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Everyone procrastinates occasionally, but in today’s fast-moving business environment, procrastination can generate serious consequences. Regardless of whether you manage, supervise or work as a team member, procrastination can affect other people’s performances and compromise their efficiency and ability to do their jobs. What Is Procrastination? People have always put off certain tasks due to a […]

If you asked a group of CEOs ‘what’s your competitive advantage?’, some will say building a superior quality product, while others may promote their robust business model. The majority though, are likely to say that their people are their advantage.  Now, this may sound like an obvious response, the truth is, no matter how good your […]

The objective behind the performance appraisal process is to correct, guide, and motivate employees. It also facilitates the growth of the employees and helps in achieving business goals. Appraisals as a norm are held once or twice a year in most of the organisations. It is only during these times that employees and managers sit […]

Every business or corporation needs a smart team who can successfully find and deploy the best talents in the industry by building an effective recruitment system. Today’s modern technologies and up-to-date strategies have not only made the recruitment world more interesting and appealing, they’ve also introduced new and innovative challenges to navigate. One way to […]

Try to visualise a situation where you have to sell jobs for your organisation to individuals who have a lot of lucrative job opportunities in hand. In such a situation, what would you sell the job for or would you be able to attract the right talent towards a certain position? It is a fact […]

One of the most effective ways to make your team feel connected and work collaboratively in a more engaging & fun way, is through team building games. These are broken down into  communication activities, problem solving and/or decision making activities, adaptability and/or planning activities, and activities that focus on building trust. The key is to find the right […]

It has been observed that  employee performance appraisals are usually conducted without much thought for the business goals or needs. When goals are misaligned and not clear, it may limit both individual performance, as well as organisational performance, resulting in reduced engagement levels. Rarely do organisations cascade goals from the executive team down to the different departments and finally to the employees. […]

Performance appraisal is a topic which every organisation whether it is private or public speaks about a lot, yet it is a topic which makes managers and supervisors pull their hair apart and employees on the other hand experience a range of feelings such as fear to mental eye-rolling. Different organisations tackle performance appraisal in different […]

The performance appraisal definition can vary tremendously depending on the organisation and how much weight managers and executives give to the process. The generic performance appraisal definition is that the process involves the systematic evaluation of employee performance. Advanced organisations carry these evaluations further by using them to identify candidates for skills development, succession planning, […]

employee onboarding is a really important aspect of hiring. It’s not only there to make the new hire familiar with all the procedures you have, but also to make them comfortable working in the business. In the next couple of paragraphs, I will try to help you improve your employee onboarding process. Educate and inform […]

A skills gap analysis is the difference between the skills that employers seek or need, and the skills that the employees offer. In order to conduct a skills gap analysis, the organisation needs to identify skills that it needs in order to meet its business goals. Let’s take a look at how you can effectively […]

💡 Reality Check: Personal growth is great. Organizational Intelligence is better. Reflective practice is a powerful tool for the individual, but when it stays trapped in a single person’s head, the organization misses out. The goal isn’t just for *one* manager to reflect better—it’s for the *entire* organization to learn from its patterns. The Fix: […]

The demand for  creativity and innovation workplace culture is at an all-time high today thank to the technology boom. A classic example can be seen when even multinational giants such as Google sets up their famed 20 percent policy where developers at Google get to invest 20% of their working hours per day on personal pet projects. […]

Do you think it is enough to simply post a job listing on your company website and be hopeful that the dream candidate would apply at some point? Well, certainly not! To attract apt and excellent talent, you need to be active, or otherwise, somebody else will take away that dream employee of yours in […]

For any small and mid-scale organisation, the employees are its biggest line item expense and of course the organisation’s most valuable assets. In other words, a company’s productivity and profitability largely depend on the performance of its employees and organisational goals and strategic objectives. Studies have proved that there is a significant increase in both business […]

Emotional intelligence has a significant bearing on our professional lives. Hence, it is imperative that we understand what it signifies and its role and importance in the workplace. Every individual has a unique personality, emotional strength, different capabilities, and all these facets can have a significant impact in the way they function at the workplace. […]

As per the results gathered from a couple of job satisfaction surveys, at any given point of time, at least one-third of the employees of any organisation are on the lookout for a new job. This result clearly indicates that there is a dearth of job satisfaction within employees. Job satisfaction is important because other […]

If you are toying with the idea of whether or not to opt for a Learning Management System (LMS), then you need to be aware that hundreds of thousands of organisations who have made that very crucial decision, have had to deal with similar analysis which you are probably presently going through. However, the good news […]