Blog26th Jun 2024 The Next Viral Trend… Problems with Employees! By Philip Moody, Senior HR Consultant Throughout my time in HR, I have noticed that there is one problem that every single one of my clients have faced: People Problems. Whether it is an employee who is going through a… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Bracing for Brexit: Employment & Immigration Guide The United Kingdom has now left the European Union, and has entered a Implementation Period (or Transition Period), which will continue until 31 December 2020. So, what is legally required of you and your EU/EEA/Swiss citizen employees during this Implementation… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Harness Psychology & Neuroscience To Improve Your Learning Programmes By Florenz Geraghty, Senior Learning and Development Consultant for Think People Consulting In the last 20 years there have been staggering advances in the field of neuroscience (the scientific study of the brain). The surge in knowledge has been enabled… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 The Changing Role of the Sales Function in 2020 Not long ago, the successful salesperson was a product expert, a features master and, if she or he was a real winner, would have known their competitors’ products in as much detail as their own. Relationship was king; with sales… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 An Employee Voice – Eliminating the ‘Them & Us’ Culture With managers under growing pressure to increase productivity and look after profit margins it is all too easy to overlook one of the most important areas within an organisation, the staff culture itself. Culture can be difficult to define and… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 How Employers can Take Reasonable Steps to Prevent Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Harassment in the workplace can take many forms and can often relate to protected characteristics such as race, religion, belief, sex or sexual orientation. In the UK, the Equality Act 2010 (‘The Equality Act’) sets out strong, clear protections against… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Change Management & Restructuring – Who Is Supporting The Leaders? Change is continuous, the rate of change is increasing exponentially, change is the new norm. How many times do we hear this type of affirmation in a week? Organisational change and transformation are a constant in most organisations, independently of… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 The Drive for UK Whistleblowing Reform Gaining Momentum. Whistleblowing is one of the most cost-effective means of enabling businesses to protect themselves from the negative impacts of unethical behaviour. It is the first line of defence against crime, fraud and corruption found across businesses. As such, it is… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Once disciplined, is it truly forgotten? By Victoria Smith, HR Consultant A recent Tribunal case highlights the importance of following disciplinary procedures and looking at the validity of a previous final written warning. In this article we will look at the details of the case and… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 How Sporting bodies can kick Discrimination into touch In recent times, we have seen a significant trend in the number of employees who have brought discrimination cases against their employers in the sporting profession. Discrimination comes in many forms and occurs when someone is treated unfairly because of… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Normalising the Normal: Sensitively Approaching Menopause in the Workplace It is not an illness nor a medical condition but a natural stage of life all women will experience yet, menopause remains a considerably taboo subject in the workplace. This is due to not only a lack of understanding around… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 The Battle for Talent The battle for talent is fierce – how will you stand out amongst the crowd to attract, develop, excite and retain talented people? The battle for talent is a business reality that calls for a revolutionised approach to… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 New EU laws to provide greater protection for whistleblowers On the 16th April 2019, the European Parliament and the Member States approved new rules guaranteeing a high level of protection for whistleblowers across a wide range of sectors when they report breaches of EU law. In the aftermath of… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Psychological Capital – A Mindset Shift for HR I recently spoke at an event about retention calling the talk, ‘The Human in Human Resources’. Putting moral debates to one side, the increasing amount of information and evidence from social science on the psychology of behaviour and from applied… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Protecting whistleblowers not Criminality – How the UK Government’s new banning of gagging orders aims to enhance protection for whistleblowers The UK government’s recent announcement introducing measures to prevent employers from using non-disclosure agreements (NDA) to prevent employees reporting harassment, discrimination or abuse is seen as a huge development in protection for whistlebleblowers in the UK. Many businesses use NDA’s… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 The empowerment of whistleblowers – how the wind of social & cultural change is impacting Corporate Governance Whistleblowing in the workplace is on the rise. Changes in legal and regulatory developments over the years have had an impact. However, the significant rise in the use of social media (#meToo movement) fake news propaganda, and economic and political distrust… By Caroline Murphy View more