blog posts

Friday, 10 June 2011 8:17am

Quite clearly there is no place for constant and repeated highly directive and 'one way communication' behaviours in a modern workplace...

Friday, 03 June 2011 8:27am

Under-performers, bottom quartile performance, staff that cost you money, employees that risk your reputation – those people in your team who just aren’t making the grade. They keep us awake at night; they take up our leadership time with counselling, observations, reviews and numerous one on one discussions.

Friday, 03 June 2011 8:22am

Soon, all across many companies in many countries, HR Directors will be completing the dreaded annual budget process. On such critical occasions, the experienced HR Director, as they look across the boardroom table, meeting the CEO and the CFO, typically will be mentally prepared for the sacrificial budget cuts that are customary.

Friday, 27 May 2011 8:23am

Research shows that the risks of hiring someone who is overqualified are more perceived than actual. Studies have consistently shown that overqualified workers actually perform better and the only reason they move on is mainly due to working conditions...

Friday, 27 May 2011 8:11am

It's time to go beyond finger pointing about who is stealing workers from whom and which companies aren't contributing enough to training programs. Ownership, when it comes to a skills gap, doesn't rest with one company, or one government...

Friday, 20 May 2011 8:15am

Whatever your level of leadership role, being emotionally literate is good for the workplace. Certainly, the leader who recognises the You, as well as the I, in how 'We' interact seems to get more from their teams...

Friday, 20 May 2011 8:08am

Middle management is not dying; it's being redefined. The skill set is changing, but it still requires skill. Someone has to make sure that something is happening…

Friday, 13 May 2011 8:26am

Learn and understand what motivates each of your salespeople. Get to really know them over time. The better you know them the better position you will be in to know how to motivate them...

Friday, 13 May 2011 8:15am

HR should discourage and refrain from the temptation to change terminology for the sake of terminology, especially in terms of employee communication and discussions with managers. Flavour of the month only stimulates inconsistency...

Friday, 06 May 2011 8:26am

Confronting negativity in the workplace is a must, because the moment the negativity bug stings one person, it can affect the whole work team...