Why do organisations need to write policies and procedures?

There can be a number of reasons why organisations need to write policies and procedures. Let’s look at the most common reasons. To understand the business It may come as surprise, but sometimes senior management doesn’t know how the organisation works on a day-to-day basis. This can often be because one organisation has merged with… Read more »

Registration is now open for our first policies and procedures course in 2019

Registration for the next public policies and procedures writing course is now open. This course will be held on Tuesday 22 January 2019 in central London (WC2R). Learn how to create clear and effective policies and procedures on our popular one day course. See: Policies and procedures writing course Tuesday 22 January 2019

Podcast 41: Single sourcing policies and procedures

In Episode 41 of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we look at the results from our informal survey into the problems with policies and procedures, and how single sourcing can be applied to these types of documents. Here is the video mentioned in the podcast:

Registration is now open for our next policies and procedures course

Registration for the next public policies and procedures writing course is now open. This course will be held on Wednesday 29th August in central London (WC2R). Learn how to create clear and effective policies and procedures on our popular one day course. See: Policies and procedures writing course 29 August    

The most common mistakes organisations make with their policies and procedures

Here are the responses we received when we asked, what are the most common mistakes organisations make with their policies and procedures: https://twitter.com/rahelab/status/1011873673299578886 Not having any! — Rhonda Bracey (@RhondaBracey@mastodon.social) (@cybertext) June 26, 2018 Not including any context. I've seen people question policies (and ignore them) because they don't understand the reason/benefit of the policy…. Read more »