The HR Consultants Round-Up
HR Insights from The HR Consultants: What Every Business Owner Needs to Know
Running a small business means wearing a lot of hats, and HR is often the one that fits least comfortably. This round-up, our partners The HR Consultants have shared two practical resources that could save you significant time, cost and stress.
Both are free. Both are worth five minutes of your time.
When good intentions aren't enough
Sarah runs a 22-person business. She loves her team, knows her industry inside out, and by anyone's measure, she's a decent boss. But last autumn she called The HR Consultants in a state, because an underperforming employee had been quietly building a case against her while she'd been giving him chance after chance.
By the time she'd had enough and let him go, she was facing a potential tribunal claim, an unsettled team, and a few sleepless weeks ahead.
The painful part? Sarah hadn't done anything wrong as a person. She'd just never been shown the right process.
Two weeks later, The HR Consultants had helped her exit the employee properly, protect the business and rebuild her team's confidence. As Sarah put it afterwards: "I wish I'd known six months ago what I didn't know."
That's exactly why they built the HR Health Check, a free five-minute scorecard that shows you where your HR processes are protecting your business and, more importantly, where the gaps are. You'll receive a personalised HR Health Score, a benchmark against other UK SMEs, and a free 30-minute advice call to talk it through. No sales pitch, no jargon.
Take the free HR Health Check here.
Dismissals done properly
If you've ever had to let someone go, you'll know the hardest part isn't the conversation itself. It's the worry afterwards. Did you follow the right process? Document the right things? Say the right words in the room?
The HR Consultants have distilled everything they know about fair dismissal into one short, plain-English checklist, free to download. It walks you through every stage of the process, flags the legal pitfalls, and tells you exactly what needs to be in writing, practical enough to actually use when you need it most.
If reading it sparks a question, or you've got a live issue you'd like a second opinion on, you can also book a free HR advice call.
Download the free Dismissal Checklist for Managers here.
The HR Consultants are MDHUB's trusted HR partners. For more information, visit thehrconsultants.co.uk
