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Creating Your Circular Economy
Creating Your Circular Economy Posted on 26th October 2021 at 16:04 How businesses can embrace the circular economy and create their own small-scale circular economy. “The Circular Economy”? I’ve heard of that. Isn’t it about recycling? Well, yes, sort of. We all live in a world where the majority of people and businesses acknowledge that […]
How to deal with reluctant commercial payers
How to deal with reluctant commercial payers Posted on 23rd September 2021 at 18:38 From Our What’sUp? Workshop 22 September 2021 It’s a perennial problem for many businesses, and a particular one for small companies where cashflow has to be carefully managed: too many clients fail to pay on time, and sometimes not at all. […]
Management by Coercion; Leadership by Consent
Management by Coercion; Leadership by Consent Posted on 2nd August 2021 at 15:10 How commercial and voluntary organisations treat their staff significantly influences their effectiveness and their bottom line. In any organisation there are people responsible for other people. In some, everything runs smoothly, staff are settled, they know what they’re doing and are happy […]
How to be Cool, When it’s Hot Hot Hot!
How to be Cool, When it’s Hot Hot Hot! Posted on 23rd July 2021 at 17:47 From Our What’sUp? Workshop 21 July 2021 There are no statutory health and safety regulations that state a minimum or maximum temperature in the workplace, but the guidance suggests that 13°C for physical work and 16°C for office work […]
How Employers Can Cope with Extra Statutory Holidays
How Employers Can Cope with Extra Statutory Holidays Posted on 15th July 2021 at 12:50 From Our What’sUp? Workshop 14 July 2021 The excitement and enthusiasm for additional “Bank Holidays” being offered by government is quite palpable, such as an extra day for the Queen’s Platinum Jubliee in 2022 and the suggestion of an additional […]
What if You Had to Save a Life at Work?
What if You Had to Save a Life at Work? Posted on 15th July 2021 at 12:48 From Our What’sUp? Workshop 07 July 2021 An interesting question raised at the forum was whether anybody could use a defibrillator and would they know how to actually use it. Would this lead to hesitation before helping a […]
Good Time to Change?
Good Time to Change? Posted on 15th July 2021 at 10:12 From Our What’sUp? Workshop 07 July 2021 The last 15 months have been one major change with a continuous number of more minor ones along the way, as far as working practices are concerned. With the promise of a return to something a little […]
Work Place Relationships
Work Place Relationships Posted on 14th July 2021 at 14:21 With the recent media outburst to the revelation of senior government members in untenable positions, it is fair to say when we see the term ‘Workplace Relationships’ we automatically think of dramatic affairs or horrible bosses! For us at MAT it has made us think […]
Helping Colleagues with Mental Health Troubles
Helping Colleagues with Mental Health Troubles Posted on 2nd July 2021 at 15:36 From Our What’sUp? Workshop 30 June 2021 Good and poor mental health has been and continues to be a major topic of discussion, in all contexts, and the stigma surrounding the subject is gradually lifting. The workplace is an environment where many […]
Customer Relationships – Handing on the Baton
Customer Relationships – Handing on the Baton Posted on 24th June 2021 at 17:11 From Our What’sUp? Workshop 23 June 2021 Client relationships are important and it’s frequently said that people buy from other people and not businesses from businesses (although that delivery that was left by my front door in a puddle of mud? […]
Unwilling to Go on Holiday?
Unwilling to Go on Holiday? Posted on 24th June 2021 at 17:06 From Our What’sUp? Workshop 23 June 2021 No, this is nothing to do with Government restrictions on travel, but everything to do with the question: How will my team manage without me? This is a perpetual problem encountered by many business owners, so […]
Time out – or Timing Out?
Time out – or Timing Out? Posted on 24th June 2021 at 17:01 From Our What’sUp? Workshop 16 June 2021 We all lead busy lives, both in and out of work, and one of the factors of running a smaller business is that it’s very difficult to balance completing the tasks with actually having a […]