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Basic Steps for Effective Decision Making
We all know that running a business requires people to make decisions. The better the decision, the better the outcome. Therefore, it’s important that their decision-making skills are up to scratch. However, decision making isn’t always something we are taught how to...
Why the best decisions aren’t the perfect ones
Being the decision-maker, whether that’s in a group of friends, in your home life or at work, brings with it an element of control. If you decide what happens, then you’re likely (in theory, at least) to be choosing the outcome that works best for you. Control means...
What Workplace Communication Tools Should You Be Using?
Every day, we communicate with different people for different purposes in different ways. When it comes to communicating in the workplace, do you ensure that you're always using the right medium when contacting someone? Equally, are you making the most of that...
Top 5 Communication Skills
We held a People Matters HR Seminar on 25th June 2019 at Bury FC. The theme for the event was communication, specifically how it can benefit businesses. Will Kintish was our guest speaker, sharing insights. To set the right tone, we delved into the importance of...
Are You Making These Communication Mistakes?
We held a People Matters HR Seminar* on 25th June 2019 at Bury FC. The theme for this talk focussed on communication. More specifically how avoiding communication mistakes can benefit businesses. Will Kintish served as our guest speaker. We spent some time looking at...
What is Communication?
All of us are good at communicating, aren't we? I mean, we all do it every single day. So, with all that practice, we must all excel at it. However, you can’t help wondering if that was true then there would be no such thing as misunderstandings. Perhaps then we’re...
Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls in the Workplace
There are so many potential issues to consider, but if you simply take the time to walk around your work environment with an open mind, it’s entirely probable that you will discover most, if not all, of the hazards in the area. Common sense is then often the best way to deal with anything that does arise.
Health and Safety: What is a Competent Person?
In our last article we discussed some of the things you need to consider or arrange, for workplace Health and Safety. One of the first things you need to sort out is appointing a Competent Person. However, what exactly does this mean? Competent Person: A Definition...
FREE Seminar: Health & Safety Responsibilities for SMEs
WHAT The award-winning team at People Matters HR delivered their third FREE seminar of the year on 30th April 2019 at Bury GC, Gigg Lane. This seminar focussed on the Health & Safety responsibilities for SMEs. It was ideal for anyone who wants to better understand...
First Steps Towards Health and Safety in the Workplace
Running a business can be hard enough. All without having to factor in all the necessary health and safety workplace steps you have to take to ensure you, your staff and any customers or visitors are protected. However, health and safety doesn't have to go hand in...
Mental Health Myths in the Workplace
We've been discussing mental health in the workplace frequently, but do we truly understand its meaning? Everyone experiences mental health, similar to physical health. It varies; sometimes it's good, sometimes less so. When it declines, issues start to...
Common Causes of Work-Based Stress
For the last few weeks we’ve been talking about how to spot the signs of stress, as well as offering a number of top tips for how to manage stress. However, to date we’ve only been talking about stress in general terms – what happens when you are suffering from...