4-CONSULTING E-ZINE

Summer's coming and we've decided to focus on our workforce before we head off for the holidays.

In this edition of our e-Zine, we comment on some recent research that we have completed for the Scottish Executive on "employee engagement" and summarise some of our findings. We've also some guidance on managing Health & Safety at work.

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Employee Engagement

In an international review of published literature for the Scottish Executive, we found that a few large employer organisations take employee engagement seriously and are actively implementing measures to increase engagement levels. For them, employee engagement is seen as a strategic issue at Board level rather than just an HR issue and they recognise that engagement impacts on standards of service delivery in both the public and private sectors as well as profitability in the private sector.

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Managing Health & Safety

Many smaller businesses regard Health & Safety as a growing burden on scarce management time. However, with a bit of careful management effort, employers can create an effective Health & Safety environment that can bring genuine benefits to the business.

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Making the Most of PowerPoint and Excel

Our regular "tricks and tips" features offers practical advice on creating effective presentation slides and formatting spreadsheet workbooks.

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Recent Successes

Earlier this month, one of our directors reached a major milestone when he ran a training course for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland where the 600th financial director/manager attended.

The Scottish Executive has now published our research into measuring and improving employee engagement in the public sector which is generating some significant interest for some of our clients and contacts.

Working on behalf of Henderson & Loggie in Dundee, we have recently completed a Value for Money review of ICT services at St Andrews University.

As part of our social responsibility remit, we recently provided pro bono IT advice for the New Lanark Conservation Trust 's boutique hotel concerned with its hotel management systems.

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Tell us your view

Readers' views were equally divided on our question as to whether or not sharing knowledge should be an organisational value and that staff should be rewarded accordingly. We hope that you will take a moment to answer the following question:

Private equity funds continue to prowl round corporate UK looking for targets to acquire. The Automobile Association, the RAC, Sainsbury and, most recently, Alliance Boots and EMI spring to mind.

Do you think that private equity funds are good for the UK economy?

Answer our question and let us know – all responses are confidential.

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