How many of the following characteristics does your team portray? To achieve higher productivity within your teams, strive to develop the teamwork behaviours characterised here: 1. Clear Purpose The vision, mission, goal, or task of the team has been defined and is now accepted by everyone. There is an action plan. 2. Informality The climate tends to be informal, comfortable,… Read more →
Employee training and development initiatives can transform organisations by providing extra skills to your employees to increase efficiency and productivity. Training also leads to higher job satisfaction, which shows up in better corporate performance. Pragmatic training also includes situational training that provides employees with the skill sets that allow them to make timely, knowledgeable decisions that benefit both their customers… Read more →
An effective team: Is informal. The atmosphere in the workplace is informal, comfortable and relaxed. There are no obvious tensions. It is a working atmosphere in which people are involved and interested. Is participative. There is a lot of discussion in which virtually everyone participates with information or ideas pertinent to the task at hand. If discussion goes off-topic, someone… Read more →
What have you done to improve your working habits so that you can be a more effective contributing member of your team and organisation? The following ideas may be of use to you when setting your personal and professional development objectives: Work on correcting my weaknesses more than adoring my strengths. Work on becoming more genuine, so that others aren’t… Read more →
If two otherwise equally qualified individuals compete for the same senior position in an organisation, most of the time the one with better communication skills will get the job. Information and the ability to convey it effectively is power.But it’s not just about speech. Communication takes place in many forms – audio, visual, and physical touch. It consists of talking,… Read more →
Human Resources managers, and most management teams, understand the value of strongly engaged employees. It means more productive, more competitive and more resilient organisations. While its importance is easy to acknowledge, making engagement happen is a more complex challenge. Many organisations have not developed managers that know how to effectively grow and sustain employee engagement. So how do you improve employee engagement and create… Read more →
2018 is going to be a challenging year for employers looking to hire the talent they need. The intensifying labor shortages will prompt a variety of changes to the way employers recruit and retain talent. 1. Upward pressure on wages. The war for talent has finally arrived and talent shortages are forcing business leaders to take a new look at… Read more →
In the majority of cases, employees who are without motivation, support, and coaching from their managers, will face a difficult time developing their talents on their own. Research has shown that the support and effective involvement of managers is the single most important factor in determining whether what an employee learns in a classroom transfers into actual changes in behaviour… Read more →
The importance of retaining top organisational talent cannot be understated. It’s easier than ever to leave one’s current position to find greener pastures elsewhere. The switching costs of seeking new employment are no longer as significant a factor in deciding whether or not to leave an organisation. Organisations spend thousands of dollars hiring the very best talent, and more dollars… Read more →
For many entrepreneurial or owner-operator businesses, a big challenge is that the “boss” becomes the architect and decision-maker in every critical area of the business. As a consequence, people who are hired and stay with the business become comfortable with that management style. In fact, most decisions are delegated upwards. In the early phases of the business this works admirably,… Read more →