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Compared to the age old traditional educational framework, there is a varied range of learning styles which are in fact more appropriate for students. Schools are usually seen to adopt a linguistic or logical learning style, but studies have proved that there are other learning styles which are more effective for some learners. Whenever employees are not […]

Research shows that high potential employees, or Hi Po, numbers among a company’s greatest resources. Nurturing leaders in-house eliminates the need to recruit externally to fill many key positions while lowering training costs and reducing turnover rates for recent recruits who don’t match the company’s culture or standards. That’s why it’s so vital to identify, […]

Succession planning is one aspect of talent management that identifies and develops employees within an organisation with potential, in order to fill in key positions as and when they become available or vacant. Succession planning has evolved over the years and it is constantly evolving and changing to suit the changing business practices and scenario. […]

The latest research on employee loyalty states that almost 59% of employees do not recommend their organisation as an ideal or great place to work. Hence, it is very important to understand the loyalty level of your employees and to find out the reasons behind the lack of their loyalty towards the organisation, as it […]

The performance management process often gets ignored in today’s agile operating environments where people change jobs quickly and employees often care more about their industry and peer reputations than they do about company rankings. Many companies have replaced the formal performance review with greater managerial input into daily operations, social media and customer reviews and […]

Employee motivation is an amalgamation of a number of factors such as the energy level, creativity, and commitment that an employee brings to the table at the workplace. Companies have always found it challenging to find ways to motivate their employees. However, staff motivation is a crucial factor because a low employee motivation is certainly […]

One thing that we all don’t do often is give ourselves compliments (unless you’re a fearless and confident person). There’s never a specific national day that’s dedicated towards giving and receiving compliments. However, if we’re looking at it from a modern workplace perspective you’d be happy to know that there is a day specific towards […]

Performance management is essentially overseeing the relationship between organisational objectives and the skills, experience and capabilities of an organisation’s employees. Overseeing this linear relationship will involve drawing and analysing the aligned results developed. These results emerge from different stages through business activity – either the middle of productivity or at the end stage. In essence, […]

HR challenges in today’s fluctuating global economies affect every aspect of business, and this includes meeting strategic organisational business imperatives that HR departments never faced in past decades. The following top-eight HR challenges – while seemingly complex – actually have relatively simple solutions for companies with the right HR software and organisational cultures that emphasize […]

One of the most common problems almost 90% of employees suffer in the workplace is a lack of positive feedback. This situation is found in most of the organisations and unfortunately most of the employees have to go through this crisis.  Feedback deficiency occurs everywhere, irrespective of the size of the organisation. Another important facet of […]

HR departments and companies invest billions to develop and upgrade their databases without spending enough time to design relevant and effective HR report. That’s why staff members complain and protest about inaccurate assessments, data-driven errors and unpopular decisions – HR reporting fails to deliver unless the HR reports dig down into the databases to get […]

The Annual Performance Review. We all know it’s coming, we wait all year long. We all know how this goes. The email comes out that the manager wants to see us and we start to go over the last year in our minds. What were my goals for this year? Did I reach those goals? […]

Although being recognised by our own manager is crucial to employee retention, we tend to forget that the recognition we get from our peers is just as important. Our colleagues share the same challenges as we do, and who’s better placed than them to understand when a sign of appreciation is truly deserved or needed? […]

Harboring and developing an agile culture can go a long way in impacting and ensuring your company’s long term success factor. In today’s competitive environment, it is imperative for any growing organisation to be lean and flexible. The term “Agile” has unfortunately lost its essence and meaning thanks to out of context overuse . Although agile methodology is […]

The announce of a 360 Review can often be destabilising for managers. Peers, subordinates, management and even clients and suppliers formulate their feedback through a pre-defined prism. While stakeholders intend to share their expectations, managers seek a constructive and fair assessment. 360 Review’s can adopt a variety of forms: from 50 and up to well over 300 […]

For better or worse we shape our individual realities according to our response or reaction to the world around us. Hardly anybody responds to external stimuli with the purpose of producing unintended, unwanted results. Yet, our responses, our reactions, our behaviours, often produce results that run afoul to their intended purpose, which can cause some […]

In this modern world, anyone would know that in order to get from A to B you’ll need a set of clearly defined goals. Why? Because goals are basically a list of “what to do’s” to get you to where you want to be. Goals are generally easy to write because people know exactly what […]

Human Resource (HR) managers constantly face the mammoth challenge to increase efficiency and provide better employee services. HR reform is in fact an area which is often overlooked although it plays such a pivotal role in most businesses. Since HR departments are mostly over loaded with responsibilities, an effective measure to reduce that burden is […]