Business owners should always have an eye on an exit strategy, even if it is not a short-term consideration.
If employee engagement and retaining people is a priority for your business, embarking on a review of your employee policies and handbook is a great place to start – to enhance the overall employee experience.
I often wonder why we make the topic of the employee value proposition so complex, especially now during a period being called ‘The Great Resignation’. Organisations are fighting to keep their top talent, recruit new employees in a very competitive talent landscape, and work on their employer brand, all the while without speaking to their people. Employee expectations, both current and future, shouldn’t be a mystery – we must simply ask people what they need and want.
With restrictions lifting and things returning to, dare I say, ‘normality’, it’s inevitable that a return to the office will be on the horizon for most of us, if it hasn’t happened already. With this return to the office comes tremendous change and uncertainty.
Climate scientists are unambiguous about the need for rapid reductions in carbon emissions to meet the aim of limiting average levels of global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Whilst government imposed restrictions have been lifted and there is some indication that life is beginning to resemble pre-COVID times, it does not mean that the associated COVID fraud risk has gone away.
The Go For It programme, the free scheme that provides advice to would be entrepreneurs was recently celebrating having supported almost 9,000 entrepreneurs over the past four years.
As we move towards phased returns to the office and other flexible working arrangements, many of us will face some challenges and concerns when adapting to the change this brings.