| 1 | | Executive parenting Money is a poor babysitter for busy parents
Money can never compensate for the absence of a parent’s love in a child’s life.
The pressures that come with growing a career are increasing all the time. Not only are there the pressures that come from operating in a... |
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| 2 | | Anti-Age Analysis
Don’t let low testosterone be a killer
Men with low testosterone levels are fair game for health problems
Studies continue to show that low serum testosterone signals serious problems for men. Both physicians and patients should consider the real evidence. Low testosterone is not acceptable as we age... |
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| 3 | | Stress Less Balance your stress
When stress affects your performance it’s time to do something about it.
Stress is becoming an increasingly critical factor in workplace productivity, performance, absenteeism and sustainability. What is the impact of stress on the performance of executive members, middle management and employees?
Let’s acknowledge... |
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| 4 | | Help Desk Communication tips for CEOs
HR future provides practical advice on internal communication.
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We have decided to change our corporate identity and strategy slightly. How do I go about ensuring my people are on the same page? I really don’t want to just do a road show and power... |
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| 5 | | Rattling the Cage From talent to telecoms
Get a glimpse behind the corporate glass with HR Future’s workplace radical.
After the lazy autumn breaks in April and stop/start atmosphere at the office, this month has twenty-two full working days. If that is depressing, I suggest that you apply the new... |
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| 6 | | Anti-mugging measures Giving gifts that don’t count
It’s war out there and the weapons are corporate gifts.
Take a walk through any corporate office and have a look at the profusion of corporate kitsch and clutter that adorns every surface, fills every draw and collects dust in every conceivable nook... |
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| 7 | | Armchair MBA
Integrated management career development model
A model for the advancement and fast tracking of Designated Managers (DSGN) within the South African business sectors.
The South African job market requires a critical mass of positive factors related to the effective management of career development of designated managers in... |
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| 8 | | Border Crossing
Ministerial task team report
Home affairs update on service delivery.
It is interesting to note that the Department of Home Affairs has acknowledged that a serious gap in the management and functioning of the Department is hindering the implementation of service delivery improvement initiatives and these... |
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| 9 | | Just in case Strike ultimatum and doctrine of election
To a large extent, item 6(2) of Schedule 8 of the 1995 LRA, that is, the Code of Good Practice: Dismissal, has condified and clarified the requirements to be met to render a pre-dismissal strike ultimatum fair. In this regard, item 6(2) determines,... |
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| 10 | | Sick leave, the blunt saw Would a “use it or lose it†approach work for sick leave?
Isn’t it amazing how many rules and regulations we have in existence in this beautiful country of ours, clogging up the work flow in the organisation? These rules create all sorts of miseries such as conflict,... |
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| 1 | | Ensure a successful expat assignment
Is South Africa a hardship location for expatriates?
With today’s global economy fuelling the worldwide need for talent, relocation is taken for granted as a fact of contemporary life. Because it has become so common, the emotional turmoil it inflicts on the family can be both physically... |
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| 2 | | Network like a power skater Smart networking is a critical factor in business success.
On 13 December 1862 during the American Civil War, the Union army confronted the Confederates at Fredericksburg. They attacked the Confederate lines a total of fourteen times that day and failed dismally each time. By the end of... |
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| 3 | | Talent Contest Bridging executive gaps
How to optimise South Africa’s executive talent.
With the growing demand for competent executives – particularly in the BEE arena – exceeding all previous levels, finding them and meeting their growing expectations has become a major challenge for CEOs and boards. One way around... |
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| 4 | | For the CEO's desk Smart CIOs attract smart talent
Winning CIOs are those who manage talent the best.
The South African information technology (IT) sector is facing a skills shortage unprecedented in local business history. Against this backdrop, CIOs face the challenge of making the move from managing technology to leading... |
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| 5 | | Field of Play Good decisions are what determine success.
One universal factor in sport and in the business word is decision making. It’s a daily affair. All of us will be able to recall some great decisions and certainly some poor ones. Some decisions we make have far reaching effects... |
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| 6 | | Executive Lunch People are all you’ve got. PART ONE
Nedbank CEO Tom Boardman shares with Alan Hosking insights from his career.
Tom, it’s not often that people get an opportunity to learn from someone with your expertise and experience. Please share with me some of the insights you have... |
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| 7 | | Good practice
Crack BBBEE codes
Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment codes now law.
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The Codes of Good Practice were gazetted and passed into law on 9 February 2007. This ends the long debate and delay in respect of implementing the practical workings for the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment... |
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| 8 | | Online testing Update your online testing knowledge
So what’s next in online testing?
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The world of online testing is here to stay, bringing with it a host of new challenges, for test publishers, for HR professionals and for candidates. This changing landscape requires a new way of working and... |
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| 9 | | Defrag Road to information Nirvana
It’s people and technology that make for success.
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Businesses don’t garner insights or make decisions. Businesses don’t close deals, invent new products, or find new efficiencies. People do.
That’s probably the biggest lightbulb moment that businesses across the world have had in the... |
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| 10 | | Word of mouse
Implementing HR solutions
The importance of change management.'
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This month I am going to focus on an area that is often ignored or treated with little or no importance when the plans are drawn up for the implementation of a new HR solution – change management. Change... |
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March 2011
