Latest Human Resources Articles
Social media is still considered to be a personal matter in the workplace and most employees believe it should remain this way.
Most large companies spend fortunes on culture audits, which is curious as you can't get to know people through surveys.
Culture audits are surveys that companies conduct to gauge the ...
December is generally seen as a time of winding down in business but here are a few reasons to keep hiring at the end of the year.
The impact of an engaged employee in areas such as business relationships, problem solving and company loyalty cannot always be calculated but the profits will be evident.
You can tell by the looks on their faces and the cloud of depression hanging in the air that your employees would rather be in a million other places than work, so what can you do right now to boost ...
Latest Training Articles
Technology could aid agent to meet the high standard of need customers demand. this would also improve the competitiveness of your company.
The various demands placed on call centre agents is set to change the role of agents in the workplace. Read about these and other factors that are shaping the sector.
The word "negotiation" invariably makes us think of salary negotiations and employee demands in labour relations. Nothing could be further from the truth.
We negotiate on an ongoing and daily ...
More intellectual property (IP) is now generated by emerging market economies than ever before, literally changing the IP geography in the world, says Karen Lee Rata, head of the executive ...
Women tend to overcompensate in their desire to be seen as strong, confident professionals and as a result alienate both male and female work colleagues. Human Resources specialist Lizanne de ...
Latest Leadership Articles
Internationally recognized leadership and management qualifications are highly sought after commodities and more professionals are looking to obtain this ‘stamp of approval.’
There is a ...
Perhaps the most challenging requirement of every management team is that of delivering on their approved strategy – year after year after year. While a tiny percentage sustain the momentum, the ...
By Gordon Cook
Reputation has become the most important resource brands have in the new, complex, perception-driven marketing landscape. Reputation is, really, everything.After all, it is ...
Shocking statistics reveal that women are still getting the short end of the stick in the workplace. A more assertive approach is needed if women hope to change their fate in society according to ...
Many leaders, managers and supervisors fail because they cannot delegate or refuse to delegate. When the do delegate or assign a task to a subordinate they then continuously follow up and check on ...
Latest Learning Articles
There is a growing trend toward providing free online learning material and resources.
We are completing a leg in the journey of our studies ––
A journey of hard work, sacrifice, challenge and frustration,
A journey of commitment towards achieving our goals.
The value of an MBA degree has been widely criticised by scholars and business practitioners. Criticism includes assertions that business schools are too ‘academic’ meaning somehow that they fail to ...
"As lower skilled and manual labor jobs decrease in availability, the education held by blue-collar workers is no longer adequate to obtain an ideal job. In order to adapt, these individuals have ...
School violence is sadly a growing global phenomenon. It includes violence between students, attacks on staff members by students and even attacks on students by staff members. Increasingly in South ...
It's about the journey
Climbing a mountain has many correlations to entrepreneurship. Here are four unusual business lessons.
Timid entrepreneurs do not exist
The world of entrepreneurship is definitely not for everybody. For those who merely want to get a salary at the end of every month and have no aspirations to own their own business, it probably isn’t the right option.
Helping business women speak their mind
Women have the potential to be great communicators; however their sensitivity can sometimes overshadow their objectivity and in the process they lose their assertiveness. Human Resources specialist Lizanne de Jong teaches women how to address work colleagues with confidence.
High degrees of stress threaten workplace productivity
The worldwide economic troubles as well as increased costs of daily living are having an impact on businesses as employees fail to function optimally, resulting in poor performance and lost time.
Fraud increasing amid volatile economic climate
Executive management at Managed Integrity Evaluation (Pty) Ltd. say that the financial sector is particularly prudent – and necessarily so - when it comes to recruitment processes and security checks on individuals.
Will top execs also feel the pinch this year?
As the world continues to reel from the outfall of the European debt crisis and global financial market turmoil, much interest is set to fall on the salary increases and bonuses being awarded to top-level executives in coming months.
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