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A QUESTION OF TRUST – A QUESTION OF HOW?

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News broke this week that the founder of the UK’s biggest toy chain, the Entertainer, is handing over control of his business to his 1,900 workers. Mr Gary Grant opened his first shop in 1981 and his multi million pound empire spans 60 branches across the UK. He is transferring 100% ownership of the business to an Employee Trust which means staff will get a share of the profits and a say in how the firm is run.

 

Not all our clients can afford to set up a Trust but there are growing signs of TRUST between bosses and workers through the election of representative Employee  Forums. Our training courses on this topic for bosses and workers in private, public and not for profit sectors have soared in the last 12 months. Sometimes these elected bodies run alongside trade union arrangements. Sometimes with no union members in a workplace they operate directly with management. Properly structured with clear remits they do work very well.

 

In the last 12 months, topics discussed and taken forward by elected forums in positive engagement with management have included:-

 

  • Contracts- Employment

  • Covid 19 aftermath

  • Customer Service

  • Domestic Abuse

  • Dress Codes

  • Equipment

  • Equalities

  • Forum Rules

  • Fund Raising

  • Induction and Training

  • Health & Safety

  • Holidays – staff

  • Mental Health

  • Pay and Bonuses

  • Premises

  • Recruitment

  • Redundancies

  • Remote Working

  • Restructuring

  • Safeguarding

  • Staff Surveys

  • Sexual Harassment Prevention

  • Social Media

  • TUPE

 

One Day Training Course

Our one day online or on-site training course for those involved in setting up and helping to run elected Employee Forums includes a focus on technical topics and skills for personal development

 

Technical Focus includes:-

 

  • Modern Context for growing number of Forums

  • Examples of successful Forums right across the UK

  • Popular topics on Forum agendas

  • The changing world of work-employment rights and responsibilities

  • Four Typical Models & Remits

  • Mutual Benefits to employer and staff

  • Good Practice Structures/Constitution for Forums

  • Typical Role Description for a Forum Rep

  • Duties for Meetings

  • Consultation v Negotiation

  • ACAS Codes of Practice

 

Personal Skill Focus includes:-

 

  • Assertiveness

  • Coping with Challenging Situations

  • Communication Skills

  • Listening Skills

  • Influencing Skills

  • Confidence in Public Speaking

  • Meeting Skills –Before/During and After

  • Proactive – ability to seek out the views of others

  • Organisational & Planning Skills

 

 

Get in touch for more details.

 
 
 

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