5 Ways to effectively bridge the generational age gap
Published July, 2021
The times are changing, constantly, change is important as well especially for businesses. During the last three years most companies effectively had four different generations working together – some had five – but we will focus on the most prominent four. The so-called Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials and Generation Z – who have only recently begun to make their way from university libraries to office chairs.
Third wave: How to help your team thrive so that your business can thrive
Published June, 2021
South Africa (and the rest of the world) has effectively been in lockdown for over a year and the state of disaster has recently been extended to the 15th of June. Newspaper headlines are a constant reminder of the coming third wave and the numbers of positive cases are once again climbing. As winter creeps closer so does that now too familiar feeling of uncertainty and fear in every individual – what will the third wave mean for my company, my family and my financial security.
5 Advantages of hiring an External HR Consultant
Published May, 2021
Hiring an HR consultant is a great way to handle your employment relations matter. They are professionals on this topic and you can trust them to do their work well. They could be tremendous help for a lot of things like hiring new employees, planning and executing the training and performance management. They will also be keeping your company compliant with all the employment laws and regulations.
5 Tips to achieve Healthy Management Styles That Encourages Leadership and speaks to the wellbeing of employees
Published April, 2021
When the senior and middle management team of a company is in sync with its working teams, and there is a healthy balance of meeting staff expectations and “walking the talk” effortlessly. These 5 tips can be followed to achieve a management style that serves the business, encourages leadership, and speaks to the wellbeing of employees.
10 Tips to ensure a streamlined process when it comes to recruitment
Published March, 2021
Recruitment can sometimes be a human resources road packed with landmines. By ensuring you have the right checks and balances in place, you can source the right candidates and achieve greater success rates in employing the right people for the right jobs. The right people add to improved productivity and ultimately better business results. That is why the right employees are so important.
3 Reasons Why You Need Skills Development in the South African Workplace
Published February, 2021
Acquiring a specific skill in this day and age is not only important for helping a person choose a career path, but it is critical in helping to set them apart from the crowd, with so many unemployed people in South Africa and so few jobs to go around. It is imperative that individuals are skilled enough for employers to need them more than say Joe Soap down the road.
5 Reasons Why Your Business Needs Change Management to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges
Published January, 2021
The saying goes the only constant in life is change. Change in the business is inevitable, however 2020 introduced change that was unpredictable and, for many organisations, devastating. COVID-19 brought numerous challenges to the forefront and one way of ensuring that businesses and employees can overcome these obstacles is through implementing effective change management processes.
4 Ways Gallup StrengthsFinder Can Optimise Workplace Productivity
Published November, 2020
The workplace today is vastly different than it was a year ago. With many employees working from home due to COVID-19, we see changes in productivity in terms of task completion and work efficiency.
7 Points in your Retrenchment Survivor Communication Strategy
Published October, 2020
In our rapidly changing world, CEOs of companies need to adapt quickly to stay in business. Most of the time this only involves procedural or operational changes, but in tough economic times, companies face the decision to restructure or retrench their workforce.