by Sally Humphrey | Jan 29, 2019 | News
If the annual appraisal made a noise, what would it sound like? It’s not an entirely flippant question. Ask the average worker and they would probably give you the same answer: something like a collective groan, which peaks around pay review season. We all know why...
by Sally Humphrey | Jan 8, 2019 | News
Have you ever heard the term ‘Blue Monday’? It’s supposedly the day of the year when – according to scientists – people are most likely to be sad, gloomy or badly de-motivated. Most years Blue Monday is said to fall on the third week in January – this year that’s the...
by Sally Humphrey | Dec 4, 2018 | News
One of the recurring jokes in the classic sitcom Dad’s Army revolves around Corporal Jones and his propensity to lose the plot when under fire. “DON’T PANIC!” he reassures his colleagues loudly – before proceeding to do exactly that. Like all good jokes, it works...
by Sally Humphrey | Nov 22, 2018 | News
Economists call it the Productivity Puzzle: if Britain has the fifth biggest economy in the world, why has its productivity growth been stuck in the doldrums since the financial crisis? The answer is complex and multi-dimensional – not least because the average number...
by Sally Humphrey | Nov 20, 2018 | News
Recently, a client emailed HR Solutions 4 Business about a task we had completed. “I just want to thank you,” he wrote, “for the piece of work you’ve done for us. It has really enabled us to clear the way forward for the company.” Even after many years in the...
