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Developing a winning culture: going for Gold at the Commonwealth Games

By | 2018-04-23T10:46:42+00:00 April 19th, 2018|Categories: Creative, Design, Human Resources, People Management|

Many congratulations to the England Roses Netball Team on their first gold medal in the Commonwealth Games. It is a huge achievement; they did not lose a single match and beat the best teams in the world! Last year (2017) I spend six months working with England Netball on a significant change programme that involved [...]

Rethinking HR for a Changing World

By | 2012-10-19T09:08:23+00:00 October 19th, 2012|Categories: Change Management, Human Resources, People Management, Solo Consultancy Ltd, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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 cost.  HR [...]

Building resilience in a time of turbulence written by Fiona Endersby

By | 2012-03-27T09:31:35+00:00 March 27th, 2012|Categories: Change Management, Human Resources, Solo Consultancy Ltd, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |

More than education, more than experience, more than training, a person’s level of resilience will determine who succeeds and who fails. That’s true in the cancer ward, it’s true in the Olympics, and it’s true in the boardroom. Dean Becker, Harvard Business Review, May 2002. Ten years on from this article, the world seems more turbulent [...]

How effective are your managers?

By | 2012-03-05T09:35:41+00:00 March 5th, 2012|Categories: Human Resources, People Management, Uncategorized|

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 were [...]

Employment Law Update

By | 2012-01-27T09:39:31+00:00 January 27th, 2012|Categories: Human Resources, News, Solo Consultancy Ltd, Uncategorized|

There are a number of recent changes to employment law that all employers will need to be aware of. Make sure that you have included all the changes in your policies, procedures and information that you share with staff, clients and customers and other stakeholders, and if you would like any assistance in ensuring that you [...]

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

By | 2012-01-27T09:37:54+00:00 January 27th, 2012|Categories: Human Resources, People Management, Solo Consultancy Ltd, Uncategorized|

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 possible. [...]

Employment Changes Ahead

By | 2011-11-28T09:40:58+00:00 November 28th, 2011|Categories: Human Resources, News, People Management, Solo Consultancy Ltd|

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 disputes [...]

Chin Up!

By | 2011-10-30T09:42:35+00:00 October 30th, 2011|Categories: Change Management, Human Resources, People Management, Solo Consultancy Ltd, Uncategorized|

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 been [...]

Staff Morale

By | 2011-05-07T09:44:39+00:00 May 7th, 2011|Categories: Human Resources, News, People Management, Solo Consultancy Ltd, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

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 trust [...]

Collaboration and Communication in the Work Place

By | 2011-04-03T09:47:04+00:00 April 3rd, 2011|Categories: Human Resources, News, People Management, Solo Consultancy Ltd, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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 more creatively [...]

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