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  • What rules surround redundancy for staff starting families?

    Understanding legal issues around maternity leave
  • How do I manage a difficult employee?

    A member of my sales staff, who has been with the company for five years now, has recently developed an off-hand manner when asked to go for...
  • How do I win back trust?

    Last year was incredibly tough and I was forced to make a series of redundancies on two separate occasions. While it was necessary in both c...
  • Do I need to interview?

    I have created a new position in my company and have an existing employee in mind for it. I haven’t formally advertised the position, but it...
  • How do I get the most from graduate recruits?

    I run a medium-sized hosting and outsourcing firm that has traditionally run a small graduate recruitment programme. In previous years, the...
  • How can I keep hold of key staff??

    The most important factor affecting my company’s performance is the quality of my key players. However, I have never felt that I was that good at recruitment. Although I have retai...
  • How can I prepare staff for tough times?

    I made some employees redundant for the first time recently, and it was a tough experience. However, we are predicting fewer sales this year, so we had to prepare for it. I don’t w...
  • Can I inspire loyalty without giving equity away?

    I am considering ways to encourage staff to stay with the business and looking at benefits in general. I have a few senior staff I really want to keep and junior members who could...
  • How do I make good managers?

    Some of my best salespeople are moving into management roles, but are finding it difficult being more motivational and team-driven. At the same time, making sales is a harder job t...
  • How do I start the redundancy process?

    My building company has been going for 10 years and has been a good business, but we’ve had a tough year. I have, so far, avoided losing any permanent staff, as I typically use a l...
  • How can I secure strong staff?

    My technology business has been through a period of incubation and, with major investment on the way, I am looking to bring in strong staff to drive it forward. I am convinced my p...
  • Am I asking too much?

    I have had a lot of staff churn recently and am spending more time than usual recruiting. I questioned out loud why this was the case and one staff member suggested it was “all wor...

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