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I read with interest the recent article titled ‘Employers agree that staying away from the office reduces absenteeism’. With over 75% of managers believing that remote workers are more productive the once taboo term ‘working from home’ has now become a flexible, balanced and cost effective way of working. With companies now cottoning onto the benefits of remote working it is essential that they also understand how to make remote working ‘work!’ Reduce absenteeism… stay at home! | Motivation Matters ...
Updated 03-11-2011 at 09:28 AM by JohnSylvester
This weekend I spent loads of time in my garden. About 4 hours on Saturday and about 3 on Sunday. It was time well spent. I had a list of things I wanted to get done, the sun was shining, it was warm and dry, perfect weather for some hard work. In the spring of 2010 we had six very large Ash trees felled in various parts of the grounds. Two of the trees were easily 30 meters tall and were felled inside the garden with no way to get them up the very high steep bank ...
According to legend an elephant graveyard is a place where elephants go to die. For some unexplained reason over the centuries huge numbers of elephants have left their grazing grounds and secretly disappeared into the unknown never to be found again. Many companies have successfully replicated this amazing legend by creating a confusing array of web pages that require candidates to navigate numerous mind numbing click-through's and gyrations before they reach the ...
This post was originally featured in the CIFAS journal, Spectrum, in June 2011. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organisations are by now well practiced at making a range of statements about who they are, what their Mission, Vision and Purpose is, some even venture into Values and Behaviour statements. In an employment world where many organisations appear ...
This blog was originally posted via Hot HR. Hot HR group | LinkedIn We’ve got a problem. An employee did something, and we didn’t like it. Something went awry last time we processed the payroll file. A manager spoke to an employee in a way we wouldn’t have. HR snaps in to action, forms a committee, draws a diagram, drafts a proposal and two months later, a new policy is ready to solve the world’s ills. Or is it? Here’s why you don’t need another policy. Your HR team can’t ...