Instinct HR

17/04/2024

The Instinct HR online shop offers high quality and affordable HR documents that are essential for protecting your business in line with UK employment law, and that help you lead and manage your people in the right way.

Prices start from just £65, and products include:
• HR Starter Pack (18 documents)
• Employment Contract (3 documents)
• Employee Handbook (3 documents
• Recruitment Pack (14 documents)
• Performance Management Pack (5 documents)
• Absence Management Pack (11 documents)

All products in the Instinct HR Shop are the latest master templates for you to edit and tailor to meet your unique business needs and are instantly available via download on checkout.

To see these and the full range of HR products available, see the link in the bio or visit the Instinct HR Shop: https://instincthr.co.uk/hr-shop/

21/01/2024

Please give a warm welcome to Instinct HR's new Head of Operations Adele.

Yes, my amazing wife has joined the team 😀

Not only does Adele bring 36 years experience of people management and operational excellence to the business but she brings her very own superpower 🌟

Adele has a great ability to see things differently, often offering that little pearl of wisdom or insight that becomes a game changer, the kind of thing that others just don't see, so she's guaranteed to be a valuable addition to the business 💫

After 4th consecutive years of growth, we've got some exciting plans for 2024, even some diversification opportunities, so now is a perfect time for Adele to come on board.

Welcome to the team Adele 😀

16/11/2023

Thank you for such wonderful feedback following last week's launch of the Instinct HR shop - the need for affordable quality HR products is real 😍

We recognise that not everyone needs HR advice and support, so all products available in the HR Shop are the latest master templates for you to edit and tailor yourselves to meet your unique business needs.

TAKE A LOOK via the link in the bio 👀

The jewel in the crown is our HR Starter Pack which contains everything you need to set up new employees to support their offer, onboarding, induction, probation and beyond:

- Contract of Employment – 30 main terms
- Employee Handbook – 35 key policies
- HR Essentials Guide
- The Manager’s Playbook
- Job Specification
- Offer Letter
- New Starter Form
- Medical Questionnaire
- Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form
- Onboarding & Induction Checklist
- Welcome & Induction Pack
- Probation Plan
- Employee Record Form
- Holiday & Overtime Tracker
- Record of Company Property
- Performance Management Best Practice Guide
- Performance & Development Plan
- Goal Setting Guide

07/11/2023

We recognise that not all businesses need regular HR advice and support, some simply want to purchase high quality and affordable HR tools and documents to manage everything themselves.

So after months of development, Instinct HR are excited to share our brand new online HR Shop:

🔵 The shop contains affordable essential products to help to protect businesses in line with UK employment law, and helps them lead and manage their people in the right way.

🔵 All products in the HR Shop are the latest master templates that can be edited and tailored to meet each businesses unique needs.

These advanced and affordable products available in the HR Shop will help empower businesses:

🔴 HR Starter Pack
Everything you need to set up new employees to support their offer, onboarding, induction, probation and beyond. This pack includes a contract and handbook (18 products).

🔴 Employment Contract
A fully editable Contract of Employment, tailored to meet the employment law requirements. This comprehensive document includes 30 essential main terms to ensure maximum protection for your business (3 products).

🔴 Employee Handbook
A fully editable and comprehensive guide to establish clear policies, procedures, and expectations within your organisation. The handbook has 35 policies and is fully editable, providing a solid foundation for adherence to your company processes and values (3 products).

🔴 Recruitment Pack
Everything you need to help you navigate professionally and safely when recruiting new employees (14 products).

🔴 Absence Management Pack
The key documents needed to help business owners and managers effectively manage all types of absence in their business (11 products).

🔴 Performance Management Pack
The essential documents needed to help business owners and managers create a positive performance culture for their business (5 products).

🔴 Contract & Handbook Bundle
The essential documents required by employment law come complete with high quality and robust terms and policies that are designed to provide the maximum protection for your business (4 products)

23/09/2023

I'm often asked what we do here at Instinct HR - pretty much everything we do can be explained as 3 key services:

➡ HR Consultancy
➡ Leadership & Management Development
➡ HR Project Management

So what really is HR Consultancy?

Our primary role is to develop people strategies that deliver your unique business goals and ambitions, working with you shoulder to shoulder to deliver it.

We create a culture for growth that is driven by mission, purpose, and values, and ensure CEOs/MDs are de-cluttered to do the job only they can do, ensuring they are leading for delivery and success.

