SurgeAdvisory Managing Director and HR Advisor, Maria Bartolo Zahra, together with Nicole Caruana, Founding Partner and Neuroscientist at Massivemind, delivered a workshop at the Annual FHRD HR conference.
The Situation
The client, which has been in the business for over 30 years, sought to up-skill the firm’s management team by better equipping them to lead their respective teams and above all, their strategic awareness.
Often than not, employers tend to consider annual leave as an inconvenience. However, if planned and managed well, annual leave can have positive effects on the company and its employees.
High staff turnover causes negative morale at the office. Demotivation and disengagement kick in, affecting the relationship with your customers, which will eventually affect your turnover and profit margins. All this leads to a serious negative impact on your company culture and also on your company’s reputation.
I was recently at a client and we discussed the importance of having a proper pay structure in place. The director explained that in today’s job market, they do not necessitate having one in place as they are constantly scrambling to pay more to entice prospective employees and/or retain their people.
Think of each and every job applicant your organisation has had over the years and consider how you handled each and every one of them. Did you ensure that the job applicant’s first impression of the company was positive? Was the experience of those who were not employed positive too?
In today’s job market organisations are facing the reality of an increasingly mobile workforce. The promise of a stable income is no longer attractive enough to keep employees from moving from one employer to the next.
A common problem that managers face is employees dressing inappropriately for the workplace. It may mean an awkward and sensitive confrontation with the employee with the concern of easily offending them.
I recently read Jane Simms’ article in the June edition of the People Management magazine – ‘We’ve ditched appraisals. What’s next?”
I found this article to be very interesting because there are aspects of it which I regularly question clients when discussing their performance management system.
Your people are influencing your strategy; through their competence and their behaviour. If these are out of line with business then you are at risk of failing to deliver what you intend and plan.
