Sainsbury’s have announced that they are intent on shedding 2,000 jobs in HR and then revealed they’re proposing updates to their HR systems. It makes you wonder whether they’ve thought […]

Meant for a select few, the email contained details of Feltz’s annual review, allegedly reading “When we launched Vanessa’s breakfast programme, we were aware we would have to find the right balance […]

The last few months have seen a whirlwind of HR-related issues surrounding gig economy companies such as Uber & Deliveroo, as the number of UK workers on zero-hours contracts is […]

Genuinely empowering managers to take greater accountability for their people requires a broad-ranging approach which addresses the organisational culture as well as the skills and tools being made available to […]

People management often gets squeezed out by operational pressures, particularly if managers don’t feel properly equipped and confident about what they should be doing, right? To be an effective people […]

Whoever thought that setting managers up to fail was ever a good idea? Too often, operational accountabilities are devolved to line managers without them being properly equipped to handle the […]

Any business process is only as strong as the weakest link and as we’ve already discussed in a previous article entitled The Strategic HR Role of Line Managers, most HR processes […]

There is a considerable body of research which has highlighted the importance of front-line managers in driving the performance of an organisation. But how much effort and emphasis is being […]

Research recently carried out found that ‘front line managers played a pivotal role in terms of implementing and enacting HR policies and practices. Where employees feel positive about their relationship […]

Maintain auditable records that can be easily accessed when required and by everyone who needs it. We all know that the amount of legislation and regulations that organisations need to […]

Having multiple systems to support different HR processes, or a mix of systems and paper-based processes, is one way to really push up the cost of HR administration and will […]

Organisations can reduce classroom-based management training costs by publishing training content to managers on-the-job, delivering it to them as and when they require it. Classroom-based management training can be great […]