by Penny Jones | Jun 19, 2022 | Blog
Disciplinaries have got to be the worst part of a Manager’s job, second only to delivering redundancy news. I haven’t worked with anyone who has looked forward to or enjoyed being part of disciplinary procedure. It’s long, complicated, uncomfortable and it’s a...
by Penny Jones | May 19, 2022 | Blog
If you raise the subject of probationary periods with a group of HR people and you will get widely differing views, some love them and some hate them. My approach is more balanced. There are a number of logical reasons to use probationary periods but there are also...
by Penny Jones | Apr 19, 2022 | Blog
I used to like the word empowered, it suggested something positive, giving people power. Then I read Patty Mccord’s book Powerful about her time in HR at Netflix. She said “People have power, don’t take it away”. We take it away from them with a command and control,...
by Penny Jones | Mar 19, 2022 | Blog
Self-awareness is a funny word. It’s one of those words at the moment that gets bandied around a lot as “management speak” and by coaches, but what does it really mean and how important is it? Do you need to be self aware? Self awareness is an extremely...
