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INFORMATION AND NEWS

We join the NED Solutions Netwok

We are pleased to announce we have joined the NED Solutions network as their prefered supplier for HR services.

About NED Solutions:
We coexist with Small to Medium and Social Enterprise organisations to provide virtual and or part time professional director resource that would not otherwise be affordable, initially across key business disciplines.

* Take ownership through Non-Executive Director (NED) duties providing external governance and guidance.

* Understand the internal culture and managing its sustainability with growth.

* Mentor and transform small companies into big companies.

* Investigate and instigate external stimulus for growth.

* Understand the challenges and opportunities introduced by growth.

* We understand Strategic management of technology and innovation within a culture.

The Services We Provide are:

Virtual service:
In each of the above disciplines we provide an off site Virtual Service that provides extensive E-mail and telephone support with a principle or regional director with a minimum of half a day per month at your premises. This service provides excellent support for micro turnover organisations and early stage organisations with turnovers up to £3 million

Part time service
Provided in all disciplines whereby a regional or principle director is assigned to a client working on site for a minimum of two days per month and upwards, suitable for organisations with a turnover up to £25 million

Assignment service
Available in all disciplines whereby a director is assigned to a client working on site on a week by week basis for periods of one month or more, generally required by organisations with a turnover in excess of £25 million and up to £100 million
(It should be noted for all three services can be deployed in a single discipline or multi discipline mode)

NED Solutions - click here for further information

Quoted in 'Pharmaceutical Field' Magazine

We are pleased to announce that we have recently contributed to an article on Stress at Work in the prestigious Pharmaceutical Field magazine.

Pharmafield magazine - Stress at work article

Quoted in 'Island Business' Magazine

We are pleased to announce that we have recently contributed to an article on Absence Management in the Island Business (Isle of Wight) magazine.

Delivering Bad News

At the moment we are faced with a number of challenges as business managers. We need to keep our productivity high and our teams as motivated as possible while recognising that we are facing challenging trading conditions.

During this challenging time you may need to have difficult conversations with your team to communicate corporate messages that will have a negative outcome.

It may be that you have to speak to an individual about:
• Making them redundant
• Not giving them a pay rise
• Managing expectations about opportunities for advancement in the organisation

We thought it would be an idea to help you be a little more prepared for these challenging conversations. These are our top five tips:
1. Face your fear: the conversation needs to happen, so don’t put it off.
2. Consider the recipient of the message: what can you do to soften the blow? Some people like to hear it straight. Others will want the message ‘fluffed up’ a bit.
3. Practise what you are going to say with a colleague or HR Department, so that you can be as prepared as possible.
4. Think carefully about where to hold the conversation. For example, meeting rooms with glass walls can be very intimidating.
5. When you have finished the conversation give the individual time to consider how the decision will affect them. You may consider allowing them to go home for the rest of the day.

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Corporate Support Service

We provide professional, practical and pragmatic help, support, guidance and day to day advice on a range of employment law and human resource related matters in order for clients to maintain effective working practices and operate within the ever changing legal framework.

Our activities include:

Ø Employment Law – providing day to day advice and larger projects including the review and formulation of employment documentation, policies and procedures. We can Also represnet your company at Employment Tribunal and have won some high profile cases this year.

Ø Human Resource and employee relations support
Ø Training workshops – both ‘in house’ and public forum, on a wide range of practical employment law and HR matters e.g. Managing Unsatisfactory Performance; Discrimination and Harassment in Employment; Managing Absence; Conducting Investigations and Disciplinary hearings; Teambuilding; Coaching for Performance.

The Consultancy is headed by Stephen Wright, an experienced Human Resources Specialist. He holds an MSc in HRM from Portsmouth University, an LLM (MA) in Employment Law from Middlesex University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development. He has a wide range of expertise in both the private (Professional Services, Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Security, Retail) and public sector (Public Transport) at times of organisational change.

We look to build long standing relationships with our clients by offering an efficient, practical, value for money service.

Further information:
Stephen R Wright MSc LLM FCIPD
0800 917 2629
Stephen@SouthernBusinessConsulting.co.uk