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Performance Management Systems and Monitoring
The process of performance management and systems have changed due to the ability to phone, email, write an essay, take a picture or work on a spreadsheet, at any time or place, on a device small enough to fit in your pocket. Mobile phones, tablet devices, laptops,...
The value-add in aligning company and personal values
Value alignment - what's the value added? Organisational values are too often perceived as fluffy, nice ideas that offer no real bottom-line value. However, in today’s increasingly millennial-filled workplaces, this couldn’t be more wrong. According to the Cone...
Organisational Design Hierarchy – highly structured or decentralised?
Organisational Design – is a flattened and decentralised hierarchy really good for business? Modern business practices are a result of the strategy and structure of an organisation. The strategy takes into account various factors that can significantly impact...
Leadership and EQ – their contribution to the workplace
What do leadership and EQ (emotional quotient) have in common? Whilst the fundamentals of leadership will not change, future leaders will succeed with a different skill set than those of today. In today’s rapidly changing and dynamic business world, future leaders...
Unions, Labour Relations and A.I.
Robotics, automation and artificial intelligence (A.I.) are transforming everything from retail to banking and the provision of medical care, impacting labour relations along the way. In addition to the emergence of Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT), the...
Beating the Silly Season Slump
We have come to that ‘fun’ part of the year (also known as the 'silly season' due to light-hearted attitudes to activities) when the traffic seems to lessen, shopping malls become a hive of activity and everyone prepares to go on a well-deserved break. As the...
Optimising automation – a threat or a blessing?
How can optimising automation and technology help businesses in our modern, globalised economy to differentiate themselves, evolve and adapt to stay relevant? From Finance to Sales and everything in between, the effort to maximise margins has led many businesses to...
Blockchain – how modern revolution affects data protection
Blockchain - a buzzword in recent years. Many have heard it, but few seem to understand it. And how do blockchain and data protection even speak to each other? What exactly is Blockchain Technology? The simplest explanation is that it is a revolutionary technology...
Inter-generational diversity – what is it?
The modern workplace is a complex discussion due to inter-generational diversity, where it has become common for people from three different generations to work simultaneously together. The most prominent of which are: Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Generation X...
Women in the Workplace, Where to from #metoo
In modern democratic South Africa progress has been made towards gender representation. However, we still have a long way to go. Recent statistics from StatsSA have shown that women in the workplace make up 51% of South Africa’s 56-Million-person population, but...
