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Employee engagement : great ways to motivate staff
The Importance of Employee Engagement Businesses that underestimate the importance of employee engagement, do so at their own risk. Lack of engagement will result in a lack of productivity, a decrease in profits and an increase in employee turnover. The National...
How great leaders inspire action – the golden circle
A TED talk, given by Simon Sinek, describes how it is that great leaders inspire action, and why some people are able to achieve things when others are not. He explains the brilliant, biologically-based “Golden Circle”, a new way of looking at how people approach...
Employee & Employer Rights
writen by André Claassen Employment relationships are built on trust and the rights of parties. Employees and employers have very specific rights in terms of common law and labour legislation. Balancing these rights is extremely important and pivotal to a fair and...
Avoid brain drain – develop skills in your business.
Article by; Siân Dennis A recent image shown above relating to what makes up contented employees was posted by Zelda Roscherr recently, and it got me thinking about the two extremes of the labour market. On the one end are those people, generally younger in age,...
Change Management doesn’t only apply to companies
Article by; Siân Dennis When you think of Change Management, does your mind automatically lead to HR or Organisational Development programmes when big initiatives are being launched by companies and if that doesn't apply to you right now, you ignore any...
Okay, we’ve done the skills audit. What’s next?
Article by; Siân Dennis Conducting a best practice skills audit was the topic of my last post. One of the next steps is to make sure that this exercise yields annual returns. As a lot of effort, time and money go into conducting a skills audit, sustainability is...
Spring cleaning or real talent management?
Article by; Siân Dennis The well-known saying voiced by Lynn Yates (and modified by Grant Bright) is shown in the image to this post. You and I, either as owners or managers, form part of the assets of companies. How do we create an environment that is challenging,...
Do Personality Types (eg A vs B) matter at work today?
Article by; Siân Dennis There are many personality assessments around today, which Human Resource departments use to determine what kind of person you are and to see if you will "fit in" with the team. All assessments have certain objectives in mind, but what...
Why bother with Organisational Redesign?
Article by; Siân Dennis Why indeed? Should we be trying to fix something that doesn’t appear broken, or should we be seeking constant improvement in the way strategy is implemented? Today, organisational design is made up of processes that people follow, the...
Decoding leadership: What really matters?
Article by; Siân Dennis So much is written on leadership and how organisations need to challenge their leaders on ways of approaching issues, whether from a personal developmental perspective or, from a corporate vision point of view. How does one begin to sort...
