Kerry Jarred, Author at Jarred Consulting

Breakfast Bite: The most important gift you can give managers this Christmas

What’s the best gift you can give your managers this year? It’s rest. Here’s why.

Navigating new legislation and the office Christmas party season

Office Christmas party Office party season is upon us. For many, this will be an opportunity to relax, have fun and build all-important relationships outside the normal working day.

Breakfast Bites: Four ways every manager can coach their teams

Four ways every manager can coach their teams: the top workplace and leadership demands for 2025 and how to meet them through embedding a coaching mindset

Are you doing all you can to combat sexual harassment?

New sexual harassment legislation The new sexual harassment legislation in the UK is as much about nuance as it is about new reforms and protections. Are you worried about what it will mean for you? Do you feel ready?

Understanding the legacy of legal sector apprenticeships

The legacy of legal sector apprenticeships There has been a significant rise in the number of employers in the legal sector adopting apprenticeship programmes. Jarred Consulting founder Kerry Jarred spoke to Commercial Director at legal training provider BPP Clare Grant about what she’s learned from working at the rock face over the past few years.

Breakfast Bites: Four bites of wisdom from a recruitment pro

We’re happy to welcome recruitment process consultant and coach Sam Glendinning to our team. She shares four bites of wisdom no one in recruitment can afford to miss.

Breakfast Bites: Support Kerry’s 24hr 100k walk for vital hospice care

Hi I’m Kerry Jarred, founder of Jarred Consulting and this breakfast bite is a little different as it’s a personal note from me.

An expert-led podcast for people who want to get into law

An expert-led podcast for people who want to get into law Did you know that Jarred founder Kerry is also a podcast host? ReImagine Law is an expert-led podcast for people who want to get into law, and she and her co-hosts explore the paths available, the issues involved and share insider knowledge on how

Breakfast Bites: Kerry takes on the Thames Path Ultra Challenge

This September, Jarred Consulting founder, and Woking and Sam Beare hospice trustee Kerry Jarred will be taking on the Thames Path Ultra Challenge with hospice colleagues. Covering a staggering 100km that’s:

Why your business needs a culture of early mediation

Why your business needs a culture of early mediation The cost of conflict in the workplace is significant, with billions lost every year to absence, staff turnover and loss of productivity. The ripple effect impacts teams, managers and colleagues who instead of getting on with the job they were hired to do, deal with the

Breakfast Bites: Has corporate wellbeing gone too far?

We know that token-effort box ticking and wellwashing can harm your relationship with your people and the growth of your organisation. It contributes towards burnout, stunts creativity, causes team disharmony and ultimately, your talent may choose to walk away.

Breakfast Bites: 4 sure fire ways to restore trust in leadership

Leadership is on everyone’s mind at the moment. Yet one recent global study found that 61% of people are worried that business leaders aren’t trustworthy. Faith in them has crumbled.

Breakfast Bites: Did you know how vital it is to upskill your HR people right now?

Digitisation has taken over much of the paper-shuffling process of HR but it’s about more than efficiency – HR development in the tech age is morphing the face and function of the department.

Breakfast Bites: Did you know you can strengthen your board in six steps?

Are you missing opportunities through misunderstandings, crossed wires and misinterpreted intentions? Are decisions held up through miscommunication?

Breakfast Bites: Did you know that upskilling your HR department will build greater trust and efficiency?

Rapidly changing workplaces demand new HR skill sets. How well are you keeping up? How well you improve your HR performance depends on your ability to see the bigger picture.

Breakfast Bites: Did you know your unique employee offer is key to weathering workplace change?

Demographic shifts and AI are changing how, why, and where people work, as well as their expectations. So to secure the skills and mindsets you need to grow and succeed, you need to change tack in this ever-shifting landscape.

Breakfast Bites: Did you know when it comes to future-proofing career pathways, clarity is key?

When you can see a clear way forward for your business, you can move with strength and intention. The same goes for your people.

Breakfast Bites: Did you know your future is in their hands?

We all know that attracting the best talent to your business is key to its future – but success lies in the details to ensure you get the right individuals.

Breakfast Bites: Did you know clear career pathways are your route to growth?

Make the best of and motivate your skilled talent by creating clear career pathways they’ll enjoy. Then they can visualise and grasp the opportunities open to them. It’s good for them and good for you.

Breakfast Bites: Did you know how effective HR transformation can be in building trust and driving business forward?

Talent strategies achieve business objectives. It’s the hill we’re prepared to die on. But we live in times of change, so what worked yesterday, may not work today – or indeed tomorrow. To avoid slipping behind, an HR overhaul may be on the cards.

Breakfast Bites: Did you know you don’t have to resolve disputes on your own?

When an employment dispute arises, everything can get knocked out of balance. Not every organisation feels able to deal with an internal investigation or mediation, especially if it’s a complex matter.

