Having to manage an employee grievance is never an easy situation. Picture the scene – its 9.15am, your first cup of coffee is still on your desk, now cold! A couple of employees have just arrived late, you have dealt with an issue raised by a parent and Ofsted are due to carry out…
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9 Tips on How to Manage People in Your Nursery
How can you ensure your Early Years team is working and being managed effectively and efficiently? In essence what is the best way of how to manage people in your nursery? Being a Manager of an Early Years team can be an exceptionally challenging and intense role; especially when dealing with diverse personalities, responsibilities and…
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Why Training Employees Will Benefit Your Nursery
Training employees: An expensive luxury that takes employees out of the workplace or an investment that adds value to both individual employees as well as the business? In the modern workplace both of these views can be heard, so what can be the benefits of training employees in your nursery and how can it…
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5 Reasons Why Having an HR Software System Could Help Your Nursery
Here are 5 reasons why having an HR software system could help your nursery. Many of you may be thinking about the benefits of switching to a HR software system. For some of you, you will already be using HR software and likely reaping the many benefits it offers. Making the switch if you haven’t…
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7 Ways to Motivate Employees in Your Nursery
Your greatest resource in your Nursery setting will always be your employees and they can truly form the difference between you running a good setting, and an outstanding setting. So how can you achieve the best results from your employees? Here we will look at 7 top tips to motivate employees in your nursery setting,…
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7 Reasons Why A Small Business Needs HR Support
Here at The Nursery HR People, we help a lot of Nurseries and Early Years’ Organisations who, on a daily basis, realise the ever increasing need for HR support and advice. We see so many settings having to spend far too much of their valuable time struggling with HR, especially with the constant increase in…
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5 HR Metrics To Use In Your Nursery To Achieve Better Results
Don’t be afraid of using HR Metrics in your nursery. In fact using them can significantly improve your nurseries performance. People can get confused as to what HR metrics will provide the most value. This blog will identify 5 of the most beneficial HR metrics you can start using immediately. They are easy to…
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Does My Nursery Need A Social Media Policy?
Love it or loathe it, social media is here to stay and it can be beneficial if used in the right way. This blog will outline why you should have a social media policy. What you should consider when writing one. Where to go to get a bespoke social media policy written for you. The…
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How To Review Your Nursery Employees Performance
The ultimate aim of any nursery manager is to run an outstanding nursery setting. The staff that you employ are the key component in ensuring that your setting is the best that it can be and the route to achieving an Outstanding OFSTED rating. Whilst a Nursery Employees Performance Review can seem intimidating to both…
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Why you should have an Employee Handbook for your Nursery
As an owner or manager of an Early Years Setting, you need to ensure your Employee Handbook is an integral part of your business from the very beginning. We understand that most Nurseries do not have a full time Human Resources expert on site and with resources generally becoming even more limited, never before has…
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