This letter was first posted in November 2016 and has been updated in November 2019. Claire Huntington has over 15 years’ experience in senior and executive level human resource management and strategic leadership positions. Claire learnt HR under the wings of great mentors and through trial and error. She has a very […]
Month: November 2019
Are you prepared for your Maternity Leave?
Being the highly organised person that I am, as I excitedly await the arrival of my first child, I also needed to prepare for my maternity leave. Finding the simple balance between work and personal life can be hard and difficult at the best of times, let alone throwing a baby and maternity leave into […]
Why Won’t Staff Do As They’re Told?
Coaching vs Telling Tell me if this is how you would describe your people: self-sufficient, use their initiative, confident problem solvers, proactively look for better ways of working and have a sense of ownership for their work. Or maybe your day is more like many of the managers I work with, punctuated with statements such […]
Are you trying to recruit a Unicorn?
My role is unique; it requires a bit of a different skill set to the same type of positions in other businesses because we do things a little differently here. Sound familiar? For example: the job brief (the skills, experience, knowledge and background required) when recruiting for a Production Manager for one company compared to […]
