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Coronavirus Advice for Employers

Updated [5th March 2020] I am very aware that employers are getting increasingly concerned by the spread of Coronavirus. Read this coronavirus advice for employers and avoid disruption in your business. One diagnosis in your business or in a shared office space could impact your entire business. Any outbreak may well create a variety of employment law issues including questions surrounding travel, health and safety concerns and sickness absence. It’s unlikely that you’ve ever had to deal with anything like this before and [...]

By Natalie Lewis Dynamic HR Blog

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The Future of HR – Welcome to the 20s!

My HR and People Management Predictions for the 20s What’s all this about the future of HR? It’s that time of the year when most people take time to reflect over the previous year and set goals for the coming one. This year is different, special even. We’re moving out of one decade and into a new one – the 20s! So that got me thinking! I’ve been working in HR since the early 2000s and started my business in 2012. [...]

By Natalie Lewis Dynamic HR Blog

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10 Ways to Avoid Redundancies

If you’re looking for a redundancy policy because you think you need to restructure or make staff redundant then read this first!

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Employees Trapped Abroad

Have you got employees trapped abroad? Thomas Cook has collapsed putting around 22,000 jobs at risk and leaving hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers trapped abroad. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said it has launched Britain’s largest peacetime repatriation to bring home stranded Thomas Cook passengers. The authority estimates that on top of the 150,000 trapped abroad an estimated million more have lost their future bookings. This is not the first time something like this has happened – remember the Icelandic volcano that [...]

By Natalie Lewis Dynamic HR Blog

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Holiday – how to prepare your team for when you go away

For small business owners, taking a holiday, at least one where you don’t spend the whole time tethered to your smart phone or computer, may seem nearly impossible. Do you worry that if you do go on holiday you’ll need to spend hours hunched over your laptop in your hotel room or take endless business calls whilst you’re on the beach or sightseeing? As much as I’d love to tell you it’s possible to totally unplug yourself from your business while [...]

By Natalie Lewis Dynamic HR Blog

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How to Manage your Team through Ramadan

Ramadan is based around the lunar cycle but falls around the same time every year. This year Ramadan runs from 5th May to 4th June. It is a time for reflection, contemplation and celebration of the Muslim faith. It is deemed the holiest time of the year and Muslims all over the world observe 4 weeks of fasting (no food or water during day light). This can be a difficult time for all who are involved; participants, business owners and colleagues. [...]

By Natalie Lewis Dynamic HR Blog

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How to Manage Virtual Teams

It’s the 21st Century and the cheap, easily available technology we have access to these days is changing the face of the workplace. It’s true that having a virtual team comes with a set of challenges but I’ll level with you – those challenges often stem from a lack of trust, poor management training and a bad recruitment process! Update: Covid-19 has changed the way that we work with may companies now working virtually. Keep reading for some useful content [...]

By Natalie Lewis Dynamic HR Blog

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How to avoid killing your company culture as you grow

Company Culture is so easy to destroy … That moment when your success is the very thing that threatens to destroy your business comes as quite a surprise and this is a common theme with my clients. I was having a catch up coffee with one of my strategy clients to review last year’s successes and got talking about this very subject. For him, ‘that moment’ hit him like a big slap in the face and it was the reason he came [...]

By Natalie Lewis Dynamic HR Blog

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HR Grinch (Advice for Company Christmas Party)

‘Twas a few weeks before Christmas and the company party was being discussed…. Everyone was excited until HR made a fuss! The Company Christmas Party – always a subject of contention! Whilst many would agree that a Company Christmas Party can boost morale and be a good way to celebrate success, it can also bring managers and HR many headaches (not just ones from overindulging!) So without wanting to be a Christmas Grinch, let’s look at some ways to make your [...]

By Natalie Lewis Dynamic HR Blog

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A Huge Recruiting Blunder

I really wish that recruiting managers (and recruiters) would treat candidates with more respect. Business owners wonder why candidates don’t turn up to interviews and when they do, they seem disinterested and lack motivation. If you’re in that position – perhaps ask yourself what you did to attract these candidates, how you engaged with them and how you sold your business to them. At some point, your employees bought into you as a brand and somewhere they wanted to work. You [...]

By Natalie Lewis Dynamic HR Blog