Any Answers: Status of apprentices, breastfeeding at work 5. Welcome new members […]
Five steps to fast relationships
We all know that relationships with colleagues and clients are important but how can you build them quickly? Mark West of R&A Consultancy & Training explains. Relationships are everything in business. As a leader, as a networker, in teams, in sales and in front line customer operations the chances are that your success will be […]
HR Tip: Definition of full-time and part-time work
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Q: What exactly is the definition of a part-time worker? Is it someone who works for less than 16 hours? A: There is no longer a precise ‘number of hours’ definition. In law a […]
How Did I Get Here? Jo Bond, RightCoutts MD an HR consultancy
Jo Bond explains why the worst aspect of working in the HR arena is people that don’t value the input of the function; read on to find out why Elizabeth I, Joan of Arc and Grace Darling would make Jo’s lunch list. 1. How strategic is your current role and what does it involve?As managing […]
Hard(y) Law Talk: Pensions – protection or prevention?
Pensions, pensions, pensions … pages and pages of headlines over the last two decades since the Maxwell pensions scandal and more recently, Enron and Equitable Life fiascos have made employees uneasy about their financial futures on retirement, and employers uneasy about their ability to fund their pension scheme commitments. The Pensions Act 2004 – 325 […]
Extracts of a Life Coach: Reconciling tensions
This week, fledgling life coach, Emma Ranson Bellamy examines opposing value systems and reveals her secrets of saving clients from making the same mistakes over and over again. OK I’m bringing out the big guns today. So far we have looked at the coaching conversation and the way it is structured to maximise time and […]
Lifting the lid on cowboy recruiters
Living in the shadows can be a lonely place made all the more tiresome by the absence of a recognised professional footing on the corporate ladder; Annie Hayes caught up with the Recruitment Employment Confederation on the eve of the launch of its first ever degree in recruitment. It’s hard to fathom why the bold […]
News in Brief: The week in HR – HR meets Gershon challenge
Catch up on the week in HR with our at-a-glance news round up including how HR is meeting the Gershon challenge head on, reaction to the latest NMW hike and why red-tape the Dutch way is getting the thumbs up. W/C 3/10/05HR meets Gershon challenge head onHR professionals in the public sector are taking the […]
The Couch?! Health, wealth and happiness
As the first cold of the gloomy season strikes, the Couch?! team’s thoughts have turned to health.The Couch?! are sure that we would be healthier if only there was more incentive at this time of year not to spend the evenings watching reality TV after a plate full of stodge or else heading off to […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: A new chapter
It has been a very hectic time (in a good way) but regrettably that means that the diary is going to a monthly rather than a weekly slot for the time being; I’m sorry to disappoint my loyal readers but hope to produce an even tastier, bumper monthly version and talking of delicious things my […]
