The COVID pandemic has led many organisations to reduce their workforce. As business reduced, so did the need for employees in many business sectors. All organisations dealing with customer-facing activities were hard hit, from the airline industry to hospitality, catering, and retail. For those who have survived, a new challenge is around the corner –…
Tips For Working Remotely
Social distancing means that many individuals are now working from home or another remote location; this may not be just a temporary change but a seismic shift in how we work in the future. Indeed, some organisations have declared their intention to maintain a long-term remote or hybrid workforce. For some people, Working Remotely is…
Learning and Development Post Covid
During 2020 the Fosway Group conducted rapid research on the perceived impact of Covid-19 on learning and development. Responses from 108 companies opened up several critical areas for discussion. The key findings were: Let’s look at the potential implications of these findings on the future landscape of learning and development. 1. Need to amend the strategy Limits…
How To Meet Employee Expectations?
Workplace expectations post-pandemic have seen a significant shift. Employees are more empowered than ever, having had to become more autonomous and self-directed. Many people want more flexibility in their careers, and the demand for an enhanced workplace experience continues to intensify. The COVID 19 pandemic has provided organisations with an opportunity to review and replace…
Preparing For Return To Work Post Covid
During the pandemic, many organisations have adopted new practices such as working from home, unpaid leave, or reductions in base salaries to help ride out the economic impact. For some organisations, the time has now come to test the waters and balance health and safety with employees returning to physical work locations. Now that we…
A Data Driven People Analytics for HR Team – An Open Secret By Google
Managing people has been a challenging task for decades, but the current trend in use of data and analytics in all the fields is changing the way it evolves. HR is no exception to this. Incorporating the metrics into your organization to track the performance of the people and their productivity is highly related with…
5 Tips On Creating a Rewards Program for Your Organisation
An employee rewards program system is a programme created by an organisation to reward performance and motivate employees, either at an individual or a team-based level. Typically, these systems are not linked to salary, but they form an essential part of the company’s employee value proposition or EVP. Increasingly employees expect to work for organisations that…
5 Tips for HR When Handling Redundancy
Most HR departments will concede that one of the most stressful and complex challenges they face is handling redundancies amongst employees. Apart from the emotional stress this can cause for all parties involved, there are logistical and legal implications to take into account. On top of all of this is the need to ensure that…
5 Tips for Remote Performance Management
At the heart of effective performance management is the need to establish an agreement between a supervisor and an employee about what is expected of a particular role and how to achieve this in practice. Amongst other things, it requires open communication, mutual respect, and clarity on goals and expectations. Much of the traditional approach…