Month: April 2020

Working in HR during COVID-19…. the good, the bad and the ongoing legislation changes!

Working in HR during COVID-19…. the good, the bad and the ongoing legislation changes!

Working in HR is diverse and each day is different, throw Coronavirus into the mix and the role of HR is even more challenging! The variety in HR is vast and I have found this variety has only increased during this pandemic. From keeping up to date with legislation changes, Leadership support to Wellbeing support, […]

7 Tips for Recruiting During a Pandemic

7 Tips for Recruiting During a Pandemic

You might think that it is less than ideal to be trying to recruit at the moment. We are all juggling doing business and navigating our way around our new norm; working remotely, social distancing, employees being stood down, why would you want to add recruiting to your to-do list. There are however, many positives […]

Managing from the Kitchen Table | How to Lead a Remote Team

Managing from the Kitchen Table | How to Lead a Remote Team

A large part of our population has moved to working remotely, many for the first time. In an ideal world we would have established remote working and communication protocols, and provided training in advance. Given the rapid onset of the pandemic, this wasn’t possible. With little time to prepare, we are now faced with leading […]

From my perspective – COVID-19: Through the eyes of a small business owner

From my perspective – COVID-19: Through the eyes of a small business owner

March 2020 will be a month that I remember forever. I’ve been a small business owner for 6.5 years now and this month has been the most challenging period in that journey so far. It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions, sleepless nights, hard decisions and every where I turn it’s all about Coronavirus; it’s on […]

Working from home during COVID-19…….with kids

Working from home during COVID-19…….with kids

Throughout the last few weeks, we have helped businesses plan for the impacts of COVID-19 and have seen a large number of organisations move to staff now working remotely. Our organisation is not exempt from the pandemic and we too have been working remotely for well over a week now. As everyone’s individual circumstances come […]