Growing Pains - HR Challenges Facing Growing Businesses

Growing businesses face a specific set of HR challenges. As the team grows it can become a little like trying to herd cats. The "everyone has to do everything" culture that you've always valued can start to create chaos. What actually happens is that everyone does some things and no-one does others. There's a need to work in a more structured way with more clearly defined roles but the last thing you want to do is create pointless bureacracy and slow down decision making.

It can be a difficult transition to make and there are many HR challenges along the way.

The workshop will look at three of the challenges that face many business owners. We'll look at:

• Defining and protecting your company culture - how do you keep hold of the things that are important to you in your business now that there are so many more people?
• Performance Appraisal approaches - you'll need to put a bit more structure around this now that there are more people manage. We'll look at the current trends and give you some ideas for what you could do in your business.
• Attracting talent - this is a big issue for many employers both large and small. We'll look at some of the things you should be considering in order to position your company as an employer of choice.