Last Friday I had to cancel 3 potentially good meetings as one of my boys was sick. I had planned, with military precision, my departure of 6 a.m. that morning. As I generally get our boys out to school, I did lunches, etc. the night before, so that my husband might have a relatively stress […]

Audrey Hughes of Principal HR recently performed a survey which suggested that 39% of women favoured part-time employment or job sharing when they return from maternity leave. Considering this finding in conjunction with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, would suggest that quite a considerable percentage of the workforce would be far more motivated in the workplace […]

I was at a conference in October, hosted by an accountancy firm DBASS, based in Ashbourne. One of the presenters, Peter McInnes from McDowell Purcell Solicitors, Dublin, gave a very concise presentation on employment law. His 10 tips were as follows ( they may be of value to some of you) : 1.   Do be […]

Jim Collins in the book ‘Good to Great’ says that people are not your greatest asset in your business but the right people are. The decision to recruit a new employee is a big commitment for any SME and one which will not have been made lightly. There are many reasons why the decision will […]

There was an interesting article in the Sunday Times on 01/11/09 by Frank Dillon entitled ‘Having it all might lead to nothing’. It discussed the challenges facing women and their careers when it comes to having children and taking maternity leave. I suppose I was particularly interested as a woman, with a career and a […]