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Top 5 HR Challenges Small Business Owners Faceand How to Overcome Them

As a small business owner, we are sure you are familiar with a lot of challenges that come with managing your team.

The Ripple Effect:How Business Owner Self-Care EnhancesBusinessPerformance#SelfCareDay

Running a small business is demanding.

The Hidden Costs of Poor HR Management: Why Small Businesses Can't Afford to Ignore HR

As a small business owner or manager, you’re thinking it might be practical to prioritise immediate business needs over HR management.

Part-Time Employment: A Blessing or aBurden?

In today’s dynamic business environment, part-time employment is becoming an increasingly popular working method for both employers and employees.

Flexible and voluntary benefits

As an HR professional, I have had numerous discussions with employers about ways to attract and retain talent.

Top 5 Tips for Responding to Counter Offers from Employees

With the ‘war for talent’ continuing to rage in the UK, it is becoming ever more frequent that employees are frequently moving jobs, which is frustrating to say the least when as a business owner or leader you had been thinking you have the perfect team and people on board.

2024 Mid-Year Management Mastery: Empowering Teams ThroughDelegation

As we move through the second half of 2024, it’s a key opportunity for business owners and managers to reflect on their team’s performance and identify areas for improvement.

The Strategic Edge of HR: Celebrating International Human Resources Day with a Commercial Focus

International Human Resources Day was on Monday 20th May this year.

Leading by Example: Prioritising Your Mental Health for Business Success

As small business owners, we often face an array of challenges and decisions that test our resolve every day.

Stepping into National Walking Month: Keeping Active in Remote and Hybrid Work

As National Walking Month steps into our calendars, it’s a good time to reevaluate our activity levels, even more so within remote and hybrid work settings now becoming ever more popular.

6 Tips on How to Build Resilience in Your Team

In the fast-paced and often unpredictable landscape of today's business world, resilience has become a crucial characteristic for teams striving to navigate uncertainties and rebound from setbacks effectively.

Embracing Technology in the Workplace: A Guide for Small Businesses

In the rapidly evolving digital world, the only constant is change.

Kickstarting Stress Awareness Month: Strategies for Managing Workplace Stress

Stress Awareness Month, observed every April, opens an essential dialogue about stress management, particularly in the workplace.

How to Conduct a Constructive Salary Review: A Guide for Businesses

As we approach the new financial year, many businesses are preparing for salary reviews—a crucial process that's often outlined in the employment contracts we help draft for our customers.

25 January 2024

Effective Strategies for Managing Remote Teams

Since the first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020, the landscape of work has evolved dramatically, with technology and flexible working laws enabling a surge in remote work.

Revitalising Your Business In the New Year: Strategies for Sustainable Change and Growth

As the new year starts, it's not just personal resolutions that take centre stage.

8 November 2022

Do I really need to worry about menopause in my business?

Menopause in the workplace is a hot topic right now.

13 October 2022

What are the 5 key people management skills?

“You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.” Dwight Eisenhower If you think great people management skills is all about cracking the whip and getting people to do what you want, then you’re in for a rude awakening.

What is quiet quitting, and how can SMEs address this trend?

Quiet quitting is trending, and as a leader in a small to medium enterprise (SME), you should be concerned.

Useful HR advice for small businesses

Congratulations, you’ve set up a small business and you’re ready to take on the market and flourish!

What are HR consulting and support services?

What are HR consulting and support services?

Dakota Blue Consulting :: What happens online, stays online; why you need a social media policy.

Social media has rapidly become an ever-present part of our lives with roughly 68% of the population using some kind of social media platform.

Dakota Blue Consulting :: Managing Performance and Conduct While Working from Home

Drinking at work, dressing inappropriately, attendance problems and poor performance – we all know these are common causes for disciplinary action. Clients have been telling us recently that they’ve now had to discipline remote workers for exactly these reasons. But how can you make sure that your approach is fair?

Dakota Blue Consulting :: How to ensure staff career progression when they are working from home

It’s been a year since many of us suddenly found ourselves working at our kitchen tables juggling kids, pets, and partners also confined to the house with a laptop.