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Managing your staff

Practical tips for employers.

This sections contains practical tips and advice for employers.

Managing absence

Strategies for effective absence management.

How to keep your best staff

Ways to reduce staff turnover.

Identify your star employees

Checklist for identifying your most valuable employees.

Consulting your staff

Getting the most from your employees' ideas.

Keep a look-out for signs of stress

Tackle staff stress before it costs you money.

Opening the books can improve profitability

Should you open the books to employees?

Getting the most out of staff appraisals

Make sure appraisals are effective and useful.

Your staff handbook

Key elements of a staff handbook.

Recruiting the right staff

Make sure you have a structured process for recruitment.

Recruiting executives

Checklist for hiring executives.

Hiring winning sales staff

What do you look for when hiring new sales staff?

Conducting a successful interview

Ten great interview questions.

Bringing training in-house

Bringing trainers to you can be more cost-effective than sending staff out.

Employee incentives...that won't break the bank

Affordable ways to incentivise staff.

The do's and don'ts of incentive schemes

Strategies for motivating employees.

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