Employment legislation and solutions for the UK businesses
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Achieving Sustainable Change
This week Nic Armitage, Head of Consulting at Enzyme argues that change is something you have to do to yourself. The examples of large consultancies driving permanent change would create one of the world's shortest books!
In this article Nic Armitage explains their "model for change". There are, of course, a myriad of change models. Some of these have informed the enzyme model. However this approach is borne out of practical observation of U.K. organisations that have both succeeded and failed in their attempts to reinvent themselves. There is nothing "academic" about the approach.
The phrase "desire for change" trips off the tongue like so much business jargon confetti. In fact the word "desire" is a massive clue to effective change. Organisations that succeed, display an "all-consuming" desire for change. Every process, every conversation and ultimately every individual becomes altered in some respect. Organisations that fail merely "want" change, they like the idea, they've signed up to the trend, the mantra.
If you want to give up smoking, drinking so much or would like to lose a few pounds don't even start unless it really matters to you, we all know this to be true, but organisations are no different, they just don't always realise it.
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Internal Communications - a critical ingredient for any product or service!
Martin Vian of Breeze Communications puts the case for effective Internal Communications.
Quality communications between a company and its employees is often overlooked. Certainly every company communicates with its staff, often in a variety of ways. However, whether this process is effective and therefore, money well spent, is questionable. Internal communications in many businesses happen, more by habit and need, than by design.
Many organisations spend a high percentage of their annual budget marketing their product or service to their customer. Having aligned this product or service to their customer needs they need to make sure the delivery is right. This is where the human element really kicks in, particularly if there is any element of service involved.
We read all the time quotes about the service profit chain, among others, that satisfied employees lead to satisfied customers. But creating satisfied employees is often a big part of the challenge. As we all know it is much more than having the right policies and procedures, and offering fair pay, benefits and rewards. The area, which has an impact on all of these and is often overlooked, is how everything is communicated to your most valuable assets.
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Become a HR Book Reviewer
Read reviews about the best HR books available. Each book is reviewed by a fellow HR professional and patreian subscriber. If you are interested in the book then you can purchase it directly via our link to Amazon. If you would like to become a patreian book reviewer then simply email the patreian administrator at administrator@patreian.co.uk We will supply the books free of charge, you provide the review. This week we are featuring "Recruiting Excellence-An Insider's Guide to Sourcing Top Talent" by Jeff Grout. This book sets out a blueprint for identifying, attracting, selecting, motivating and retaining top talent.
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HR Jobs at patreian.co.uk
Would you like a new challenge? Tired of the same old routine? Is it time to make that next career move? At patreian we provide a regular update of the UK's latest HR Vacancies. Our subsribers do not have to go looking for their next role, we bring it to them. This week we have HR Director, HR Manager and Learning and Development roles.
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Coaching ... the fulcrum of business success
Staff who get honest and constructive feedback are likely to be more productive -- that's why organisations that have a coaching culture get the best results. Indeed appreciation, encouragement, acknowledgement and reward are the very cornerstones of effective team management.
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