Our wide range of HR consultancy services offer people solutions tailored to each individual clients needs, whether this be through full outsourced HR support to clients on a retained basis, or HR consultancy support on an on-demand basis - the choice is yours ❤️

We provide hands-on support for all people services across the entire end-to-end employee lifecycle, including:

▶ Development and delivery of your people strategy
▶ Creation of your employee value proposition
▶ Advisor to your senior leadership team
▶ Management development and coaching
▶ Team building events
▶ HR & ER advice
▶ Recruitment, onboarding, and induction
▶ Employment contracts and people policies
▶ Performance management
▶ Absence management
▶ Reward frameworks and pay structures
▶ Employee engagement
▶ Retention strategies

And of course we do support with disciplinaries and grievances - though our approach tends to avoid all the messy stuff!

Hopefully that gives you a good idea of how we use our extensive HR and leadership experiences to help you grow your business 😀

If you'd like to know more then let's have a chat over coffee (though I might have to refuse cake and biscuits!) ☕

08/03/2023

I am delighted to share that Instinct HR have partnered with ARRT Integration Ltd to support them with their exciting growth plans.

ARRT are the latest edition to our portfolio of IT clients which now sits at 6 in that sector alone - which is fantastic for sharing best practice, sector knowledge, and achieving efficiencies.

ARRT are integration specialists with over 20 years of experience, they collaborate on a diverse range of successful projects major brands and industry leaders, providing solutions to help businesses grow and thrive.

I am looking forward to working closely with you Alistair Mackenzie Richard Hughes Tony Bennett 😀

Thank you to Adam Lawrence and Daniel Dore for the kind recommendation 😍

18/02/2023

The final key service we provide at Instinct HR is developing leaders and managers to be the best for their people.

We deliver a wide range of programmes that support the development of high performing teams and individuals, so they can help their business grow.

All programmes are tailored to meet each client's unique needs, and include topics such as:

- leadership styles
- values based leadership
- developing the right culture
- growing as a leader
- developing relationships
- engaging and influencing
- effective communication
- leading others
- leading change
- a postive mindset
- conversations that deliver
- managing performance and goal setting
- managing absence and retention strategies
- coaching and mentoring

Programmes can be delivered as a 1-day team event or workshop, delivered over a series of months to ensure learning is embedded and built on, or even delivered to individuals, via:

- Team building events
- Future leader programmes
- Leadership development programmes
- High performing teams events
- Performance management workshops
- Absence management workshops 
- Individual coaching or mentoring

Along with our earlier HR Consultancy post, this should help give a better idea of how we support businesses on their growth journey ❤️

19/12/2022

Best wishes for the festive season to all of my valued Instagram friends and followers.

You have been instrumental to the fantastic growth at Instinct HR in
our 3rd year of business, as the majority of new business has come directly from relationships developed over time or from existing client referrals.

I genuinely couldn't be happier with business performance in 2022, and 2023 promises to be another budget buster. I am humbled by the role that my LinkedIn friends and connections have played in this.

THANK YOU ❤️

Have a well deserved rest and recharge over the festive season - be kind, be humble, and show someone how much you care x

05/12/2022

Is your business ready for the significant increases to statutory pay rates in April?

The national living wage increases by a record 9.7 %, meaning a full timer on this rate will receive an annual salary increase of £1,798.83.

If you have 10 employees on this rate, then that’s a big chunk of extra cash to budget for.

The biggest increase however is for workers aged 21-22 who will receive a £1 increase of 10.9% to £10.18 per hour.

So if you haven’t yet started planning for these additional costs, now would be a good time to start.

If your not sure where to start, or if you are worried about the impact of these changes, then don’t hesitate to get it touch.

06/11/2022

Delighted to be supporting local talent as they embark on their future careers

It's Interview Week at Bluecoat Sixth Form from Monday 21st November to Friday 25th November and we're looking for local businesses or alumni to be involved in providing mock interviews for our students.

Interested? Contact Alaina Wood at [email protected]

Thank you to Department for Work and Pensions - DWP, Nottingham Forest Community Trust, Parexel, Mazars, Groupe Colas, Instinct HR, Rialto Training, Intelligent Decisioning and Link3 Recruitment for being the first to offer their support!

23/10/2022

If they are, don’t call ghostbusters, call Instinct HR!

We are independent HR experts who help small business owners become great employers.

We lay the foundations for success as we develop a culture for growth, managing all strategic and operational people challenges.

We are proud to provide full outsourced HR support as well as specialised HR consultancy solutions to small businesses across the East Midlands and UK.

10/09/2022

We are deeply saddened at the passing of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II.

I think we all believed that our Queen would live forever, her grace, good humour, and indomitable spirit were the backbone of our great country.

It’s hard to imagine our country without her.

Thank you for your duty and everything you gave your country. You will be truly missed.

Rest in peace and god bless your Majesty.