News from Resourceful People Group
Employment Rights Act (ERA) – Don’t Get Bitten
Are you still thinking that the ERA is just another routine piece of regulation and not something to be too concerned about? If that’s how you are looking at it, you may be about to get bitten. The Government’s own analysis of the economic impact of the Act states ‘‘we expect the policies within the Act to impose a direct annual cost on business of around £1 billion per year.” The ERA is a generational set of changes in employment law – some 20 plus of them over the next two years – that fundamentally reshapes employment rights and poses significant challenges for your existing people management practices. Let’s highlight just a few of them and their potential impact on your business: ▶️ Entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay from day one of an absence – from April 2026 – means an increase in costs and potentially also an increase in short term absence. Are your absence management procedures fit to deal with this and understood by your line managers? ▶️ Unfair Dismissal protection after six months’ employment – from January 2027 – means removing poor hires becomes much more challenging. How reliable is your hiring process? How structured is your […]
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Consistency Under Pressure
Leadership capability is easiest to see when things are calm. What’s harder — and far more revealing — is consistency under pressure ♨️ . We regularly see capable, experienced leaders whose judgement, communication and behaviour shift noticeably when stress increases. Not because they lack skill, but because pressure exposes patterns that rarely show up in development programmes. 👀 Teams often experience this as unpredictability. Leaders often experience it as frustration with themselves and potentially creating psychologically unsafe environments and unproductive cultures. The real work isn’t about working harder. It’s about understanding how we show up under pressure — and then 🔶 UNLEARNING & RELEARNING to respond intentionally 🔶. Here are RPG we work with clients using a range of tools including AQai – Adaptability Assessments & Coaching & Insights blended with our extensive experience in manufacturing, engineering, education (further & higher), media, service sectors (to name just a few) to help our clients & their teams make valuable changes in their leadership styles, behaviour and ultimately their performance ✅ ✅ ✅. So here is a final question for you if by doing the above we could ultimately generate a real return on Investment …for example just imagine if we could […]
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It’s Not About Performance….It’s About Clarity
Many organisations don’t have a performance problem — they tend to have a clarity problem, and then the subsequent inability to implement the necessary change. Leaders are surrounded by data, opinions, dashboards and well‑intended initiatives, yet still feel unsure where to focus. Everything feels important, so energy gets spread thin and progress slows almost without anyone noticing. Clarity isn’t about certainty or perfect answers. It’s about alignment. Agreeing what genuinely matters now, making a plan and giving people permission to stop doing things that don’t add value. Without that clarity, even strong leadership teams can start to feel fragile and resist change. Decision‑making slows, confidence dips, and conversations become more cautious than they need to be. When clarity improves, momentum often follows and change can happen surprisingly quickly. As we start 2026 is it worth reflecting on a) how clear the focus really is, and b) do you have the necessary skills to make the change where you work?
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