Business Solutions

Businesses are more likely to succeed when they employ staff who genuinely care about the best interests of the organisation and its customers. To achieve this, employees need to feel motivated – how can firms improve employee motivation?

Meetings are an everyday part of work and civic life – and the way in which they are conducted often reflects an organisation’s culture. Organisational culture is something that continues to be a focus of the FCA, particularly with SM&CR on the horizon.

Have you experienced the ‘spotlight effect’? Jess Capper explains how it can hold us back in our professional lives and how it can be overcome.

Within the workplace, it is important to build up a strong professional network. How can we build successful networks at work?

Success in the workplace is largely determined by our self-confidence. Yet many people who lack self-confidence are nonetheless very competent, hardworking and capable. How can we appear more confident in work?

In a world where people rarely stay in a job for life, how can organisations retain employees long-term? Lisa Powell looks at how an organisation’s culture can affect its employees’ desire to stay.

Once again we are in a time of political turmoil.  So can we shed any further light on current prospects? David Millett provides his latest update on Brexit and international trade.

Conflict in the workplace is something most of us will face at some point in our working lives. Therefore it’s important to be able to deal with – and learn from – these difficult situations.

A stakeholder is a person or entity with an interest in the fortunes of a business, who may have the power to impact on the organisation either negatively or positively. So how can we manage stakeholders?