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Clinical Director's Report - Evidence-based Outcomes

Published: 31 January 2012 Posted by: Kevin Friery

Each year the Clinical Director’s report takes a particular area of our work and focusses more closely on it. Although our customers receive regular Management Information and Analysis the Clinical Director’s report allows us to take a global perspective and explore some of the themes across all of our business. This year the report has drilled down into the Counselling we provide, looking at the evidence to consider whether what we do is effective. Using research tools developed at Leeds University, we have been able to...

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Money too tight to mention

Published: 1 February 2011 Posted by: Kevin Friery

The Government has announced the withdrawl of funding from the Financial Inclusion Fund today, resulting in the redundancy of up to 500 debt advisors. What help is now available for those experiencing major financial concerns?

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Remaining Resilient during the Festive season

Published: 20 December 2010 Posted by: Kevin Friery

Avoiding burn out at Christmas

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The Big Debate - December 2010

Published: 9 December 2010 Posted by: Kevin Friery

To Close the office over Christmas or Not To Close; That Is The Question for many HR Professionals this year. After a tough trading year, does the value of opening at Christmas outweigh the costs?

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Week commencing November 15th is Anti-Bully week in the UK

Published: 12 November 2010 Posted by: Kevin Friery

With a theme of Working Together, much of the focus is on children and the problems of bullying at school. Sadly, we know that bullying lives beyond childhood and is found at work too. CIPD research shows that 10% of employees say they have been bullied or harassed at work; in some parts of the public sector that figure doubles. As we continue to feel the effects of the economic downturn, and the Comprehensive Spending Review starts to bite, we can anticipate a growth in bullying-related problems in the workplace. It is been shown...

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Stress Awareness Day

Published: 1 November 2010 Posted by: Kevin Friery

On Wednesday 3 November it is National Stress Awareness Day. At a time when the global economic downturn is impacting on so many people, it is perhaps not surprising to find that stress is in the headlines. People are being offered no respite; the Comprehensive Spending Review cuts are tabled to impact over the next four to five years so that there is a perception that we are being offered short-term pain for long-term pain. For employees, the stress is manifold but can be encapsulated in two main themes – fears about retaining a...

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Rebellious Talent - How do you manage?

Published: 25 October 2010 Posted by: Kevin Friery

Wayne Rooney, one of the world’s most gifted footballers, went public recently about his grievances with Manchester United and stated his intention to leave. Amongst the many questions raised there is a significant one for business in the UK – How do you manage talent, especially when it is disengaged? And what practical support do you provide to managers? With Rooney there was a lot of focus on the money – how much he would earn, what his agent would get and how his value to his employer decreased as his contract drew to an end –...

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Employee Assistance Programmes and the growing wellness agenda

Published: 21 October 2010 Posted by: Kevin Friery

The growing Government and private sector interest in the wellness agenda is starting to gather momentum. How are Employee Assistance Programme Providers responding?

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The Importance of Psychological Support

Published: 14 October 2010 Posted by: Kevin Friery

This week, Clinical Director Kevin Friery reflects on Los 33 and the challenge that lies ahead for the survivors.

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How do you attract, grow and retain talent?

Published: 5 October 2010 Posted by: Kevin Friery

How do you attract, grow and retain talent? In a recent report, PricewaterhouseCooper said that the cost to UK Plc of not retaining talented employee stands at about £42bn per annum. The study also said that the annual UK employee resignation rate stood at 10.4% of employees, significantly higher than 7% in the US and 5% in both France and...

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