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Protection of employment rights during a transfer – known as TUPE – can be a minefield. Get it wrong and it can make your acquisition completely unprofitable, but with a little bravery you can [...]

  Speak to my colleagues and they will tell you that I am always banging on about building High Performance Cultures (HPC). I am so passionate about HPC because the organisations that I work [...]

I’ve been fortunate enough to be involved in some really successful Change Programmes in my time but have also learned from my mistakes and successes along the way.​ We’re passionate [...]

Organisational Development (OD) should be a constant, evolving process of change to match an ever-changing marketplace. If your business is a loss making you may need a one off big bang programme [...]

​​“I don’t know what they’re doin’ but they laugh a lot behind the……….” The lyrics from the 1956 Jim Lowe song, covered by Frankie Vaughan in 1957 and the delightful Shakin Stevens in 1981, [...]

There is a new phenomenon sweeping through the UK called “Glassdoor” that is set to profoundly change the way that businesses manage employee satisfaction if they want to retain the competitive [...]

Building a high performance culture that’s people powered requires a concerted effort from today’s HR professionals. How can we approach it?  Measure what Matters HR measures used to [...]

My husband, the lovely Mr Gawthorpe, and his team hiked the South Downs Way earlier this year. We walk a National Trail each year for charity and this year we raised money for our local cricket [...]

  Loss making The business was a loss making organisation that was acquired by the parent as an opportunity for growth. The parent invested in the organisation but in the difficult economy [...]

Background The company was in a period of transformation, acquired by a global technology business as an opportunity for growth. The parent company invested in the organisation and a new reward [...]