Resources
We believe that the strength of your people and the
growth of your business are intrinsically linked.
Keeping the team together when they are apart
Are your staff working from home more now? As working from home increases, it is useful to consider how you will ensure your team remains connected. This should be a priority because of the many advantages that flow on from a team staying cohesive - such as improved...
What Does COVID-19 Mean for Mental Health in Your Business?
How are you? Yes you. How were you feeling as you went into lockdown? How are you feeling now that we are moving back to a situation where normality (or our ‘new normal’) will resume? Personally, going into lockdown was wonderful for me (please refrain from judgement...
Helping Employees When Their Roles are Dis-Established
As we face a number of devastating impacts of this pandemic, COVID-19 has really impacted our economy, our people and our nation. Although, I am feeling very fortunate to be sitting in the comfort of my own home whilst continuing to work daily, sadly, many others...
Is ongoing working from home feasible?
Working from home is something that many of us simply hadn’t done before we moved into lock down; and, for some it was an extension of ‘business as usual’ remote working practices that we were able to easily move into. For others it was a total mission if we had...
Sales Checklist
Before making your calls, using a list to get you prepared and focused, this allows you to make sure your calls go as well as they can; and, increases your chances of success. A checklist will ensure that rather than leaving a sales call/meeting wishing you had...
Recruitment Checklist
The right people in the right roles is critical to a business success. Ensuring you follow a robust recruitment process when hiring will ensure your team is aligned, engaged and contribute positively to both results and culture of the business. Review the checklist...
Operations Checklist
Having effective Operations processes enables businesses to perform efficiently and effectively – ensuring quality control, and most importantly customer satisfaction. Another key benefit of effective processes is that they allow key activities to be transferred and...
Marketing Checklist
Being good at marketing is all about being able to understand who your market is so you can engage with your customers and potential customers in a way that drives strong relationships and ultimately sales. Review this checklist to see where you are strong and to...
Human Resources Checklist
Ensuring you have robust HR processes and policies in place is essential to setting expectations and clear guidelines which align with the strategic initiatives of the business. If the goal is to have your team ‘living the values’ and delivering to performance goals –...
Strategic Planning Checklist
Strategic planning is used to determine or re-assess the vision, mission and goals of an organisation; and, then map out objective (measurable) ways to accomplish the identified goals. It allows businesses to be proactive rather than reactive and increases operational...
Business Success Case Study: Recruitment
Company Name: Catalyst Consulting Industry: Architectural Consultancy - Construction Team size: 60 Why us: Our team was known to Nigel (Managing Director) and Colin (Director) as we have undertaken human resources, leadership development, employment relations,...
Business Case Study: Serious Misconduct – Dealing with theft / fraud
Here at POD we deal with so many different situations within our clients’ businesses, but taking the time to sit down and share what we’ve been working on and our learning, is scarce. To make sure we’re always ahead of our game and up-to-speed in all things HR, we...
