The Cost of StressDid you know that in 2011, sickness absence due to stress cost organisations an average of £673 per employee per year? Indirect costs have been estimated as twice the amount of direct costs, so the total business cost per employee is nearer £2,000 per year.The 2011 CIPD/Simply Health Annual Absence Management Report shows Stress as the most common cause of long-term sickness absence for the first time. Workplace stress affects over 400,000 people a year, which can be … [Read more...] about The Cost of Stress
Is Your Company’s Online Reputation What It Should Be?
Is Your Company’s Online Reputation What It Should Be? In a day and age when it seems just about everyone is online in some capacity, it does not take much for one’s professional business to be turned upside down by a negative comment or two. In fact, it can be downright disastrous if not properly addressed.For the business owner, be they a large business or a little mom and pop shop, their company’s brand and online reputation are two of their most important facets.Without a desirable … [Read more...] about Is Your Company’s Online Reputation What It Should Be?
Does Emotional Intelligence Make You a Better Leader?
Does Emotional Intelligence Make You a Better Leader? There are a variety of qualities that make up a leader, ranging from confidence, passion, and initiative. However, all these on their own are not enough for leaders to truly succeed. Instead, leaders require emotional intelligence to tie these qualities together and allow them to become a successful leader. Daniel Goleman, a proponent of emotional intelligence, shows that the skills provided by emotional intelligence allow leaders to … [Read more...] about Does Emotional Intelligence Make You a Better Leader?
Top 5 Payroll Mistakes | Learn How to Avoid Them Now
Learn How to Avoid The Top 5 Payroll Mistakes Mistakes in payroll can be embarrassing and costly for small companies – as well as demoralising for their workforce. Small firms can ill afford to pay penalties for sloppy procedures. Many employees do not immediately check their payslips so it is important that errors are prevented before it is too late. Nobody wants to confront an angry or frustrated employee or a tax bill at the end of the year. If your company has not outsourced payroll to an … [Read more...] about Top 5 Payroll Mistakes | Learn How to Avoid Them Now
Why are we so bad at training new managers?
Why are we so bad at training new managers?In the knowledge economy getting talented people on board is more crucial than ever before, so more and more effort is going into the recruitment process. What happens once these talented individuals are hired however often leaves a lot to be desired.Leadership IQ, a research and management consulting firm, reports 67% of employees learn about their jobs from co-workers and not from their bosses. So new hires tend not to learn about their new … [Read more...] about Why are we so bad at training new managers?
The Hybrid Theory – manager, leader or something else?
The Hybrid Theory - beyond management & leadership... It’s the 21st century and, being an ‘evolved species’, we’ve come to recognise the requirement for progressive adaptation in response to external stimuli and environmental conditions to maintain competitive advantage. Civilised society has put comfortable distance between ‘natural selection’ and survival.From perpetual battles under empirical regimes to co-operative negotiation and global trading through ‘organisations’, complex … [Read more...] about The Hybrid Theory – manager, leader or something else?
