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Salary Reviews: What Are Different Approaches to Consider?

Most organisations approach salary reviews with a one-size-fits-all mentality that satisfies no one.

When salary review season rolls around, many organisations fall into an all-too-familiar pattern: arbitrary percentages applied across departments, managers fighting for limited pools, and decisions made Read more

Why Employee Retention is crucial in our current climate!

As the economy continues to fight against a second wave of COVID, businesses are still being challenged in ways that could either make or break their business. Contributing to this includes the struggle for businesses to retain their key Read more

How to keep top performers

“My top performer is already on the highest salary bracket and still wants more. How do I keep them?”

So you have a high performer with more than 5 years experience (who’s used to receiving 5-15% increases previously), but now they’re at the Read more

The six areas to focus on to level up your management in less than six weeks

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been learning about the multitude of challenges managers face on a day to day basis.

The Bespoke HR team of highly experienced consultants have developed a six-phase approach to levelling up leadership when Read more

Ten simple things to say that will make you a better manager — an infographic

Communication is key when it comes to being a great manager. The simplest of interactions and conversations have the power to empower and engage your team, and they don’t take a lot of time or money to implement.

Saying Read more

Seven undeniable reasons why your staff may hate a manager (Part Two)

Tried and tested conversation starters and strategies for being a likeable and empowering manager

Last week we shared a range of examples of what managers may do to make their staff dislike them, disengage or quit.

If you missed Read more

Seven undeniable reasons why your staff may hate a manager (Part One)

Tried and tested conversation starters and strategies for being a likeable and empowering manager

This month we will be focusing on a series around being an exceptional manager.

If you’re a business owner, we recommend forwarding these on to Read more

4 Things Stopping Employees From Feeling Empowered In The Workplace

There are many factors that can contribute to staff feeling a sense of empowerment in their work.

However, following on from last week’s blog and what Matthew Nash commented on, there are differences between empowering a staff member through Read more

The Powerful Effects Of Empowering Your Staff

“Empowerment is more than giving people additional responsibility – to be empowered, people need to feel empowered.”

-Matthew Nash, Leadership Success

This month we will be focusing on an often overlooked, but highly influential factor to employee productivity, Read more

5 of the Biggest Problems We See With Probationary Periods

Of course, both parties in a hiring situation hope for the best:

The new employee will love his or her job, fit in perfectly with the rest of the team AND add value to the business.

The reality is, Read more