January – notably the month of change and improvement. The first month of the year for many feels like a clean slate – a time of looking for opportunities, refreshing visions and committing to new goals and objectives. Many businesses will be stepping into January with a new focus for the year ahead [...]
It is National Grief Awareness Week - six days dedicated to raising public awareness of grief and loss. Besides the numerous personal losses experienced this year by several of us, we have mourned many others globally, and grief has become a shared emotion - the passing of the late Queen in September, the [...]
3rd December marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In this article, we celebrate four advantages of employing people with disabilities and answer some frequently asked questions. Four advantages to employing people with disabilities High work quality: a study carried out by the Institute of Corporate Productivity shows that 3 out of [...]
As a leader or manager, do you know how you would respond if an employee came to you raising an allegation of bullying in the workplace? You may be fortunate enough to have never experienced this so far in your career. However, in a survey of 2,000 employees across the UK by SME [...]
Bullying in the school playground may be easy to see and describe, but adult bullying and harassment can be subtle, leaving people questioning, “Is it me, am I being over-sensitive?”. Is it banter or bullying? Humour or harassment? Maybe it’s overt, or maybe you just 'feel' you’re being treated differently to others. We’ve [...]
