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Absence management

Absence management and why it’s important

By Absence Management

Absence management is, as the name suggests, the process of managing absences in your workplace. It’s important to have a plan for dealing with employees absent from work because it can be disruptive and costly when too many people are out at once. When you’re putting together an absence management plan, you should think about how often people are taking off, what percentage of your staff will need coverage when someone is gone, and whether or not there are any consequences for being absent. The most important thing you can do as an employer is listen to your team members…

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developing a talent strategy

Developing a talent strategy: 5 tips for success

By Talent Management

The CIPD defines talent management as a process that seeks “to attract, identify, develop, engage, retain and deploy individuals who are considered particularly valuable to an organisation.” The current state of the UK talent market is making the lives of recruiters and hiring managers more challenging than ever before – especially in deeply affected industries such as logistics, hospitality and health care. Many industries have sorely felt the impact of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, but as businesses seek a return to pre-pandemic levels of operation, record numbers of vacancies continue to go unfilled. What’s more, a dip in business…

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using your HR platform to keep your employees engaged blog

How can you leverage your HR platform to keep your employees engaged with your company?

By Employee Management, Performance Management

What do we mean by employee engagement? By definition, it relates to the level of an employee’s commitment and connection to the organisation they work for, and in recent years, employee engagement has emerged as a critical driver of business. Research has shown that: The employee engagement rate in the UK is 50%. Employees are 17% more engaged if they can participate in a regular feedback programme. Companies that effectively turn feedback into action have an 80% employee engagement rate. 50% of workers agree that managers helping with career development drive employee engagement. 55% of workers agree that recognition for…

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what features make an HR platform stand out to employees looking to support remote work

What features make an HR platform stand out for employees looking to support remote working?

By Employee Management, Natural HR, Optimizing, Software

As the continued impacts of COVID-19 are felt across businesses, HR leaders are facing a need to rethink the nearly 15 million-strong workforce that moved to a new remote working model. This includes reconsidering employee planning, management, performance and experience strategies through their HR platforms for the continued future of how people work in the UK. At this point, it’s worth reviewing your HR system to make sure that you can support dispersed teams while keeping productivity and motivation levels high throughout your company. The post-pandemic lockdown world has created a massive shift to large scale remote work, whether businesses…

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Webinar Review: Why is Emotional Intelligence critical to the success of HR?

Webinar Review: Why is Emotional Intelligence critical to the success of HR?

By Events, Natural HR

This blog post highlights the September 2021 Natural HR ‘Expert Webinar’ series and only highlights the contents covered in the webinar. However, in our webinar library, we offer the entire webinar, as well as a library of other HR Expert webinars, for free. Nikki Hill, an Executive Coach and Talent Consultant, took the lead for September’s Natural HR, HR Expert webinar series, which focused on why emotional intelligence is critical to the success of HR teams in the workplace. With over a decade of in-house HR and talent experience with companies in organisations ranging from luxury fashion to food, retail,…

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