22/10/2025
🎃TRICK OR TREAT?🎃
It certainly feels like there are more tricks than treats for the small employer trying to manage people in the current climate.
A theme of discontent ran throughout September and continues through October with disciplinaries, grievances, unrealistic expectations, and non conformity.
Business owners and Line Management must place a greater emphasis and focus on HR, policies and procedures, nip issues in the bud before they fester and eradicate unwanted behaviours and conduct quickly.
How?
🎃By being prepared to hold difficult conversations and tackle situations that are not sustainable.
🎃Saying NO to requests that legitimately are unworkable for a business.
🎃Reflect on the balance of power. Regain control. The tail should not be wagging the dog….
Common themes
🎃employees failing/ refusing to follow basic work instructions e.g filling in a timesheet, clocking in, phoning in person to report absences
🎃Unsatisfactory attendance
🎃Underperforming employees - missed deadlines/ targets /budgets
🎃Work patterns that no longer work for the business - businesses change and evolve and so do resource needs
🎃 Work from home days killing culture, teamwork and productivity
🎃Long term sick cases kicked into the long grass / no management
🎃Over promotion. Lack of first line supervisor skills at middle manager level
🎃managing probation periods robustly
🎃consistently inconsistent communication and performance management by leaders
If you have too much double double toil and trouble in your work place, let’s talk about HR fixes, solutions and expertise to restore the good.
I’ll travel to you for a HR consultation and discuss bespoke HR solutions for your business
01562 885918
Claire.goodwin@goodwinhr.co.uk
