International Stress Awareness Week (1st-5th November 2021) is a good time to think about what you can to do reduce and prevent stress. What is stress? Stress is our body’s…
by Janice Benning
01.10.21
Why is it important to train your managers?
It’s not uncommon for people to start their management careers without management training or preparation. In this article, we look at why it’s important to train your managers and the…
by Paul Hodder
29.07.21
Hybrid working: how to communicate effectively
If we’re no longer eyeballing each other at work, how will workplaces continue to flourish? A key success criterion of hybrid working is good communication. In this blog we look…
by Paul Hodder
09.07.21
What is hybrid working and how do you make it a success for your people and your business?
Anyone working in HR right now is having conversations about hybrid working. As we consider a safe return to office life, there’s growing interest in combining our working lives with…
by Lucy Limb
03.06.21
Giving feedback – what we all need to know to improve working life
Feedback is an important part of job performance but often fails for some simple reasons. In this blog, we look at some ways you can ensure your feedback is successful.…
by Paul Hodder
14.05.21
Six simple ways to improve your employee wellbeing
Employee wellbeing is a key concern for human resource professionals more so than ever. As Janice Benning, BiteSize Learning’s Wellbeing Lead explains “prevention is so much better than cure –…
by Lucy Limb
13.05.21
The best way to build trust in the workplace
If our route out of the coronavirus goes as planned, more people will be coming out of furlough and physically returning to work in some shape or format. Businesses are…
by Paul Hodder
26.04.21
Are you worrying about your work? Consider these techniques
The Office for National Statistics reports anxiety affected the work of one in five people last year. Amongst these figures are HR professionals, who have been at the frontline of…
by Paul Hodder
23.02.21
Four ways to get your managers coaching now
In our view, one of the most important things a manager can do now is coach. It’s a style that lends itself to building empowerment and ownership – helping people…
by Paul Hodder
05.03.21
These initiatives are challenging gender inequality in the workplace
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is Choose to Challenge. A call, we believe, is needed now more than ever. This is because in the months since last…
by Paul Hodder
12.01.21
BiteSize Learning’s 2020 review
As the tumultuous 2020 draws away from us, we feel it’s important to recognise what we have learnt. Our clients have been our biggest source of inspiration. Listening to them…
by Lucy Limb
15.12.20
The winter wellbeing MOT
Traditionally a time of reward, socialising and celebration, the winter season is already very different this year and the third lockdown this winter seems to be having a greater impact…
by Paul Hodder
06.11.20
Five signs you may need a sick day
Covid-19 has killed the sick day. Previously a good indicator of whether you were fit enough to work was whether you felt able to drag yourself into the office. Now…
by Paul Hodder
23.10.20
How to be assertive at work (even remotely)
If you watched any of the US presidential TV debates in late 2020, you might recall the then Democrat candidate Kamala Harris (now vice-president elect) sparked a discussion with the…
by Paul Hodder
08.10.20
Is your employee mental health programme accessible to all?
This year’s World Mental Health Day campaign is Mental Health in an Unequal World. The cost of poor mental health to UK businesses is rising. However, for every £1 spent by…
by Paul Hodder
07.09.20
The FCA has big expectations, are you ready?
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have signalled that they are not pleased with the embedding of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR). In particular the understanding and application of…
by Paul Hodder
01.09.20
What our attitude to holidays says about employee mental health
I was struck by a recent conversation on LinkedIn on the topic of holidays in relation to employee mental health. The rise in remote working is clearly making it harder…
by Lucy Limb
04.08.20
Creativity is not down to talent, it’s a trainable skill
One of the most striking elements of the COVID pandemic is how some companies have been opening up new markets for themselves. There are drinks and perfume companies manufacturing hand…
by Paul Hodder
22.07.20
Mental health hacks for post-lockdown work life
A client was telling me recently that her employees were struggling with the remote working arrangements at her company. On the surface it had been an overnight success but, four…
by Janice Benning
24.06.20
Email etiquette and communication in a pandemic
Email etiquette has become a vexed issue during the pandemic. There are good reasons for this and fortunately some useful techniques exist to help ease the burden. When writing your…
by Paul Hodder
22.06.20
Social Styles: what have you enjoyed about lockdown?
We recognise that lockdown has been an extremely difficult time for many, but a comment by a trainer on one of our weekly calls, that she had found much to…
by Lucy Limb
19.06.20
How Social Styles can help you achieve your communication goals
While no single lockdown experience is the same, for most, it has been characterised by a significant amount of time spent cooped up with our families or housemates. A great…
by Lucy Limb
16.06.20
Six tips for energising virtual training
I attended a fascinating webinar on Energising Your Training by the author Bob Lucas. He talked about the importance of movement, asserting that physical activity has been shown to increase…
by Paul Hodder
10.06.20
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