HR Know-How
Know how to identify the warning signs of stress
Mental health problems are on the increase, with research from Mind, the UK’s leading mental health charity, revealing that one...
Know how to move from the public to the private sector
When George Osborne recently pledged to dramatically reduce the UK’s deficit within five years, he also announced the biggest cuts...
Know how to get the most out of IT
Organisations expect most of their employees to know the basics of IT, but anything beyond everyday tasks is generally seen...
Know how to help staff with financial difficulties
The helpline of debt charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) received more than 335,000 calls last year, and the charity,...
Know how to get value from psychometric tests
Psychometric testing is an increasingly popular tool in many situations, from recruitment to redundancy – and everything in between.Different instruments exist...
Know how to communicate pensions
Utter the words ‘company pension plan’ to your staff, and you will receive a variety of reactions. Often, they will...
Know how to handle the media
In the good old days, journalists would only have wanted to speak to your chief executive or perhaps, at annual...
Know how to manage survivor guilt
Redundancy, threatened or real, is everywhere today. And its impact on the workplace extends far beyond those unfortunate people who...
Know how to review your benefits strategy
In benefits – as with everything these days – the bottom line comes first.
However much you want to spoil your staff...
Know how to get value from your EAP
The humble employee assistance programme (EAP) comes perilously close to what number crunchers might, in these straitened times, see as a...
Know how to do background checks
The need to check the background of job applicants couldn’t be more evident, yet it is often neglected. It may...
Know how to keep staff engaged during a recession
The recession shows no sign of abating. Jittery employees are looking over their shoulders, convinced that every envelope marked ‘internal’...
Know how to handle a senior resignation
There are some leaders who are so iconic that life without them would be unimaginable – and this is as true...
