Written by Matt on October 19, 2012 – 3:23 pm
Solo’s governance lead Matt Simkin reflects on this week’s debate on the future of HR and how it must add value to the business in the future KPMG has recently published Rethinking Human Resources in a Changing World. The report reminds us of how it feels day-to-day in organisations; the attention on reducing and optimising [...]
Written by Fiona Endersby on October 12, 2012 – 8:55 am
How should we react when a team member suddenly steps out of line? Should we issue guidelines; or hold a team meeting; see the individual; or wait for an apology and an explanation? Last week Ashley Cole sent an angry tweet after he believed he had been unfairly criticised by the FA in their report [...]
Written by Alison Ritchie on March 5, 2012 – 4:21 pm
The CIPD reported last week that 43% of managers surveyed for a recent report felt that their managers were ineffective. The research was undertaken by the Chartered Institute of Management and Penna together with Henley Business School and discovered a wide discrepancy between the responses from high performing organisations who felt that 80% of managers [...]
Written by Alison Ritchie on January 27, 2012 – 1:52 pm
We spend a lot of time at Solo, talking to clients and colleagues about how they can grow and improve their business; how they can stay abreast of current developments and ensure that their organisations remains current and effective and how they can develop themselves and their staff to be as effective and productive as [...]
Written by Alison Ritchie on November 28, 2011 – 9:28 am
After considerable debate on the subject, a far-reaching set of proposals aimed at changing key elements of employment legislation was revealed by Business Secretary Vince Cable during a speech to the EEF on November 23rd. The reforms are designed to help businesses to grow and flourish, by improving the way employers take people on, manage [...]
Written by Alison Ritchie on October 30, 2011 – 5:20 pm
Chin up! Maintaining morale in the work place. A recent piece of research has found that morale in the public sector has suffered over the past 12 months as a result of the reductions in funding and public service cost – cutting. This research by recruitment consultancy Badenoch & Clark found that local government has [...]
Written by Alison Ritchie on May 7, 2011 – 1:48 pm
Employee satisfaction hits record low in downturn Workers’ ‘fixed grin’ in tough times reaches public sector, finds CIPD A drop in living standards and job security has plunged workplace morale to record lows, according to the latest CIPD quarterly employee survey. The study of 2,000 UK employees found that staff satisfaction, and employee confidence and [...]
Written by Alison Ritchie on April 3, 2011 – 5:25 pm
Collaboration and communication in the work place – the key to successful innovation and performance. I have been struck recently by how many people have talked about the importance of networking and collaborative thinking. It seems as if a new emphasis is being placed on the way in which a group of people can contribute [...]
Written by admin on January 17, 2011 – 9:43 pm
I have been spending time this week working with clients to develop individual capability. This has included looking at management competencies, board effectiveness and 1-1 coaching sessions too. I am fortunate to have access to people from different walks of life, and the opportunity to extract and share lessons (whilst paying full heed to confidentiality [...]
Written by admin on January 17, 2011 – 9:12 pm
The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development published results from a survey last October which indicated a rise in stress-related absence over the previous year in 35% of employers across all sectors, and that stress was the main cause of persistently high levels of long-term public sector absence (Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, 2010). [...]
