We at Honeydew Health are always up for a challenge and Sandy, our client and marketing co-ordinator has accepted a new one! To give thanks for a local hospice. Continue reading
Category Archives: Top Story
Managers close to burnout: impacts of stress
The CIPD’s article ‘Managers close to breaking point fail to support team’ has highlighted some shocking issues for today’s managers with the impacts of stress. Are managers close to burn out, bad managers? Continue reading
Improving relations between HR and line managers
HR Magazine published an article today commenting on research done by the management consultancy firm, Hay Group. The research tells us that half of line managers that took part in the study felt that HR did not give them the appropriate support they needed to be good managers. There were various reasons for this but the one reason in particular that struck us at Honeydew as very simple to solve was this: Continue reading
Here come the winter blues
It’s come to that time of year. The weather turns bad, the nights draw in earlier and the busy times roll on until Christmas. Although this time of year can make anyone feel a bit blue, it’s important for managers to recognise the difference between employees being a bit ‘grumpy’ and someone suffering with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). Continue reading
“You can’t spend your life in the stretch zone”
Yesterday, Honeydew Health attended a Stress Management Training course run by our partners Corporate Health. Continue reading
Inspiring ideas for Start-ups
As you’ve probably guessed by now, a couple of our team are in Dublin for the Web Summit 2013 – the world’s largest Internet conference with more than 10,000 attendees.In case you’re wondering why we’re here, it’s actually very simple: Continue reading
“Life is better than the alternative”
Claus Møller is one of the leading management consultants in the world Continue reading
Absence Management Survey 2013 published
CIPD and Simplyhealth have published the annual Absence Management survey results for 2013. The survey got 618 responses from organisations employing in total 2.3 million employees. Continue reading
Why benchmarking doesn’t always work
Many UK Absence statistics have been publish in recent months, by a number of high profile human resource management companies such as the CIPD and ACAS. But how useful are they, really? Continue reading
Line managers’ role in people management
In absence management, as in employee management in general, the role of the line manager is pivotal. Continue reading