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  • July 29, 2020

    How to lead your team in a post-pandemic world

    How to lead your team in a post-pandemic world

    2020 has been one of the most challenging and unexpected years I’ve ever encountered as a business owner. As businesses across the country navigate the uncertainty that surrounds COVID-19, our primary concern has always been the survival of the business while supporting the health and wellbeing of our team, even more so in a post-pandemic world.

    Like many others, we have shifted to a remote workforce to protect our employees, continue to serve our customers and maintain business continuity.

    As a team, we’ve not physically been together since mid-March. For a close-knit, small team like ours at Natural HR; it has felt like a very long time. But this unique situation we find ourselves in has meant that leading the team has become infinitely more complex.

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  • March 11, 2020

    Women Supporting Women: Why it Matters

    Women Supporting Women: Why it Matters

    With International Women’s Day last Sunday, and the increased coverage of female success stories, it struck me that my own story was also made possible by the support I’ve received ...

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  • December 20, 2019

    What winning an award really proved

    What winning an award really proved

    On went my Karen Millen dress and statement shoes. I was about to leave the office and attend the West Midland Tech Awards 2019 as a shortlisted candidate for the ...

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  • October 31, 2019

    What’s going on in the world of HR?

    What’s going on in the world of HR?

    Recently, Natural HR undertook a piece of independent research to uncover the current state of HR in the UK. Surveying 219 HR professionals, we hoped to understand the challenges, opportunities ...

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  • October 2, 2019

    Big Businesses Cling On as Candidates Throw U-Turns

    Big Businesses Cling On as Candidates Throw U-Turns

    What Uncertain Times in Recruitment Mean for Growing Organisations A few weeks ago, Matt Weston from Robert Half Recruitment wrote a piece in HR Director titled ‘Retention Fears to UK ...

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  • September 19, 2019

    What it will take for me to ever consider taking on an apprentice again

    What it will take for me to ever consider taking on an apprentice again

    The Background In 2017, I wrote a post in which I highlighted some of the pitfalls I had uncovered as a small business owner when initially looking to take on ...

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  • August 19, 2019

    Is the Battle of HR & Finance Over?

    Is the Battle of HR & Finance Over?

    When I first started out in the HR sector, I was made aware of the historic ‘battle’ of HR Vs Finance, but at the time, I couldn’t really appreciate what ...

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  • July 30, 2019

    New workplace laws: non-disclosure agreements

    New workplace laws: non-disclosure agreements

    The government has announced plans to introduce legislation in order to prevent the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), sometimes called confidentiality clauses in the workplace. In the news, we’ve seen ...

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  • July 1, 2019

    ‘The Perfect Fit’: The Challenges of Recruiting Well

    ‘The Perfect Fit’: The Challenges of Recruiting Well

    In October of last year, I spoke to Real Business about what I’d learnt about recruitment – and why I felt ‘the fit’ of individuals was so important in an ...

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  • April 16, 2019

    Why Being Human, Honest and Open in Business Has Served Me Well

    Why Being Human, Honest and Open in Business Has Served Me Well

    When Jason and I first established Natural HR and opened offices in 2016, I was more reserved about sharing ‘our story’ with people. Worried that established businesses would see us ...

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Sarah Dowzell

Passionate about HR, entrepreneurship and women in business. COO and Co-founder of Natural HR. Associate CIPD Member. Mother of two young boys. Find out more about Sarah here

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  • How to lead your team in a post-pandemic world
  • Women Supporting Women: Why it Matters
  • What winning an award really proved
  • What’s going on in the world of HR?
  • Big Businesses Cling On as Candidates Throw U-Turns

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