Breakfast Bites: 4 strategies to shift your business from survival to thrival mode

The ONS reported last week that the UK economy fell into recession at the end of last year but it’s not all bad news. Overall, the economy grew across 2023 and the dip isn’t expected to last long as wages are rising faster than inflation and the jobs market is strong.

Breakfast Bites: Inspire trust in leadership without falling into the wellwashing trap

Mental health is a hot topic at the moment and rightly so. It’s estimated that poor mental health costs the UK economy a staggering £118bn a year with over 18 million working days lost.

Breakfast Bites: Inspiring Leadership – our new book is finally here

We have good news. Our new book, Inspiring Leadership is now available for pre-publication download. To be fully released later this year, this version is just for those who’ve been with us on this journey.

Breakfast Bites: The four habits dynamic leaders will develop this year

Did you know that just a quarter of employees have full trust in their leadership? There is no time like the present to re-evaluate the skills we have in place and formulate plans for the ones we need to develop.

Breakfast Bites: Restoring trust in leadership

Last week we outlined our top five priority-list predictions for HR leadership in 2024:

Breakfast Bites: Your easily digestible guide to Gartner’s top 5 priorities for HR leaders in 2024

What challenges and opportunities will HR leaders will face in 2024? Based on data gathered from over 500 HR leaders in 40 countries, Gartner’s report clearly shows a gap between awareness and the ability to act when it comes to employee wellbeing, engagement and retention.

Breakfast Bites: Welcome to 2024. Did you know your skill gaps don’t have to be a problem this year?

Welcome to the first breakfast bite of the year. What are your company and team goals for 2024? At Jarred, we believe in the power of people to drive business forward so our focus is always going to be making sure you have just the talent you need.

Breakfast Bites: Five reasons why downtime is essential for your business

Just a little note from us at Jarred this week to say we hope you’re enjoying your time off and to remind you why downtime is so productive.

Breakfast Bites: Have your best year yet in 2024 by asking yourself a few simple questions

We have the chance to breathe vitality into the workplace – so that it can reinvent itself for not just a new generation but also a world which accommodates everyone’s preferences and values what each person brings. In our economic climate, it’s not just a ripe opportunity – it’s our responsibility.

Breakfast Bites: Did you know your leadership team needs support too?

At Jarred, we believe that every high-performing team is built on a foundation of shared purpose and trust.

Breakfast Bites: Did you know you don’t have to do it the hard way?

Welcome back to the second in our Did You Know? Series. It’s true, you don’t have to do it the hard way.

Breakfast Bites: Did you know – whatever you give, you get so much more back

At Jarred, we are always energised by making a difference. The positive effect on our clients’ lives and careers is immensely rewarding and enjoyable.

Breakfast Bites: Series 3: Three HR upskills to survive the HR tsunami of change heading our way

HR should be prepared for a ‘huge tsunami of change’ over the next decade according to the former French labour minister.

Breakfast Bites: Series 3: How will AI change your ESG game?

Last week, leaders from around the world met at the spiritual home of computing at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire.

Breakfast Bites: Series 3: Are you feeling a little overwhelmed with AI?

Have you stopped to think about what the AI/human hybrid future will look like?

Breakfast Bites: Series 3: Our golden opportunity to teach the teacher: two important lessons for AI-led learning

How do we take up the role of machine teacher as we integrate AI into our daily routines?

Breakfast Bites: Series 3: If AI is listening, what are you saying?

You’re in a powerful position right now. We all are.

Breakfast Bites: Series 3: Thinking about the impact of AI?

Here’s how to get ahead of the game and make it work for you.

AI and HR: 7 questions every leader should be asking right now

7 questions every leader should be asking right now According to former Google X boss Mo Gawdat ‘Sci-fi has ended. We’re in sci-fact.’* With years of experience of being knee-deep in AI development, he has three predictions:

Breakfast Bites: Series 3: How to wow the last quarter of the year

How to wow the last quarter of the year

Breakfast Bites: Series 3: the strength of soft skills and why they should be at the top of your priority list

What if we reframed soft skills as hard skills?

Breakfast Bites: Series 3: the top HR trends for 2023 and how they’ve evolved

At the beginning of the year, Forbes published its top HR trends for the 2023 workplace.

Breakfast Bites: Series 3: what if September was the new January?

There’s something fresh about the start of term and it affects everyone, whether you have children at home or not. With the altered state of summer over and done with, there’s a sense of returning to normality across the board.

Breakfast Bites: Series 2: what’s tightening the belt on learning and development costing you?

This month we’ve been looking at ways to get everyone excited about getting back to work in September. With autumn just a breeze away, it’s time to get creative about how we’re going to bring summer’s sense of freedom and ease into a busy, productive workplace.

Breakfast Bites: Series 2: what if you made more of the people you already have when hiring budgets are tight?

We all know that hitting the pause button isn’t just an enjoyable thing to do, it’s essential. It keeps us functioning, happy and healthy. So however much your summer vacation has cost this year, it has provided you with a priceless opportunity to rest and recharge.