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How to say what you mean & mean what you say without getting on the bland wagon
We held a seminar the other week on saying what you mean without getting into hot water. We wanted to share some ideas with our clients about how they can recruit to their teams, speak to their staff and run their businesses without fearing discrimination and harassment claims in this ever changing, discriminatory legislative environment we call work.
Get the inside scoop from the UK’s top ethical business minds
Sustainable business entrepreneurs Jo Fairley, Liz Earle and Martha Lane Fox are set to share their secrets over ice cream in the search for Europe’s top socially conscious entrepreneurs
The secret to effective delegation
No matter how polished your communication skills and competent your team, delegation can end in misunderstanding. The solution: prototyping.
Can British Employees Be Trusted?
One in three British employees spends time on social media or prints private files on company printers instead of working, one in four searches for other employment from the work computer and 12 per cent take company files home…
Tech for Good Challenge offers early-stage ventures chance to transform young people
A challenge with a prize worth half a million has been launched which aims to uncover England’s most innovative and disruptive early-stage ventures whose imaginative use of digital technology will have a profound impact on the future life chances of young people.
Drowning in Emails? 3 ways to manage your inbox
Not every communication needs to be sent via email. Here are three types of emails you should never send if you want to be focusedon work and not your inbox
Give your books a Spring clean for 2013
The days are get longer and warmer and you’re probably already counting how many there are left until the Summer holidays. But what could you do in the meantime to give your business bookkeeping its annual dose of polish, then make that task a regular part of your weekly hour spent on your books?
UK CPD & Legal Training: Pleasure or Chore?
While larger law firms might have in-house provision for training, sole practitioners and smaller practices will undoubtedly be taking advantage of training providers. How do you choose your training provider to ensure you emerge from the experience impassioned and enthusiastic, rather than bored and glad it’s over?
Why polishing your presentation skills can help you deliver the right message
Delivering bad news, on-the-job training, announcing staff changes – these are all situations a senior manager may find themselves in. Yet, how many times does a critical message become clouded or coloured or even lost in the aftermath of people’s reactions?
5 destructive phrases in business
To be a better business leader, you need to avoid these five destructive phrases like the plague.
4 ways to get a new employee off to the perfect start
That interview you had right before you made the job offer? It’s not enough. Here are four things you must do on a new hire’s first day.
Firms look to overseas investment as UK economy falters
The recent budget made grim reading for many in Britain. It also painted a depressing picture for those British firms that would normally look to invest further in the country’s economy.
Succession Planning: Why relinquishing control can actually see a business grow
Sarah Longbottom, Consultant in the SME Division of Odgers Interim, on the need for effective succession planning.
Female Entrepreneurs to be rewarded at the 2013 Everywomen awards
The UK’s longest-running programme for championing female enterprise, the NatWest everywoman Awards is welcoming entries for 2013.
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