Motivate

Your employees are people and you need to understand what’s required to keep them engaged in what they do. Inevitably this improves the bottom line, customer satisfaction and employee loyalty. Here are our six top tips to engage your people more: 
1. Know your employees - each person has a valuable contribution to give.
2. Provide them with […]

Is your passion for work likely to suffer because of the economic slowdown? Anthony Landale considers why this is a leadership issue that is more relevant than ever.
Are you energised by your work? Do you have a passion for what you do? Are you pursuing a big dream?
In the past few years we’ve heard […]

A series of tips and hints on energy and well-being taken from a new pocket book written by Gillian Burn, one of our expert trainers and a specialist in health and well-being.
KEEPING HYDRATED

The body loses two and a half litres of fluid in normal body functions daily. This needs replacing.
Try and drink 8-10 glasses […]

Facts and Figures

Absence costs British Industry £10.7 billion per year (CBI Absence Survey data)
A loss of 192 million working days
3% working time lost
Average of 7 days per employee in absence
Industrial Society survey (2001)- 9 out of 10 workplaces are affected by excessive stress
Main causes of absence is from stress and back problems
Stress…

- affects one in […]

 
 
Recent surveys show that attracting and retaining top talent is the number one people-issue for executives.
According to a recent survey by Gallup (UK):

19% of employees are engaged and productive

61% are ‘not engaged’ (not committed to their roles and would leave with the right opportunity)

20% are ‘actively disengaged’ (negative in the workplace)

What this means for […]

Employee retention needs to be used as a primary measure of the health of your organisation. If you are losing key employees, you can be sure that their colleagues may be looking as well. Exit interviews with departing employees provide valuable information you can use to retain remaining staff. Take note of their results, it’s […]

Are we fooling ourselves, do we really want work-life balance? Are we really prepared to give up financial rewards for a healthier lifestyle?
This is an important question for organisations and staff. The costs of work-life imbalance are real. Exhausted people can’t concentrate, don’t have creative ideas and communicate poorly. But even in organisations where there […]

Taking time out for some simple exercise creates a great way to relax in a busy day. Regular short breaks help keep your mind and body alert and recharge you before the next task.
Create a pause in your busy day, as if you were pressing the pause button on your remote control, to allow your mind […]

Achieving the balance between work and life is a key challenge of our time. Our clients constantly report how difficult it is to manage all their work tasks efficiently and get home in a fit state to have quality time outside the workplace.
Work-life balance has often been regarded as a soft-issue, a nice-to-have, but those […]

Why should you care whether or not your people have any passion for their work?
The answer to that is that when people care about what they are doing they work with more commitment, energy and inspiration. Anthony Landale reports on a key business issue.
We all want more out of our work. That, surely, is the […]