Absence management is a key priority for most organisations due to the costs involved and the impact that it can have. This Mini Toolkit offers a practical easy to follow approach to managing absence. It will enable trainers to support their HR practitioners and line managers to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to both manage absence effectively and encourage attendance. These ready to use training materials will save trainers' valuable time and enable them to up-skill their managers efficiently.

Does your organisation suffer from high new starter turnover rates? If yes, you are not alone. Some of the most common training challenges require quick and adaptable training solutions. This mini Toolkit provides just such a tool. The latest CIPD Recruitment, Retention and Turnover survey suggests that 22% of new starters leave within the first six months. This is a worrying statistic for any organisation, particularly at a time when recruitment and selection budgets are at a minimum. There is, however, a quick, simple and effective way to ensure that new starters remain motivated and productive and that is by implementing and maintaining an up-to-date, comprehensive and engaging induction programme. Whether you are an experienced HR professional wanting to ensure that your programme still meets the above criteria, whether you are an inexperienced HR professional newly tasked with implementing an induction programme or whether you are a line manager with responsibility for inductions, this toolkit will be invaluable to you. Packed with over 40 practical induction tools, as well as real organisational documents, case studies and slides, this resource will enable you to: -Assess your organisation's needs and adapt the toolkit to meet those needs -Customise and brand the toolkit, for a tailor-made induction programme -Gain buy-in from your colleagues at all levels and show real ROI -Implement a comprehensive and consistent programme from pre-course to evaluation, setting the standard for the coming months.

It is 1910, a widowed Dr Watson moves back to Baker Street to discover that age has done nothing to dim his old friend's thirst for mystery and deduction. One morning after Watson returns from a client to find Holmes in a bright mood - the reason? Holmes and Watson have been invited to the farewell concert of celebrated former Prima Donna of the Warsaw Opera - Irene Adler. The Woman requests their presence! What happens when Holmes meets his one female equal twenty years after their first, curious meeting which Watson described in "A Scandal in Bohemia".

Following on from the bestselling Hidden Aberdeen, Fiona-Jane Brown now presents a brand new volume, Hidden Aberdeenshire: The Coast, exploring the rich history and the most fascinating, quirky stories from the windswept lands beside the North Sea. There's the story of James Keith, brother of the 10th Earl or Marischal, whose statue stands in Peterhead - but few know why; Captain Gray's House, where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took up a post as ship's surgeon on a whaler owned by one of the most successful whaling captains of the nineteenth century; the tale of the Frasers, the family who lost their castle and generations later reclaimed it; the mystery of the university that never was; plus many more. Hidden Aberdeenshire: The Coast is a fascinating and entertaining collection of forgotten history and anecdotes from Scotland's North-East, pieced together by historian Dr Fiona-Jane Brown.