Human Resource Management is perhaps the greatest challenge for many entrepreneurs. Engaging and managing staff has many pitfalls for the employer and business. Ensuring that you, your business and your staff are protected is critically important to the success of your enterprise.
In this breakfast seminar, hosted by Plato Dublin and Local Enterprise Office Fingal, Frank Scott Lennon will guide SME owners through essential HR issues including:
- Setting up Contracts, Job Descriptions and Conditions of Employment
- Managing Performance up to and including Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)
- Handling Discipline - Avoiding the Pitfalls
- Optimum Approaches to handling Employee Grievances
- Wellbeing Initiatives that aid Resilience and Productivity,
- Any HR issues of concern to Delegates
Frank has been consulting in the HR space for over 25 years and has in recent years focused his attention on the SME sector, trading as HRforSMEs.ie. Previously he held senior HR positions in industry and at the Irish Management Institute. An accomplished author, Frank has co-written 5 management briefs in the subject areas of HR for Line Managers, Performance Management, Discipline and Dismissal, Bullying and Harassment and Redundancy. Frank completed his M.Sc (Mgmt) on the Trinity/IMI Organisation Behaviour Programme and obtained his PhD from Cranfield University in the UK. He recently completed UCD’s Graduate Diploma in Corporate Governance.
Frank will be followed by Mary Mangan who is Senior HR Business Partner with ESB Engineering and Major Projects. Mary will discuss how to nurture resilience in the workplace.