by Rachel Saunders | Jun 15, 2020 | Personal Developement
can you be too resilient? It was around this time four years ago that I was exiting my corporate role in an organisation that I ‘grew up’ with. Having spent 12 years there, it was time to escape the food industry otherwise I would have been there forever. My business...
by Rachel Saunders | Apr 27, 2020 | Employee Relations, Personal Developement, Training
where is the line? We’ve all said things, often unknowingly, that has upset one of our colleagues. There’s a fine line between ‘banter’ (pet hate!) and bullying, but where is it? The answer is a lovely shade of grey. I’ve just reviewed some training that I...
by Rachel Saunders | Mar 23, 2020 | COVID19, News
Job retention scheme & covid-19 On Friday 21st March 2020 the Government announced the ‘Job Retention Scheme’ for organisations affected by the COVID-19 crisis (most of us!) Transferring employees on to ‘furloughed’ status as an alternative to job...
by Rachel Saunders | Mar 10, 2020 | Personal Developement
A picture paints a thousand words Well, that’s how the saying goes. I recently had to dig out my good old ‘CIPD’ certificate to demonstrate that I indeed had ‘chartered’ status, and it got me thinking. That A4 piece of paper, albeit decent quality, was deemed the...
by Rachel Saunders | Mar 10, 2020 | Salaries
To grade or not to grade, that is the question? In theory, job grading/evaluation is straightforward:Jobs are grouped into grades or bands.Jobs in the same grade/band are treated as being equal for the purposes of pay and benefits. Normally the jobs have gone through...
