Money may make the world go round but it’s NOT our biggest motivator Bad bonuses and incentives can actually be HUGELY DEMOTIVATING. We all need money. Many of us wouldn’t say no to more of it. But for most people, it’s not the number one reason for getting out of bed in the morning. This is true of the people… Read More »HR News Room – August 2023
Keeping your Best Employees Happy and Engaged Losing your employees is one of the most greatest and most disruptive risks to your business’s success – especially when you lose the ones you’ll struggle to replace. It’s costly to recruit and train new people, and there’s the greater cost of losing that knowledge, skill and experience. To reduce this risk, your… Read More »Employee Retention Strategies
I’m Rachel, and I’m the Founder of Haus of HR. When I started my own business, I was the only employee – but very quickly I made the first appointment to my board. Meet my office pal and Chief Happiness Officer, Buddy. He is responsible for boosting my wellbeing and giving me some much-needed company when I need to get… Read More »Pets in the workplace
Are you doing all you could to support working parents? Parents have it tough these days, and not just when they’re trying to wrestle screens away from their children! More families than ever have both parents working – the cost of living means being a stay-at-home parent is unrealistic for most. Dealing with work commitments and home life can become… Read More »HR News Room – June 2023
Enhance your business by supporting working parents In today’s workforce, a significant number of employees are parents. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), a staggering 75% of mothers and 92% of fathers were employed in 2021. It is highly likely that you currently employ parents or will do so in the future. Recognising the changing dynamics of worklife… Read More »Everything you need to know about employing parents
Attention all SME business owners! We are excited to announce a FREE event co-hosted by Haus of HR and Incorporate Benefits LLP on Wednesday 28 June at Whittlebury Park, near Towcester from 8:30am to 10:30am. Our focus will be on how SMEs can attract and recruit the best talent for their business. We have an impressive lineup of speakers that… Read More »Free Event to Help SMEs Attract and Retain Top Talent
If you’ve spent any amount of time actively working on your company culture, you’ll understand that if you get it right, everyone in the business should be reaping the rewards. Why? Because a business with a strong company culture knows where it’s going. It has goals that everyone understands and a plan for how to reach them. People are doing… Read More »Company Culture: the business owner’s guide
Working 9 to 5 and that’s it! What do we mean by ‘quiet quitting’? Quiet quitting, sometimes also called silent resignation, has recently become an important focal point for human resources and management teams. So why the fuss, and what do we really mean when we talk about the quiet quitting phenomenon? What is quiet quitting? When an employee chooses… Read More »What do we mean by ‘quiet quitting’?
Not confusing career for life – Does your Employer Value Proposition matter? One of the first things we find ourselves exploring with new clients at the moment is what an Employer Value Proposition (EVP) is and why it matters to their business. The bottom line is that it should be very high on the agenda of businesses here in Towcester… Read More »What is your Employer Value Proposition?
1. Preparation, preparation, preparation I’ve experienced it myself first-hand, the laptop/mobile not set up properly, finding all sorts of things in my desk pedestal from the previous incumbent, my manager booking the day off and writing my own onboarding plan! Getting it right means empowering everyone who can make the new employee’s arrival a success, the manager, team members, buddy,… Read More »How to improve employee onboarding
