The Manager Readiness Surgery™
If this happened tomorrow, would your managers know what to do?
A free monthly live session for managers, founders and business leaders who want practical answers to real people-management questions — before small issues become expensive ones
Each month, we focus on one important management or employment-law topic, explain what has changed, what should already be happening in your business, and what your managers need to do differently in practice
Then we open the floor to your real questions
This is not another generic HR webinar
The Manager Readiness Surgery™ is designed around the situations that actually land on managers’ desks:
absence and attendance
performance concerns
difficult conversations
employee complaints
conduct issues
documentation
family leave
workplace conflict
escalation decisions
changes under the Employment Rights Act 2025
Because knowing the policy is one thing - knowing what to do when an employee is sitting in front of you is another
What happens in each session?
1. This month’s Manager Readiness Topic
A practical breakdown of one issue your managers need to understand now
No legal lecture
Just what has changed, what matters, and what your business should be doing
2. What managers actually need to do
We translate the rules into management behaviour
What should they say?
What should they document?
What belongs with them?
What should genuinely be escalated?
3. Live HR & H&S questions
Bring the people issue you are dealing with right now
We will work through as many questions as possible during the session
Questions are handled sensitively and can be anonymised
4. The Manager Readiness Check
Before we finish, you will have a short practical check to help you identify where your managers may need more clarity, capability or support
You also receive the post-session briefing
Everyone who registers receives the anonymised Manager Readiness Q&A Briefing after the event
It brings together the questions raised during the session and the practical guidance discussed, so you have something useful to refer back to afterwards
Upcoming Session
September 2026: Managing Sickness Absence After Day One SSP
Thursday 10th September 2026
13:30 - 14:30
Online — free to attend
The SSP rules changed in April - but have your managers changed what they do?
This month’s Manager Readiness Surgery™ focuses on what good absence management now looks like in practice — from return-to-work conversations and recurring absence patterns to documentation, consistency and knowing when an issue needs further action
We’ll look at what managers should be doing when someone calls in sick, what they should record, the conversations they should be having when employees return, and how to manage repeated or concerning absence fairly and consistently
Then we’ll open the session to your real HR & H&S questions
Bring a situation you’re dealing with - leave clearer about what should happen next
Everyone who registers will also receive the anonymised Manager Readiness Q&A Briefing after the session
Who Is This For?
The Manager Readiness Surgery™ is particularly useful for:
line managers
team leaders
operations managers
founders and business owners
senior leaders responsible for people management
Especially if your business has capable people in management roles who sometimes still need support with the difficult, ambiguous or unfamiliar situations that come with managing people
Why Manager Readiness matters now
Employment law is changing
Policies need updating
Processes need tightening
But none of that is enough if the manager handling the situation does not know how to apply it
The real test is not:
"Do we have the right policy?"
It is:
"If this happened tomorrow, would our managers know what to do?"
That is what the Manager Readiness Surgery™ is here to help with
REGISTER FOR THE NEXT SESSION
Need more than a monthly surgery?
If your managers need ongoing development, workplace support and help building the judgement to handle people-management responsibility consistently, take a look at Trusted Manager™
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