Blog26th Jun 2024 Resilience in the Chaos: Harnessing Positive Psychology in Times of Change What do you see when you think of psychology? Do you view psychology as a scientific approach to mental health issues? If so, you’re missing a large, crucial part of psychology – Positive Psychology, described by Peterson as “the scientific… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 #Timesup for bullying in the workplace Movements such as #metoo and #timesup have highlighted a fundamental shift in culture resulting in people, who are subject to various forms of mistreatment in the workplace, being no longer prepared to suffer in silence. As such, businesses must increasingly… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 What is Occupational Fraud and why must we take it seriously? Occupational fraud refers to a fraud committed by an employee, against his or her employer. It is defined as the use of one’s occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing organisations resources or assets.… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 COVID-19: FAQs for Employers As the situation surrounding COVID-19 continues to develop, we have been receiving a wide range of questions from our clients. We have compiled our most frequently asked questions into a quick reference guide which you can download below. Download *… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Gagging Order changes to enhance protection for Whistle-blowers Non-disclosure agreements (NDA’s) can be used to prevent the spreading of anything likely to damage an organisation’s reputation or can apply to sensitive commercial information or trade secrets. In new guidance on NDA’s,Susan Clews, the chief executive of ACAS, said: “NDAs can be used legitimately… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Coronavirus (COVID-19) In light of the current situation with regards to COVID-19 we would like to provide the assurance that we are closely monitoring the situation. We are taking measures to protect the health and safety of our team and if required,… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Coronavirus in the Workplace: Guide for Employers & Employees We have been receiving a lot of questions from our clients about handling coronavirus in the workplace, so we have compiled our answers into a guide for employers and employees. If you have any questions that are not covered in… By Caroline Murphy View more
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 Psychology & Neuroscience – Improving 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 Steps employers can take to help Prevent Sexual Harassment 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 Supports 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