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Managing your staff

Effective, intelligent employee management can have a very real effect on the productivity, the profitability and the reputation of a business.

Are you delegating correctly?

Delegation does not just mean passing on a job that you are unwilling to do yourself. Consider the following questions. more >

Effective time management

Optimising your work time begins with identifying the causes of wasted time and learning to avoid them. Here are some suggestions. more >

Make the most of staff appraisals

It is important to hold regular staff appraisals even if you have just one employee. more >

Overtime and your business

Businesses use overtime to help deal with sudden surges in work or unexpected shortfalls in staffing levels. more >

Promoting staff

It's called 'The Peter Principle' in management-speak. You reward a star employee by promoting him to a managerial position and he proves to be an inept manager. Those over whom he was promoted and whom he now manages are irritated, and he is demoralised and discouraged. more >

Reducing a high turnover of staff

Excessive staff turnover means increased expenditure on recruitment and training. But that is not the only cost to your business. more >

Reducing the cost of stress

With millions of working days lost in the UK each year, stress costs British businesses billions annually. To make matters worse, a landmark court case recently ruled that employers can be held liable for the effects of workplace stress on employees' health. more >

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