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A Practical Guide Towards Achieving Health & Safety Compliance

Business owners, building managers and health & safety professionals have a responsibility to ensure the safety of staff, visitors and the general public. The implications of failure can be serious injury or even death. While the risk of an incident occurring may seem low, the impact can be very high and therefore vigilance is a key factor in reducing risk. read more

 

How To Get The Most Out Of Social Tools In Your Workplace

The use of social media in business is more common than ever, but most companies are using these channels to communicate externally and are missing out on the powerful potential of social media in the workplace. read more

 

Pedal Power – UK Business Will Benefit From Getting On Its Bike

Cycling is officially cool! The outstanding performances of Team GB’s cyclists at the Olympic Games and Bradley Wiggins’ record breaking Tour de France victory have built on its increasing popularity and have catapulted cycling into the sporting mainstream. read more

 

Engaging employees with volunteering

The founder and CEO of Causecast — an American organisation that helps businesses become more socially responsible — recently wrote an article on how to turn the most cynical employees into ardent believers in the value of staff volunteering. read more

 

Boost Productivity – Curb Employees' Use Of Social Media

20/08/2012 By Daniel Hunter Far too many companies still have problems with employees who are continually ‘distracted’ by social communication during the working day, the employment law specialist Bibby Consulting & Support has warned. While the debate continues on just how much it costs companies when employees use social media sites – a... read more

 

Top tips to manage your team more effectively

Teams of all sizes need to be managed effectively. Whether they consist of two or 20 people, an effective team is one which has a clear structure allowing it to be productive and profitable. read more

 

Sure fire tips for structuring an impromptu speech

Delivering a prepared speech can be nerve-racking enough. The thought of being put on the spot to give a short speech without any preparation or advance warning can seem to some people like their worst nightmare. read more

 

Dare to be different!

Successful presentations and speeches need to hook the audience’s attention in the first few seconds. It’s so obvious that I am amazed at the number of people ignore this and start their presentations by giving their name and their credentials. “Good afternoon, my name is X and I am the marketing manager,,,,,” Yawn! read more

 

How to be funny in a speech or presentation

I find writing humorous speeches a real challenge. I can often weave a bit of humour into a serious speech without too much difficulty but for some reason, writing a deliberately humorous speech seems much harder. read more

 

Eight reasons why you should work on your presentation skills

I believe that there are some huge payoffs that come as a result of becoming a more confident speaker and that these far outweigh the initial temporary discomfort that comes with learning how to do it. Here are my top eight. read more