Sue-Ellen Watts

We have talked a lot about mentoring this year. We’ve covered how to find the right mentor, how to be the best mentee, and what to do whe…

At wattsnext we are regularly asked about the best bonus or incentive program to implement within a business.

Nine out of ten questions …

The most common question I am asked as chief executive and founder of HR consulting firm wattsnext is ‘how do I increase performance in my…

Last week I shared with you what I see as the biggest mistake businesses make when creating company values. You can read it here, but in a n…

We all know that company values are critical to any organisation committed to team alignment and engagement. They are put in place to …

Having had mentors all of my adult life I am a big advocate for building connections with people who are where you want to be, or have exper…

We have all had a lot of fun laughing at President Trump this week when he said he had a meeting with the ‘President of the Virgin Islands’,…

According to drama researcher and international keynote speaker Cy Wakeman, we spend on average of 2.5 hours per day complaining, creating s…

One of the first things that usually happens when someone resigns is the business immediately starts looking for their replacement.

If a…

In an entrepreneur’s world we are taught that to succeed we must fail. We know that to build the best product or service for our customers w…

As people managers we are always trying to achieve a balance between providing positive feedback to our employees while also being able to d…

A probation period in most businesses is seen as an employer’s “get out of jail free card”, with some thinking that if their new recruit do…