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How to Tackle the Biggest People Challenges in Your Organisation

As Willow & Puddifoot launches our new website, we’re excited to offer a range of services designed to help you navigate the complex people challenges that come with managing teams. People challenges can make or break the success of your organisation. Whether its leading teams, keeping employees engaged, or dealing with stress and uncertainty, these issues can slow down progress and cause frustration. But with the right approach, you can turn these challenges into opportunities for growth and high performance.  Here are some of the most common people challenges businesses… Read More »How to Tackle the Biggest People Challenges in Your Organisation

Acing your End-of-Year Reviews

It’s that time of year again… Whilst we’re not quite into the Christmas countdown just yet, it certainly is the season to plan your End-of-Year Reviews. Evaluating employees’ performance, assessing skills and development areas, and reviewing goals: it’s a process many leaders and managers find daunting. How do you deliver feedback in a way that will genuinely help the individual and the company? Having a powerful conversation Knowing how to have a good one-to-one conversation is key. Making your feedback come across more as coaching than criticism, with a two-sided… Read More »Acing your End-of-Year Reviews

Is it time for your summer stocktake?

With things slowing down for many of us at this time of year, it’s an opportunity to review how you feel about your work and what you need to do to keep on track with your goals. Time for reflection I used to work in a college library and the summer at work was very different to the rest of the year, transforming from a buzzing, busy hub (yes, libraries have changed!) to a calm retreat, with just one or two of us working. It was a time to have… Read More »Is it time for your summer stocktake?

It’s good to talk…

It might have become a cliché during that memorable BT ad campaign in the 90s, but it’s true: talking is good, and it’s something we don’t do enough of when it really counts.   This Thursday (6th Feb) is Time to Talk Day, an opportunity to encourage everyone to be more open about mental health – to talk, to listen, and to change lives. But sometimes it’s hard to know how to talk. Starting a conversation can feel awkward, particularly if you are concerned about someone’s wellbeing or mental health. Sometimes… Read More »It’s good to talk…

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