Leadership
29th October 2019 Why would anyone want to work for you and your business?
As an employer, it’s inevitable that you might often find yourself wondering whether you risk losing a member of staff to a larger, wealthier, trendier or more conveniently located competitor. …
11th July 2019 5 Tips on Giving Memorable Presentations
Want to know how to make memorable presentations? We asked our senior consultants and training experts for their top tips to help you deliver a presentation that will really stand …
9th March 2019 Meetings, Meetings and More Meetings
Most meetings fail to get going from the start. The group is kept waiting for people to arrive. Others want to keep chatting about “important” but unrelated topics. The dreaded …
25th July 2018 When The Temperatures Climb, The Responsibilities Soar
We can plan for all kinds of scenarios as HR advisors. We’re often waiting like a coiled spring for the next recruitment wave for one of our clients, or their …
16th July 2018 Lessons In Management From Southgate
One of our clients recently invited us to a celebration for an employee who’d been with them for 20 years. Perhaps not a long time, when compared with the 35-plus …
16th July 2018 What do the new GCSE grades mean?
If you employ school leavers or apprentices, you’ll begin to notice a difference on CV’s coming across your desk soon. If you’re not already aware, the GCSE grading system had …
9th July 2018 Summertime and Retention Protection
What’s more infectious than a common cold in the workplace? What’s likely to set the jungle-drums of workplace gossip on fire more so than when the guy from sales disappeared …
25th June 2018 Why You Should Choose MAD-HR!
Choosing MAD-HR A (Moving) Picture Speaks Louder Than Words We’re very lucky to have lots of wonderful clients in our MAD-HR crowd. We know HR is not the easiest topic for …
10th June 2018 What’s the Solution to Finding and Keeping the Best Talent?
If I could name one question which gets asked of me most among new and existing clients, it’s along the lines of ‘how do I find and keep the best …
5th June 2018 Succession Planning & Talent Spotting are Key to Diversity
Succession Planning For our latest blog, MAD-HR founder Carole Burman discusses the key to staff diversity through effective talent-spotting, board diversity, and succession planning. Last week saw reaction travel far …
31st October 2017 How To Create a Great Culture and How Can You Measure It
If you can create a great culture in your organisation, everything else will fall into place. Great culture results in a happy and stable workforce, reliable teamwork, high productivity, increased …
19th October 2017 How To Effectively Manage Probationary Periods
Probationary periods for a new recruit are now commonplace. The use of a Probationary period is at the discretion of the employer in terms of whether to have one and …
16th October 2017 Growing Your Business with a Winning Team
Your business will only be as successful as your team. A simple fact and possibly the biggest challenge facing entrepreneurs. The market can be open, your product or service optimally …
15th September 2017 Training and Development – How to Maximise Delegate Buy-in?
As a manager, or the lead for training and development in your organisation, you may have identified a skill gap, and feel you have a bonafide case for investing in …
5th September 2017 Do You Have The HR Professional Support You Need To Take Your Business Forward?
The past 24 months have certainly seen a dramatic change in the economy. Brexit, the unexpected General Election, indeed the unexpected General Election result, and shifts in earnings, employment and …
17th August 2017 MAD-HR New Anglia Growth Hub Webinar
Our very own Charlotte Bate took part in a webinar for the New Anglia Growth Hub, entitled ‘An Introduction to Employing People’. The webinar runs through various elements that businesses …
17th August 2017 Hiring Someone – What You Need to Know
You may have set up your business from your kitchen table last year, or jumped straight into premises with the intention of going global. Whatever your business plan, growth and …
4th August 2017 Leading by Example – Maintaining Your Edge
A growing, forward-thinking company will have strong leadership to drive the organisation’s strategic programme forward and ensure their team have the skills and abilities to meet their challenges. Click here …
12th July 2017 5 ways to improve value you get from your meetings
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, meetings form a major part of work communication and management strategies. Google currently reports results from recent surveys citing that on average 16 hours a …
15th June 2017 How to be a trusted and authentic leader
Being a competent manager or having a senior position does not automatically make a leader. A leader connects with those they seek to lead. They inspire, encourage and empower their …
