By Jo Faragher From redundancy to a reluctant CEO, People Management guides you through the chats every HR professional dreads 1 Confronting an office bully It’s all about the language – and keeping your cool An accusation of bullying in the workplace can strike fear into the most confident of HR professionals and line managers. So much […]
Category: People Management | Saturday 1 February 2014 | Author: Hannah KingOne year in, Anna Shields, Director of Consensio, looks at how successful a Government-backed mediation scheme has been to date. In June 2012, the Government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) launched and funded a pilot project to increase the use of mediation in the workplace. The long-term aim of this initiative was to shift the culture of […]
Category: HR Zone | Wednesday 15 January 2014 | Author: Anna ShieldsBy Claire Warren Bullying doesn’t have to mean Malcolm Tucker-style bawling: subtle digs are just as devastating.The fightback starts here… Six weeks after taking on a new job, Katie should have still been finding her feet as an HR manager in a pharmaceuticals business. Instead she was busily looking for a new position, driven out by a ruthless finance […]
Category: People Management | Tuesday 1 October 2013 | Author: Hannah KingBy Tim Smedley How a defence firm more used to a ‘command-and-tell’ culture has replaced confrontation with mediation Picture a workplace where mediation is flourishing and Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group might not be top of your list. The organisational culture in the Cambridge-based aviation and engineering business is best described as entrenched. Ninety per cent of Marshall’s […]
Category: People Management | Sunday 1 September 2013 | Author: Hannah King“Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realise that real communication goes in both directions.” Listening, as observed by Lee Iacocca, former CEO of Chrysler Corporation, is one of the most fundamental business skills but is hugely undervalued and rarely, if ever, taught. In this article, we go back to basics and ask […]
Category: Training Journal | Saturday 1 June 2013 | Author: Tania Coke
