A Manager’s Guide to Setting Goals, Fostering Collaboration, and Investing in Team Growth The start of the New Year is a good time to set out your thoughts and ideas for the forthcoming year and to communicate them to your colleagues. With that in mind, here are three key points for managers to kick start…
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Fear of appraisals
Understanding issues and overcoming them The appraisal interview can be summarised as a review of performance to date and a discussion about the future in terms of potential and development needs. So, like the Roman God Janus, it has two faces, one to look at the past and one to the future. While performance appraisals…
The Dual Benefits of Performance Appraisals
Empowering both Managers and Employees In any organisation, the performance appraisal process serves as a crucial mechanism for assessing employee performance and driving organisational success. While often seen as a routine formality, performance appraisals offer many advantages, not only for managers but also for the employees. Let’s take a look at the benefits that this…
Do you take minutes at meetings?
Let me show you a simple way to create an impact in your business productivity By taking minutes in meetings, you will capture the essence of who said what, when, and why it matters. They serve as a vital roadmap for action items and follow-ups, ensuring that brilliant ideas don’t evaporate into thin air. They…
Navigating menopause in the workplace: Insights and support for managers
How line managers can play a vital role in managing and supporting colleagues with menopausal symptoms October is World Menopause Month and on 18 October every year, World Menopause Day is observed. This aims to raise awareness about menopause and support for women going through their natural life transition. Menopause, typically occurring between the…
Building Resilience in Students: A Positive Approach for Educators
Introduction: Calling teachers/educators and lifelong learners! Today, we’re diving into a topic that is not only important but also exciting: resilience. Resilience is like your secret superpower, and we’re here to help you unlock it for yourself and your students. So, grab a cuppa, get comfy, and let’s explore the world of resilience together. What…
Great tool for managing larger tasks
Today I discovered a great online tool which helps to break down complex tasks into more manageable steps. I read about it on another site, so had to give it a go, searched for MagicToDo and found it under the website https://goblin.tools Had to try it out, so put a fairly straightforward item “write blog…
The value of coaching in the workplace
Coaching is an effective tool for enhancing employee performance, productivity, and personal growth in the workplace. Here are some reasons why coaching is valuable: Development of skills: Coaching provides employees with the opportunity to develop and improve their skills. Coaches can help employees identify areas where they need improvement and provide guidance on how to…
Coaching Clinics
Bringing coaching directly into the workplace The workplace has changed dramatically in the past two years and people are having to adapt to new ways of working. This has led to challenges that people are struggling to adjust to. Managers may be leading teams of individuals who are working remotely for at least part of…
Seven steps to solving problems effectively
Sometimes when you are faced with a challenge, you cannot see our way through to even knowing where to start. It feels like you are trying to eat an elephant. However, if you were going to eat an elephant (and I don’t advocate animal cruelty, so imagine a life-size, chocolate one!), you wouldn’t try to…
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