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Managing people

As the old saying goes, your people are your greatest asset, but this is only the case if the correct management procedures are in place to ensure they are nurtured, motivated, engaged and productive.

This section provides information on how to effectively manage your staff and covers topics such as learning and development, employee relationships, absence management, health and wellbeing, and performance management.

Training not supporting business objectives

2010-09-02 15:10 - 88 reads

While a huge 86% of organisations have introduced coaching or mentoring programmes, nearly two thirds fail to directly support corporate objectives but focus instead on developing individual talents.

NHS needs funding to 'even out' training

2010-08-23 13:31 - 511 reads

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Sufficient funding must be put in place if the NHS is to redress current imbalances in the number of specialist medical trainees working in different areas of England, according to the Royal College of Physicians.

Employees exposed to contract and pay issues

2010-08-18 12:59 - 490 reads

Just under a third not reading their employment contracts adequately and one in 10 failing to understand the details of their payslips.

Influencing engagement: the role of the line manager

2010-08-17 09:45 - 834 reads

John Pope offers advice on how managers can work with their teams to maximise engagement, supported by the HR function.

HR must not fall for the 'delusion of gender'

2010-08-16 12:49 - 823 reads

HR professionals need to be careful of indulging in ‘neurosexism’, after revelations that widely accepted differences between male and female abilities are more nuture than nature.

New learning centre for DHL Supply Chain

2010-08-13 15:03 - 685 reads

DHL Supply Chain has opened a learning centre in Leicestershire to provide its 200 staff with training ranging from basic skills to NVQs.

Profit sharing motivates employees

2010-08-10 16:14 - 436 reads

More than half of UK workers believe that profit-sharing or having an ownership stake in their employer’s business would motivate them to perform more effectively.

Millennial training methods

2010-08-10 09:38 - 628 reads

Who are these 'millennials' and how can they be motivated when it comes to training? David Chan gives some insight into the new kids on the block.

What's the point of a training manager?

2010-08-10 09:15 - 1516 reads - 6 comments

Judith Germain considers how training and HR can best work together - alone or in the same department?

UK managers 'deluded'

2010-08-06 12:37 - 467 reads

Due to a heady mix of inadequate training and development and being pushed into roles they had no desire to take, over half of UK managers are deluded, says the CMI.

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Latest news

Managing the redundancy survivors

Create an engagement worksheet where employees can rank what’s important to them, and how satisfied they are in each area on a sliding scale. Suzanne Bates, Bates Communications

Good leaders should act like a conductor of an orchestra: they have no instrument to play but listen, observe, energise and enthuse their team. Tim Holden, Fluid Consulting Ltd

The first step is to recognise that you can't motivate people - but you can create an environment in which they feel inspired and confident that they can be their best. Gordon Barker, TalentDrain

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