One of the more common tasks facing employers these days is recruitment. Things have changed in the past two or three years, and once stable workforces seem, in the majority of cases, to be a thing of the past. And that means there’s a cost. There’s the obvious cost of the upward pressure on wages …
Business consultants spend a lot of time talking to clients about staff issues – and all too often it’s because someone on the team hasn’t acted in a way that the boss would have done “back in my day”. It’s a tough one – often the employees are younger, therefore from a different generation, and …
They call this a “Dashing Cavalier” hat: When you are at work as an SME Business owner, do you try and where one of these? The Dashing Cavalier: The person who can do everything? What I am talking about here is that as a business owner, unless your business is perhaps $10m plus per annum, …
Business objectives and people alignment help your organisation achieve its strategic plan. Without this important link between the business plan and your organisation, it may be difficult to achieve your Vision. Whether you are managing performance reviews or undertaking strategic alignment, our performance management systems help your employees to plan and implement the key activities …
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Have you ever had a team meeting, shared your wishes on what needs to happen, only to find that only a few of the troops do what you ask? I often hear things like “I don’t know how many times I have to say something to get them to do it right?” This is quite …
Understanding People’s Motivations What do you think motivates your people to come to work each morning? Do you believe that they get great satisfaction from their work and take pride in doing the best possible job? Or do you think that they see work as a burden, and simply turn up for the money? These assumptions about …
A simple process for identifying KPIs for your business. The reasons for monitoring KPIs in your business are well known, but it is surprising how many businesses large and small don’t monitor any KPIs other than cash in the bank, or at best profit. And the timing is often sporadic. While these are important measures, …
