Phil Norton – Medium

Phil Norton

10 things I’ve learned from 4 years of leading a remote team

We’ve grown the Leave Dates team from 1 to 16 and everyone is fully remote. Here’s what I’ve learned.

2 min readOct 25, 2023

--

10 things I’ve learned from 4 years of leading a remote team

--

Phil Norton
in
Leave Dates

Virtual Christmas Party Ideas — 20 fun ways to celebrate in 2020

Christmas parties… Love them or hate them, they are an inescapable tradition of workplaces across the globe.

14 min readDec 4, 2020

--

Virtual Christmas Party Ideas — 20 fun ways to celebrate in 2020

--

Phil Norton
in
Leave Dates

Should you celebrate birthdays at work?

Birthdays! Love them or hate them, they keep on coming.

4 min readNov 12, 2020

--

Should you celebrate birthdays at work?

--

Phil Norton
in
Leave Dates

How to reduce employee turnover in your company

The term ‘ employee turnover ‘ refers to the number of people who leave an organisation, to be replaced by new staff, over a period of…

6 min readSep 25, 2020

--

How to reduce employee turnover in your company

--

Phil Norton
in
Leave Dates

How 30 businesses are helping their staff return to work after lockdown

With the easing of COVID restrictions, businesses around the world are helping employees return to work safely. We asked 30 business how …

12 min readSep 15, 2020

--

How 30 businesses are helping their staff return to work after lockdown

--

Phil Norton
in
Leave Dates

What is Time off in Lieu and should you offer it to your staff?

A time off in lieu policy could greatly benefit both your workplace and your employees’ wellbeing.

5 min readNov 29, 2019

--

What is Time off in Lieu and should you offer it to your staff?

--

Phil Norton
in
Leave Dates

Forget Unlimited Leave, Try a Minimum Leave Policy

For your average small business, unlimited time off just isn’t realistic, so here is an alternative…

3 min readOct 20, 2019

--

Forget Unlimited Leave, Try a Minimum Leave Policy

--

Phil Norton
in
Leave Dates

5 Reasons Why Innovative Companies Use Employee Scheduling Software

An employee scheduling software is a solution that assists managers in overseeing the work hours of their labour force.

4 min readSep 25, 2019

--

5 Reasons Why Innovative Companies Use Employee Scheduling Software

--

Phil Norton
in
Leave Dates

The Ultimate Guide to People Management

If you can’t manage people, you can’t manage.

17 min readSep 4, 2019

--

The Ultimate Guide to People Management

--

Phil Norton
in
Leave Dates

How to Succeed in Business by Acting Like a Hedgehog

Focus is the key to achieving your goals

3 min readJul 24, 2019

--

How to Succeed in Business by Acting Like a Hedgehog

--

Phil Norton

Phil Norton

Creator, Problem Solver, Listener. Trying to make sense of the world and business, whilst running a startup. Sharing what I learn.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams