Is managing people giving you a headache?

Your best employee isn’t automatically your best manager. It is a common route into management - someone is reliable, experienced, technically strong and consistently performs well, so the next step is to give them responsibility for a team. The difficulty is that managing people requires a completely different set of skills. Suddenly they are expected to give feedback, deal with underperformance, handle conflict, manage absence, have difficult conversations and make decisions that affect other people, often without ever having been taught how to do any of it. That does not mean they were the wrong person to promote. It means they need support to become as confident in management as they were in their previous role. Good managers are developed, not simply appointed. If you have managers who have grown into their roles without much formal people management training, The HR Practice can help build their confidence and capability. https://lnkd.in/edmhT_f5 #ManagementTraining #PeopleManagement #HRSupport

If an employee isn’t performing during probation, what are the options? Probation should not be treated as a date in the diary that you only think about at the end. Regular review meetings give managers the chance to look at performance, behaviour and conduct, give clear feedback and make sure the employee has a fair opportunity to improve. Just as importantly, those conversations should be documented.  If things are not improving, there may be an option to extend the probation period for a short time. If performance or behaviour is still not where it needs to be, ending the probation may also need to be considered.  The key is not to leave concerns until the final week. Got someone in probation and unsure what your next step should be? Speak to The HR Practice before making a decision. #Probation #PeopleManagement #HRSupport

Greek mythology, The Golden Girls and 12+ years of HR experience - meet Laura Stevenson! Laura Stevenson  is an HR Consultant with The HR Practice, bringing more than 12 years of experience across a wide range of sectors. She has worked closely with business leaders on everything from organisational change and employee engagement to talent development, HR strategy and union relationships. Laura is also a certified Workplace Mediator and Mental Health First Aider, with a real focus on helping businesses create workplaces where people and performance can work well together. However, more interestingly - away from HR, there is quite a bit more to know about Laura. → She absolutely loves reading, mainly fiction, and has been running a book group for the last six years. → She has kissed the famous Blarney Stone in Ireland and now likes to believe she has the gift of the gab. → She is a self-confessed geek when it comes to Greek mythology. → Her guilty pleasure is The Golden Girls! She watches an episode most days and considers herself something of an expert. → She loves travelling and has visited some incredible places, although the Highlands of Scotland still come out on top. Laura brings a huge amount of HR knowledge to the team, but also warmth, humour and plenty of conversation, which fits The HR Practice perfectly. Give Laura a hello in the comments, and feel free to test her Golden Girls knowledge while you're there! #MeetTheTeam #HRSupport #TeamHRP