Regardless of how happy you make your workers and how enjoyable your company may be to work for, from time to time employees will leave - be it to retire or relocate, or just in response to changing circumstances in their lives. There is, however, such a thing as excessive employee turnover (Schreiner, 20414). In this week’s blog post we explore why employers and managers need to understand their rates of staff turnover and how they affect an organisation’s performance (CIPD,

In this week’s blog, we explore conflict management and share with you a brief overview of some styles and strategies in dealing with conflict in the workplace. According to Thomas & Kilman (1972) there are five conflict management styles or strategies that people employ. These are: Competing, Accommodating, Compromising, Avoiding, and Collaborating: COMPETING – “It’s my way or the highway” In a nutshell: where one uses their formal authority or other power to satisfy their o