Updated May 2020 (originally published in August 2019) You’ve just been promoted, hooray! You are now part of the management team and officially in charge of a team of your staff who were previously your peers, many who have become your friends. How do you handle it? This can be a tough one to navigate, …
I have had a long-held ambition to develop my business; and the hard work and determination had started to reap the rewards, until 13th March 2020, with the outbreak of Covid-19. My clients were forced to change direction, focus on specific operational issues, furlough staff and halt their work with me, overnight 90% of my …
Our 9 tips for managing remote teams Before Spring 2020 and the pandemic COVID-19, remote working and working from home (WFH) was less common. With enforced remote working and WFH, many businesses are struggling to adapt traditional face to face management in this new ‘world’ so I’m hoping that theses tips for managing remote teams …
Measuring Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Many organisations have difficulties measuring CSR initiatives. Some benefits such as customer loyalty and improved reputation are hard to quantify, therefore difficult to measure the Return on Investment (ROI). However, measurement is really important to establish your ROI it enables you to: Promote the importance of your activities to your …
I am not being cheeky or derogatory, I know that they exist and once I was one! People that are promoted because they are good at their jobs, have technical expertise and experience. They are not necessarily good people managers. In my experience, managing people, learning the skills and art of delegation and effective communication …
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Many small, medium and large business have acted and supported projects in their local communities for many years. However, the term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – is much misunderstood or un-known. CSR is a company’s sense of responsibility towards the community and environment, both ecological and social in which it operates. For large business acting …
There have been several thought provoking reports this year, from interesting organisations including Hays Recruitment 2019 and the Deloitte Insights 2019 in to a ‘Generation Disrupted’, which focuses on the Millennial Generation and also Generation Z. You are a Millennial if you are born between 1981 – 1996 – aged currently 22 and 37 and …
The ‘win-win’ benefits of backing a local charity or community project were spelled out to businesses at the first Kent conference of its kind last week. The event, Corporate Social Responsibility 2025 – Fit for the future, heard how encouraging staff to devote time to helping a charity or raising money for a good cause …
We recently spoke with Kirstin Miller – Business Support Manager from Professional Office Service (professionalofficeservice.co.uk) to find out more about her involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility, or CSR as it is known in the abbreviated version. ‘CSR involvement has been part of my previous and current professional world in many capacities. Two of the organisations …
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Your Customers and Others – how it can define us Our recent review of External Validation models, in addition to our society need for others to ‘like’ what we are doing led us to an interesting article by psychologytoday. Elizabeth Thornton determined the role ‘mental models’ play in management, leadership and decision-making. There are several …
