Diary of an HR Manager:
How did attending the event affect your life? I addressed a lot of personal issues and decided what was important for the future. At work, I developed more environmental and charity giving policies and relaxed. What changes did you make to your life immediately after the event? I gave up smoking and relaxed a bit […]
Diary of a Business Development Manager
How did attending the event affect your life? It made me more aware of my own behavioural patterns and how I can change them. What changes did you make to your life immediately after the event? I thought very differently about myself – and concentrated on my strengths rather than my weaknesses. Have you maintained […]
Diary of an Advertising Manager
How did attending the event affect your life?It reaffirmed some new positive beliefs and was a crucial next step on my journey of self discovery and self improvement. I gained a couple of major insights into negative behaviour patterns I had been exhibiting for some time without realising it. What changes did you make to […]
Diary of a Sales Manager
How did attending the event affect your life?It made me think more deeply than I had ever done about my life, and what was important to me, and actually analyse what makes me tick as a person.What changes did you make to your life immediately after the event?I started to look at myself more positively, […]
‘Unleash the power within’ – the aftermath
HR Zone community manager Dawn-Marie Dart checks in with attendees of the ‘Unleash the Power Within 2004’, a workshop run by life coach Anthony Robbins. Members of Sift Media communities gave us their firsthand accounts of this remarkable event back in October 2004 – but let’s find out how they feel about it now? Did […]
Advertorial: Web conferencing makes light work of I&C regulations
With the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations of 2004, there’s never been more pressure on HR professionals to keep everyone informed and involved. And when you have training sessions to run, inductions for new employees and headcount planning to do, you could spend all day in meetings and never get home for the 10 […]
The Couch?! presents: That’s the wurst sausage i’ve ever tasted
While on a weekend break in Berlin, The Couch’s?! gourmet expeditionary force threw itself with abandon into beer and bratwursts. The result was an outbreak of off-colour humour and all the wurst jokes we’ve ever known.From the deadly Ecky Thump black pudding (from which a man died laughing during an episode of ‘The Goodies’) to […]
Member wire #101 – Teambuilding – A Real Motivator?
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 101 31 May 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. Editor’s Comment: Laissez faire … the best option? 2. What will losing the opt-out really mean? 3. Open all hours: The working impact 4. News in Brief: The week in HR 5. Any […]
CSR and beyond: Responsibility in action
In the last issue we started to look in detail at some of the corporate responsibility issues which affect the HR function. In this article we consider the issues of corporate responsibility in relation to pay, non-discrimination, training, appraisals and how to promote good responsible business practices by suppliers. Pay is a very thorny issue […]
How Did I Get Here? Anna Corrie Learning and Development Manager, Ramada Jarvis
How did you come to work in training?By accident! I studied a BA (Hons) in Hospitality Management at Strathclyde University before becoming Personnel & Training Manager at the Beardmore Hotel, Glasgow, for a year-and-a-half. I was happy to continue working at the Beardmore, however, I knew that I would not stay there long-term as it […]
Payroll Tip: Deduction for capital contributions towards a company car
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: Does a payment to obtain a better car qualify as a capital contribution? A: When an employee makes, or is required to make, a capital contribution to the purchase of a company […]
Editor’s Comment: Laissez faire … the best option?
Playing ‘soldiers’ while trussed up in a boiler suit, toy gun in hand is the ultimate in tired and tested teambuilding activities that are designed to bond and unite colleagues through mutual humiliation; an aspect of management that begs the question is it worth it? Phrases designed to instil some ‘get-up-and-go’ are aimed at re-invigorating […]
News in Brief: The week in HR – 27/05/05
See our at-a-glance round-up of all the latest HR news including BBC strike suspended, pay settlements back at 3%, Labour’s plans for radical workplace reform and how looking after dodgems doesn’t pay. Pay settlements back in the doldrumsAccording to analysts, IRS, UK pay awards have slipped back to 3% for the three months to April […]
What will losing the opt-out really mean?
Gordon Brown’s crusade against regulation isn’t going to be an easy one. Just as the applause lauding his embrace of the Better Regulation Task Force report and the Hampton Review starts to fade, he has to fend off evil Strasbourg, where nasty MEPs have threatened to take away the opt-out from the 48 hour-week provision […]
What’s the answer? Buying and selling holidays
In the first of a new series ‘What’s the answer?’ we ask two experts to provide their solutions to your problems; this week Andrew Smith of Towry Law and Alison Wallace of Steptoe & Johnson solicitors present their ideas on how to manage a flexible holiday scheme. The question:“We are looking to introduce a scheme […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: Scoring on the golf course
A golfing tournament with 71 men was just about as much excitement as Sue Kingston could take this week, well that and the recruitment reshuffle she managed to wow her client with. W/C 16 May 2005:It’s interesting sitting here reflecting on my encounters of the week – I’m not sure, however, if my thoughts are […]
Performing under pressure – New ways of managing stress
Thousands of years ago, ‘pressure at work’ meant fleeing from invading marauders or battling woolly mammoths. Stress prepared cave men and women for ‘fight or flight’ situations, and helped them survive such trials; Neil Shah from the Stress Management Society offers his advice on how to manage an age old problem. So stress isn’t a […]
Legal round-up: Healthy and Safety obligations explained
Alison Wallace, head of employment practice at Steptoe & Johnson solicitors presents a quick reference guide to the key health and safety obligations of employers. Working TimeThe European Parliament’s approval of the proposed amendments to the Working Time Directive which would remove the UK’s right to opt out of the 48 hour maximum working week […]
Health and Safety myths revealed
Bosses across the country are unintentionally flouting basic laws designed to keep employees safe and well at work due to commonly held misconceptions over their safety responsibilities. According to health and safety advisor Croner, failure to manage stress, cutting corners to save money on safety, and not reporting accidents are just a few of the […]
HR Zone Healthcare Supplement – Why PMI is the Top Benefit
================================================================ Healthcare Supplement 25 May 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** HEALTHCARE SUPPLEMENT **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS 1. Corporate Manslaughter – an end to getting away with murder? 2. Q&A: HRZone talks ‘healthcare’ with BUPA 3. What’s the cost of mis-management? 4. Legal round-up: Healthy and Safety obligations explained 5. Any Answers: haemophilia, drug policies, stress […]
