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Measuring critical employee performance metrics offers organisations key benefits for attracting and retaining top talent while meeting operational imperatives. The primary benefits of employee performance metrics are tied to fostering better employee engagement, which enhances productivity, innovation, creativity, employee loyalty and longevity. In the past, companies usually measured employee engagement by analysing turnover rates. Unfortunately, […]

One of the most important life skills to possess is to be able to communicate effectively. Strong communication skills the act of being able to transfer information from one place to another is termed as communication. This transfer of information may take place: By using our voice (vocal communication) By writing via either print or […]

What is salary packaging? Salary packaging or salary sacrifice is a mutual arrangement between you and your employer, where it is pre-decided that you will pay for some services or items directly from your pre-tax salary. For instance, you may salary package cars, computers, super funds, and child care, etc. The advantage of salary packaging […]

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The Startup culture has earned a poor reputation for itself in that it’s all fun and no work. It earned this kind of reputation mostly because startups are usually led by a younger generation focussing on the thrill of the hustle and operating out of overpriced gaming rooms with a desk and beanbag or two. These fictional startups have […]

Strategic human resource management becomes increasingly important in today’s competitive global marketing environment. Agile technologies depend on attracting and managing top talent, people who have the skills for digital communication, social engagement, cross-training in different competencies and making relevant contributions to the company’s culture and core values. That’s why strategic HR management is so critical […]

Employee satisfaction and workplace happiness can be achieved by promoting recognition award such as the employee of the month every month to generate healthy competition and motivation and help build a culture of recognition among team members. It is also a meaningful way to show the employee the company culture. In addition, such award programs […]

About 65 percent of the people in one survey reported that they received no recognition over the last 12 months for their work.In the same report, 89 percent of employers feel that most employees leave their companies to earn more money. However, most workers who leave their jobs cite lack of appreciation as a major […]

The concept of using Big Data and HR Analytics in the workplace has become a debatable issue when it was revealed how certain employers are using the help of outside data firms to forecast the health risks of its employees. People expressed their concerns as they felt that their personal and sensitive health information is in jeopardy […]

One of the key contributing factors to bagging a lucrative job in the corporate sector is professionally well-written resume (CV). Irrespective of the fact if you are a new entrant to the corporate world or planning to make a shift for a better opportunity, you need to have a well organised, well written, and a well-designed […]

Today’s business climate is all about change. As a modern organisation, that means you need to embrace the mindset to quickly shift, pivot and, change your strategic goals as business needs change. Technology plays a key factor in this, and that means your technology solution should reflect the experience your team has in their day to day lives…Flexible, Relevant, In […]

Feedback as a concept is important for the mutual growth of both employees and employers alike. Employee Satisfaction Surveys helps a business to be focused towards its goals. Over the years research has proved that an organisation which has satisfied and motivated employees contribute towards generating higher customer satisfaction and thereby influences organisational growth and […]

When it comes to corporate training, quite often organisations are baffled whether they should lean towards the difference between a formal pathway and informal pathway. While there are multiple opinions on both the forms of learning, there is certainly more than one approach for each one of them. The key, however, lies in the fact […]

To understand the primary differences between knowledge, skills, and abilities, try to answer this question: Do you know how to cut meat? It seems to be a rather simple question, doesn’t it? But on reflection, you pretty quickly can distinguish between ‘knowledge’ and ‘skills and abilities’! In other words, it tells us that while most people know how […]

Studies suggest that there are 18 elements that should be ideally present in the workplace for employees to be fully engaged and productive. When employees were asked to rate their level of satisfaction pertaining to these 18 factors in the workplace, the following factors emerged as the lowest rated – professional growth and development, training, and […]

Thought leadership isn’t something that you can just add to your resume despite the fact that many job applicants do so. Mashable quoted author Lauren Hockenson on thought leadership, ‘It’s not enough to be good at what you do; a thought leader is meant to be the greatest form of praise, geared towards someone who […]

There was time when senior executives in large companies had a single focused goal for themselves and that was to maintain the stability of their respective organisations. Shareholders looked out for a little more than predictable returns. Since markets at that time were either underdeveloped or closed, it was possible for the executives or leaders […]

With the growing popularity of eLearning as a training medium, a lot of training departments of organisations are trying to educate themselves to understand the fine differences between a Content Management System (CMS) and a Learning Management System (LMS). A lot of people often get confused when it comes to understanding the actual functions of […]