People Management

What is an effective relationship with your employees? It is not one where you always getting along, but it is one where both parties feel able to...

One of the most unpleasant tasks a manager faces is dealing with inappropriate behaviour. However, the guidelines below should help you manage the...

As a manager, it is likely that you will need to give you staff bad news on occasions. This isn’t an easy task, however the following tips can...

One of the most difficult tasks facing a manager is hiring the right people and a crucial aspect to this is the interview process. Getting your...

As a manager, we are there to help and support our employees, however we need to balance the amount of support we give them with the initiative we...

Change is becoming an ever more frequent reality in the workplace; no sooner have we adjusted to one change than another is upon us. Yet the more we...

Conflict will occur in the workplace and, as a manager, it is part of your role to manage it effectively. Where possible, encourage the people...

Stress in the workplace negatively impacts productivity, de-motivates staff and can result in high staff turnover. An important aspect of management...

What does it mean to motivate your staff? Motivate isn’t something that you can make someone do; as a manager the best you can do is create an...

Firing a person, or moving a person into a new role, is one of the most stressful tasks that a manager does. So what can you do, not only to make...

For most managers, a major aspect to the role is managing people. If we were to involve Human Resources (HR) in every personnel issue that arose,...