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Financial risk
Understand the main types of financial risks to your business and find ways to mitigate and reduce them
Implement a flexible working policy
A checklist of things to think about before setting up new policies to achieve work-life balance
Sources of leadership training
Forms of training available and where to get them
Evaluate business risks
Risk evaluation helps you determine the importance of each risk to the business and decide whether to take action
Prevent and reduce business risk
Reducing risk to business involves putting in place processes and methods to deal with the consequences of an adverse event
Strategies to help you manage business risk
Common strategies for treating the risks to your business are avoidance, acceptance, sharing, reduction and elimination
Business risk insurance
What is risk protection insurance and how to insure your business against financial losses associated with business risks
Running an employment agency or business
Rules you must be aware of and comply with when setting up or running an employment agency.
Writing a person specification and job description
Information about job descriptions and person specification
Using employment agencies to find staff
What information to provide employment agencies with to help them find staff for you
Job application process: CVs and application forms
Employers can weigh up the options for recruiting new staff either by requesting CVs or using job application forms
Shortlisting and inviting candidates to interview
How to draw up a shortlist of candidates for interview
Preparing for the job interview
Plan questions, study CVs carefully and make arrangements for the interview
Practical tests, psychometric tests and assessment centres
Tests you can do alongside the interview to help you choose the right candidate
Defining share-option and share-award schemes
Share-option schemes, share-award schemes and share purchase schemes
Key elements of strategic planning
Understand the essential questions that you should consider as part of your strategic planning process
Steps in the strategic planning process
Overview of strategic planning and management, and the importance of involving different levels of staff in the process
Types of strategic planning models
Using strategic models, such as Five Forces, SWOT or PESTLE analysis, can help you assess threats and opportunities facing your business
Business growth: market research
Use market research to drive business growth and innovation and to stay ahead of the competition
Business growth strategy and planning
Maximise the chances of business growth success by carefully planning your growth strategy