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Standards for best business practice
Overview of the most popular technical and management standards, and how they show best business practice for business
What is a standard?
Find out what a standard is, the types of standards that exist, and whether your business needs one
Business benefits of standards
Find out how using standards can boost your business' efficiency, access to markets, compliance and competitiveness
How to show your products meet EU legal requirements
Find out if you need to meet a specific technical or management standard to sell your product in European markets
Types of director, their duties and employment status
Detailing the different types of company directors, their duties and employment status
Structuring a board of directors
How to best structure a board of directors with responsibility for key areas of the business
Choosing a director
Check that directors you plan to appoint have the right skills and expertise
Appointing and paying company directors
Dealing with company directorial appointments and deciding on how to pay them
How to recruit directors
How to find and recruit company directors
Effectively manage your company directors
Ensuring your directors perform to the best of their ability by using inductions, appraisals and training courses
Employee share schemes: advantages and disadvantages for employers
The effect of employee share ownership on your staff; tax advantages for schemes approved by HM Revenue & Customs
What is networking?
Networking involves interacting with other organisations and sharing ideas on a variety of subjects
Advantages of staff perks and incentive
Benefits of offering effective staff incentive schemes and perks for employers and employees
Staff incentive schemes: the options
Weigh up your options for introducing staff incentive schemes in your workplace
Staff perks: the options
How staff perks enhance quality of working life and encourage employee loyalty
Advantages of business networking
Benefits of business networking include finding solutions to problems, establishing new opportunities and raising your business profile
Advantages of leading and motivating your employees
Improving productivity, innovation and your reputation among potential employees and suppliers
Becoming an effective leader
Strategic focus, change management and other leadership skills, and how to acquire them
What motivates employees?
Interesting tasks, flexible working, recognition of achievement and other motivators
Leading your staff through change
Using communication skills to reduce disruption during periods of change