Policies

How to Give (and Receive) Critical Feedback

October 10, 2022March 3, 2025 Employee Relations, Home Working, Leadership, Policies, Wellbeing

How do you react when someone offers you a piece of critical feedback? A recent FT article suggested that we tend to cycle through three mental stages when criticised. These ... Read more

How to Support Your Employees During a Heatwave

August 12, 2022March 3, 2025 Home Working, Leadership, Policies, Wellbeing

“For the first time on record temperatures in the UK have exceeded 40 degrees C,” opened a bulletin from the Met Office on 19th July. With the first Red Extreme ... Read more

Are “stay” interviews the key to retaining talented staff?

April 20, 2022March 3, 2025 Employee Relations, Home Working, Leadership, Policies, Recruitment, Wellbeing

The concept of the exit interview is not new. Many companies conduct these interviews after an employee has handed in their notice, so they can find out more about what ... Read more

How to Prepare for “New Year, New Job” Resignations

January 17, 2022March 3, 2025 Employee Relations, Leadership, Policies, Recruitment, Wellbeing

“There is always an increase in resignations in January”, says Peter Done, the co-founder and director of Peninsula Business Services. Indeed, helpline calls to Peninsula that related to resignations increased ... Read more

Compulsory Biennial Developmental Review in France

October 11, 2021March 3, 2025 Employee Relations, France, International, Leadership, Policies

Held once every two years, the biennial developmental review, which covers vocational training, employment, and social democracy, has been compulsory in all French companies since March 5, 2014. Furthermore, a ... Read more