Wine, burnout, and a free opportunity...
Kate Coulson
Passionate HR Consultant & Leader. Leadership Development. Change Management. HR Consultancy. Talent Management. 07779788957
Free bottle of wine anyone?
Did you read that a free bottle of wine exposed the issue with GDPR and it took 3 months to be claimed?
Tax Policy Associates hid the offer of a free bottle of wine at the bottom of their privacy policy to check if anyone was really reading it. It took 3 months before anyone read to the bottom of the policy and claimed their free bottle! Always read the small print...
What can you practically do to encourage employees to read your policies and procedures so they really understand the boundaries you have set and what their rights are as your employee?
Are you feeling the burn?
In May we had Mental Health Awareness Week. Over 2 million people are waiting for NHS mental health services, and since 2017 the number of young people struggling with their mental health has nearly doubled. Which is terrifying.
As an employer how do you tackle this challenge, balancing your obligations to support your employees with the burden of the need for productivity. I don't believe as an employer you can do everything, but I do strongly believe that when poor mental or physical health is linked to work employers must step up and do more. I'm talking about burnout...
Our latest blog explores the triggers and signs of employees facing burnout, a globally recognised condition directly related to over work. 2/3 of employees in the UK say they have experienced burnout in their careers.
As employee health and wellbeing has a direct impact on their productivity you employers can't afford to ignore burnout and should proactively prevent burnout for their teams. But how? Take a read...
Productivity, Motivation, Engagement
Are you looking for opportunities to increase your team's?productivity, motivation levels?and?engagement? I'm thrilled to share a very free exciting opportunity from Nicola Jackson at Personal Strengths Coaching.
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You are invited to join their free?Relational Strengths Workshop on the 25th June 12.30-1.30 (UK time)?to find out how.
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The session will explain the?Strengths Approach: the?positive psychology approach helping individuals enhance their performance by increasing their self-awareness of their unique strengths. You will receive support in starting to identify your team's strengths. During the workshop, you will also learn how to make the most of your relationships in achieving your results.
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This months HR Challenge...
'My employee has taken a lot of sick days this year, there is a pattern forming. They are regularly off work on a Friday and when I spoke to them they shared with me for the first time they have an ongoing health issue and can't help that common colds and viruses impact them so severely they are often too unwell to come to work by the end of the week. I can't accommodate regular absenteeism because we have customers orders to fulfil. Help!'
Being able to record and track absence is super important as it enables any employer to see when patterns are forming, calculate absence levels and deal with things factually, not subjectively.
If an employee has an ongoing health concern that potentially impacts their ability to carry out their duties it would always be my recommendation to engage with an independent occupational health professional for their assessment, with the employees permission.
Once you have the assessment you can follow their recommendation and take one of these actions...
1) The health condition does not impact the employees ability to attend work and therefore the absence should be managed accordingly. This would probably mean an honest conversation followed by issuing a letter sharing that there is a cause for concern linked to their increased absence. The letter needs to set clear expectations that if the absence doesn't improve your formal disciplinary procedure may be initiated.
2) The health condition does impact the employees ability to attend work and therefore some reasonable adjustments should be made to accommodate the employees needs. These could be reduced working hours, greater tolerance of absence, changes to the working environment to reduce the risk of sickness.
I am pleased to recommend breathehr.com to record employee absence and support this process. Online Absence Management Software | Breathe (breathehr.com)
What have I been reading?
A very interesting article written by Charlotte Finlay, a PhD candidate at Ulster University, discussing a new approach to leadership and the need for evolution away from the 'hero leader' we often think of.
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