'10 Minute Tip' by Jim Bottoms
People are the greatest asset to any business. However many companies do not have the luxury to have a full time HR professional to ensure that employees are fully engaged, reaching their potential to achieve high performance levels and being well looked after.
This is where the HR Dept comes in. The HR Dept offers HR expertise at a fraction of the cost, with the full service you would expect from an in house HR department. The HR Dept offers a unique and tailored service; you don’t have to pick a ‘package’ of services. Your local HR professional will work with you to find the best and most cost effective solutions for your business.
The HR Dept also offers an advice line service where our qualified HR professionals provide unlimited e-mail and telephone advice. With a practical and pragmatic approach, we guide you through any employment issue from a disciplinary and grievance procedure to dealing with sickness absence. If you follow this advice, any possible tribunal expenses will be covered, so you can have peace of mind.
Sometimes you’ll find that you need more ambitious or strategic projects which need greater levels of HR support. We can provide support on the following:
Contracts of employmentEmployee handbooksRecruitmentRedundancy projectsTraining and developmentEmployee relationsDisciplinary and grievance proceduresHealth and safetyPayrollAbsence managementTUPE transfersPsychometric assessmentsEmployee attitude surveys
About the conversation:
Why it pays to turn your business into an HR fitness gym
Top UK HR expert Director of HR Dept Milton Keynes and Bedford, Jim Bottoms shares his 10 Minute Tip
on keeping your business’s HR in peak, commercially efficient, health and fitness ... at the Business Growth Club this Friday February 3rd, upstairs at Abbey Hill Golf, 07:15 to 09:30.
Up-front investment in HR is like a fitness regime; it puts your business in excellent shape as it grows.
Or it could be likened to a good insurance policy there to protect you if things go wrong.
In the business world we now live in, a good and professional approach to HR is as important in protecting business owners and managers as it is in providing protection and security to the employee.
People often consider HR to be a hurdle that needs to be overcome or a barrier that stands in the way, and they focus on the negative aspects.
But positive HR is as important for attracting and keeping the right people as it is for creating a fair and level playing field for all staff members, so they know what you expect from them and they have a clear terms of reference that everyone works with.
What you’ll learn from Jim Bottoms’ 10 Minute Tip
**Insights into the small steps that can be taken to protect the company and the directors in the future if things change.
**Insights into ways in which companies can avoid future headaches and pain by setting out the ground rules.
**Ideas on how to keep and motivate staff, avoiding the risky and costly recruitment process.
“We see first-hand the problems that employers and companies can encounter by not doing things properly,” says Jim Bottoms. “In the event of a problem, at best it can take a lot of time and resource to resolve, at worst it can result in very high settlement claims.”
“I have been involved in launching, running and growing companies for the past 30 years, through direct, hands on, business development and company management. This has given me exposure to working with huge multinational corporations and brand new start-up companies and just about everything in between.”
“The one thing that I have learned during this time is that People Make the Difference. You can have the greatest product, the lowest cost base or the most innovative approach, but without key people, who are professional, loyal and motivated and who are engaged with the business and its ethos, a company will always struggle to deliver success….and to get the best out of people, you need a strong and professional HR framework”
