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Melissa carves amazing pumpkins for Halloween. This year she's made a PacMan pumpkin! Here are some past favourites too #Brighton #quickhr #halloween
Amazing day at the Brighton Summit conference - a fantastic event where all kinds of business people mix, laugh, learn and listen to great speakers. Highlights this year included the inspiring Gina Miller, BBC's Kamal Ahmed revealing he had to use the fire escape to leave his office because Extinction Rebellion protesters were glued to the building's front and a workshop on samba drumming - Melissa's a better drummer than Brian.
Hiring: work with young musicians
Want to join an amazing organisation working with young people in music and art? http://audioactive.org.uk/work-with-us/
Working with friends and family
Can you manage your friend and say when she or he is causing problems? Can you do this to your partner and then share a bed later? Here's some advice https://www.quickhr.biz/?p=4135 #hr #Brighton #Sussex #quickhr
People on medication: Brexit worries
Work with people on medication? You probably do, even if you don't realise. Brexit might cause worries or problems for people with physical or mental health issues - here's some workplace advice https://www.quickhr.biz/people-on-medications-brexit-worries/
Moving around after Brexit - advice
Brexit and travel between UK and EU: some advice and things to do https://www.quickhr.biz/?p=4096
Only a fortnight left to get tickets for the amazing Brighton Summit - best day of the work year, with fantastic speakers, workshops and loads of fun https://brightonsummit.com/
Companions for meetings - but no clowns
Can you bring companions to work meetings? Sometimes – but no "emotional support clowns" please. Here's our advice https://www.quickhr.biz/?p=4088
Want to see Brian drop 500ft?
I'm abseiling down the i360 tower on Thursday to raise cash for the brilliant Clock Tower Sanctuary, a charity helping homeless young people.
I'm a little bit nervous about this, so please click on the link and hand over any pennies you can.... raising cash for them will help me feel much better about this!
I start the descent at 8pm and I'll probably be blubbing and whimpering all the way down, so you're very welcome to come and watch - and comfort me when I finish.
Why? Anyone who knows me has heard me talk repeatedly and at length about homelessness. This event’s a way to attract attention, as well as money to support CTS. Sometimes in life you just have to say yes when a chance like this comes along.
Fun fact: the i360 is 500ft high. No, I've never abseiled before. Gulp.
Here’s the view down from inside the i360.
To donate, go to http://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/brian-warren1
By Brian
Rows at work - 5 ideas to change things
Friction in working relationships can be a part of your working life at times, although hopefully not in a bad way. People have different priorities and viewpoints. But sometimes you can find yourself in a situation where the dispute goes on and you cannot see a way out.
It might be an issue about a piece of work involving a colleague or manager – or it could be their behaviour towards you. If you’ve tried muttering “count to ten and let it go” so many times that it isn’t working anymore, then here are some suggestions for other options.
1 Try something different
If the person you’re arguing with is not hearing you and you’re just repeating a pattern of getting angry when you try talking to each other, then try something else. Perhaps an email as a first step, where you can calmly and neutrally set out your thoughts. Keep it brief and try to avoid anything that comes across as repeating the argument. Or think about ways to explore the issue at any meetings when other people can join the conversation and share their views too.
2 Ask someone else
Is there another person who can help you get back to a calmer working relationship? A manager, colleague or HR. The best approach is not to make people think you want them to take sides, but to help resolve a tricky situation and especially if you seem positive about doing this. If you decide to speak to HR or another manager, you could start by asking for the conversation to be confidential until you’re sure how things are going to go. It’s worth a shot: they might be able to help. Discussing the issue with them gives you a fresh person’s perspective too, in case you’ve got so caught up in the dispute that you might have lost sight of what matters – and how to find a way back to it.
3 Raise a grievance
A grievance is a formal complaint and any employee in any kind of company can raise one. It’s a legal right. The employer has to follow a similar process to a disciplinary: ask a neutral manager to consider the issues and have a meeting with you, where you can set out your points clearly – as well as anything you prefer to put it writing. You can see more guidance about grievances here from a manager’s point of view https://www.quickhr.biz/complaints-at-work-when-a-dispute-turns-into-a-grievance/ and from an employee’s perspective https://www.quickhr.biz/she-never-listens-to-me-im-going-to-complain/. The key thing to decide is: what do you want the outcome to be? Are you asking for the person to be reined in or do you just want the situation to calm down so that everything can go back to normal?
4 Does it matter?
This is a tough question to ask yourself, if things have become heated. But we work with all kinds of colleagues during our lives including a mix of lovely, dull, interesting and horrible people. If it’s about somebody’s behaviour, you should think whether or not they are likely to change – or if it’s just what they are like and you have to just work on reducing contact with them as much as you can. If it’s a misunderstanding, that can be resolved (see steps 1 and 2). If it’s a work issue where you have completely different views ask yourself this: does it matter? If you’re sure you’re right, then how about letting it play out along the way the other person wants and seeing what happens? Obviously these suggestions are just things to consider and depend on whatever your circumstances are.
5 It’s just a job
Sometimes people get so caught up in a situation that they forget this: it’s just a job. Getting out of there and working somewhere else is always an option. It’s not about winning or losing – it’s just the right thing to do, if you’ve reached a point where you don’t want to go into work. After all, you spend more time with work people than your friends and family, so you shouldn’t force yourself to keep spending all that time if it’s making you miserable, angry or stressed. Find somewhere else that makes you enjoy the time you spend at work.
By Brian
Partying starting to affect work?
White powders and workplaces: cocaine and employees - thoughts, trends and some advice (link: https://www.quickhr.biz/?p=3983) quickhr.biz/?p=3983
Pay and pension increase
Quick reminder: pay and pension changes from April 2019. See more details at (link: https://www.quickhr.biz/?p=4003) quickhr.biz/?p=4003 #pension #Brighton #Sussex #livingwage #minimumwage #quickhr
White powders and workplaces
White powders and workplaces: cocaine and employees - thoughts, trends and some advice (link: https://www.quickhr.biz/?p=3983) quickhr.biz/?p=3983
Work and Christmas: a survival guide
Ho ho ho! ‘Tis the season of goodwill, when people smile more and sing along to festive favourite tunes while hanging tinsel and baubles over anything they can.
Here are 7 handy tips to get you through December https://www.quickhr.biz/work-christmas-a-survival-guide/
Giant snails everywhere!
Giant snails around Brighton and Hove popped up over the autumn – and they’ve now been sold.
Designed by a wide range of artists and sponsored by local businesses, the colourful snails were auctioned and sold for a total of £231,400 for Martlets Hospice.
You can see them on social media sites using #bemoresnail and you can buy mini snails and other merchandise from https://www.snailspacebrighton.co.uk/merchandise/. All proceeds go to the hospice.
The success of the snail event follows the outbreak of Snowdogs around the city in 2016. We helped buy a Snowdog at the time, to keep one available for the public to see and it’s homed at the Hanover Centre. You can find out more here: https://www.quickhr.biz/come-and-meet-your-snowdog/.
Celebrating success for the Living Wage campaign
Brian and Melissa with Susi Vervate at the Brighton Living Wage event to celebrate more than 400 employers signing up. Photo by Vervate Ltd
Getting ready for summer
We’re sorting out the Yachtwerks front garden for summer, so that we can work outside – and you can join us for meetings in the sunshine.
The hard work’s being carried out by our lovely neighbours from Old Tree Brewery who are digging and planting the garden. We supplied the colourful deckchairs!
See more at https://www.quickhr.biz/getting-ready-for-summer/