Is Covid a serious and imminent danger?
"I’m scared witless and I’m exercising my right not to work"Covid: a serious and imminent danger – some important questions discussed...
How’s your horizon looking?
It’s interesting that, as pubs open and restaurants become cheaper (?) on certain days of the week, we all breathe a sigh of relief and yet still hold our breath. This is not the end but only the beginning of a new phase and we’re all slightly concerned about talk of a second wave. Who knows? So, although there is some relief, there is no certainty.
Feeling exhausted? Here’s why….
It is worth considering why people are constantly saying that they feel extremely tired despite oftentimes not leaving their homes.
Am I going mad?
It doesn’t take a genius to notice that people aren’t quite themselves, and despite the fact we are unlocking, there remains a huge amount of nervousness.
Coronavirus: Furlough?: So what has changed?
Following much speculation, on Friday 29th May, the Chancellor gave more details of the applicable terms of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) from June to the end of October 2020. He outlined a gradual shifting over the coming months of financial responsibility from the Government to employers.
Easing lockdown - The great dichotomy
What does a potential unlocking, in its various guises, mean for your business?
Chiquitita tell me what’s wrong…
"The combination of fear of illness, sudden shift to working at home, overload of uncertainty and change, plus the limited social outlet is a deadly combination for overloading our mental hard drives."
Absentee leadership
We are all familiar, as subordinates, with some excellent leaders during our career, but probably remember more vividly the disruptive and destructive kind of leadership, where one feels completely miserable at work. We have noticed, because remote working brings an exaggerated form of what already is, that one of the most disruptive kinds of leadership is what is sometimes called absentee…
How to supercharge your furloughed and remote employees
Are you worried that your furloughed employees might lose interest in your business? That they might start looking for other work, and may never come back? Perhaps you worry for their mental health, as many struggle with being in lockdown. Maybe this ‘downtime’ feels, at best, like pressing pause on your business and everything you’ve achieved so far.
How to look good on video
Lucy Carlson of Integrated Resources provides guidance of how to look good during video conferences from home:
Coronavirus: There will be brighter days ahead
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time.- Macbeth
Coronavirus: Home sweet home - or is it?
There are those who are used to working from home, and those for whom it is still quite a novelty.
Employment Law: What’s happening in April?
A number of legal changes are taking place that have nothing at all to do with the current Covid19 crisis.
Coronavirus: Guidance note for clients (1)
The outbreak of Coronavirus or COVID-19 (CV) is gradually affecting all aspects of our work and life.