As a consultant at Compliance Health & Safety, ensuring the health and safety of my clients' employees is on my priority list due to these important people being teh essence of your systems delivery and your front line magic. Health and safety in the workplace can bring various benefits to your business , including improved employee morale, increased productivity, reduced costs, and an enhanced reputation. The benefits of having health and safety in your business. Improved Employee Morale When employees feel safe and valued in their workplace, they tend to be more satisfied and motivated ..read more

A special kind of blog today as I explore the use of technology, specifically OpenAI's ChatGPT, to deliver this post to you. On this Sunday afternoon, I was reading and scrolling when I stumbled upon ChatGPT and became curious about what it was, who started it, and more. After researching, I discovered it was founded in 2015 in San Francisco by multiple investors and was inspired by an interview with co-founder Sam Altman. He spoke of the platform's open-minded approach to collaborative work for the positive benefit of humanity.- we all need a bit of that even if it is great marketing! In my ..read more

With all our panic buying I wonder if this is a consequence passed down over time from our leaders in power? I will explain myself... In all businesses you plan to get your product and services out to users safely, and successfully within budgets, so you make a profit and grow. This is usually done through objectives, goals and devising policy-processes which are communicated through the chains of staff. These things are the basic requirements in running a business. Communication being the key to an effective team that knows what they are doing. Leaders set good examples through their actions ..read more

Do you actually do this? We all know and understand that during an aircraft emergency the drill is to put on your own oxygen mask as quickly as possible. The reason for this is that if you don't look after yourself you can't help others, which is perfectly understandable. But my point is that, regardless of emergency scenarios, it is hugely important to give yourself time for self care to improve your quality of life and capability. If you are unable physically to perform activities or tasks you are already having to deal with a barrier before getting anywhere, which is hard in itself. But ha ..read more

I’d like to discuss, and for some introduce you, to the fabulous world within our muscles. Understanding your muscles can help with self care for your aches and pains. Also a preventative for injuries, Illness and falls depending on age. So let’s get started... You probably know that our muscles are made up of fibrous tissue Mainly we have three types. Skeletal (Like this one pictured above. The skeletal muscular system is the one I work with. It supports our bones and coordinates movement through lever synchronisation. These muscles also get injured or cause problems with repetitive issues ..read more

This last few months have been interesting to say the least, not only in my business but also personally. I was devastated like many others when my clinics and private practice were shut down in March to stop the Coronavirus spread; this was my financial bread and butter. My dance projects where none existent as the entire industry was axed. Then to finish me off, my digital business projects dried up as budget strings got pulled-back by companies I worked for. As a freelancer I found myself unemployed ... but not unemployable as a key worker in care (Which for me, was the easiest and immedia ..read more

What strange times we are in and even those of us that have business disruption insurance are not 100% entitled to it .... Nothing is clear! Which is why I have been scrolling the internet to help you make sense and get help out of this mess. It breaks my heart to see so many family members, colleagues, friends, teachers, students, professionals have their businesses taken from them or careers halted to a standstill beyond their control. With no help or support in place... but there is a silver lining - The whole country is in the same position. It's good to see businesses reach out and help ..read more

The perks, highlights, pitfalls and rollercoaster life journey running after money and obtaining work; stimulates us, provides a purpose and sense of achievement. These achievements from getting paid should be heartfelt with appreciation and satisfaction... but are they? Are we happy with what we bring to the table and what we get from it? For this blog I have interviewed freelance & employed artistes also professionals not in the theatre arts industry. My podcast available 1st March discusses this subject further Podcast. Dance Inspire The good news is you can make your own path and not ..read more

A brief insight into how motivation can work for yourself and your career but a word of caution as motivation can be your undoing. Where is your mindset ? Are you the person that likes to invest in your team members skill developments regardless if they may leave ? Are you the person that does not like to invest in your team members skill developments because they may leave ? This shows your mindset being open to opportunity or closed to what you know... which one are you? Motivation in the dictionary is defined by four methods … 1. Supply a motive to – To supply a motive to do an action, for ..read more

Hi, this is for readers that have my old RSS feed or old link. I have a new blog with all the past posts there. Check it out on my website www.gillianbeattie.com ..read more