Workplace Culture and Performance Management
Guide to Employee Improvement Plans
A performance improvement plan, or PIP, is an approach used by employers to help an employee improve their job performance if they are not meeting their targets adequately. It outlines specific issues, sets clear goals, and provides a timeline for im...
A performance improvement plan, or PIP, is an approach used by employers to help an employee improve their job performance if they are not meeting the...
Daniel Wilson23 October 2025
What is quiet firing?
You may have already heard of ‘quiet quitting’, where employees do only the bare minimum within their roles to avoid being fired while they search for...
Matt Taylor-Barnsley17 August 2025
Back to School Support for Working Parents
With the school summer holidays ending in September, working parents will need to re-organise their familial commitments and their working lives. As a...
Katie Carter14 August 2025
Line Management
What can effective line management achieve for your business and how can you increase its impact within your company? In this article we will discuss ...
Matt Taylor-Barnsley12 August 2025
HR Auditing
Happy, motivated, and proactive employees are the driving force of any successful company. Ensuring your staff remain that way can often be challengin...
Matthew Reymes-Cole12 August 2025
The Role of HR Compliance
At Croner, we use the term ‘HR compliance’ frequently because compliance is critical; not just to run your business successfully, but to avoid severe ...
Andrew Willis11 August 2025
How to implement a four-day working week
With flexible working legislation now in place meaning that employees are legally entitled from day one of employment, there is the very real possibil...
Katie Carter20 May 2025
How to conduct employee 1-1s
Your employees are the backbone of your business, so it pays to know what’s going on in their day to day. A good way to do this is to frequently condu...
Daniel Wilson26 March 2025How to increase employee productivity in the workplace
A productive staff is the foundation for your business’s success, so how can you boost your workforce's productivity levels to get the best out of the...
Andrew Willis3 February 2025Flexible working: Four-day working week
With the Government’s potentially opening the door for increased flexibility when it comes to working, a four-day week might very soon become a possibility for employees. Employers will have to prepare for this eventuality as the improved rights mea...
With the Government’s potentially opening the door for increased flexibility when it comes to working, a four-day week might very soon become a possi...
Matt Taylor-Barnsley3 February 2025