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Case study: Pearlfisher on opening a US office: An Englishman in New York?
Mike Branson shares the lessons he learnt when Pearlfisher expanded abroad with their first overseas office in New York.
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Mike Branson shares the lessons he learnt when Pearlfisher expanded abroad with their first overseas office in New York.
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Growing internationally: your options for accessing new markets
Allyson Stewart-Allen guides you to find your best route to international markets.
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Should designers export?
Whether times are good or bad, it’s always worth developing international business and now is a good time to be considering just that. Andrew Summers, Chairman of Design Partners, lays out the case for trading overseas.
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Giving feedback tips
A very handy one-pager on the do’s and don’ts of giving feedback to your staff. Useful for all managers.
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Best practice guide to managing absence
Staff absence can become a problem for a business but this guide shows how absence or attendance management systems can provide an effective framework from which to manage attendance levels.
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Sticky employees – Imagination case study
Imagination's HR Director explains what makes their quality staff stick around in this article on employee retention.
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Training agreement template
A template agreement for staff training.
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Code of conduct
An example code of conduct for staff, to help you set standards and create a positive working environment.
HR
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Dignity at work policy
As an employer you have a responsibility to secure the dignity of your staff whilst at work and this policy example sets out definitions of behaviours that are unacceptable and procedures for dealing with them.
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Capability and poor performance policy – example
You need your employees to maintain high standards of performance in their roles – where performance falls below the expected standards you can use this review procedure to give staff the opportunity to improve.