THE NEXT GENERATION CORPORATE LEADER is among us…
The next generation corporate leader is an independent worker with a corporate responsibility, able to convert any place into a workspace to deliver consistent, self-driven, high performance outcomes using available digital tools to influence people, facilitate productivity and ensure service delivery. This 21st century leader is a global thinker equipped with the generative skills of […]
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The New Normal: Adapt Adopt until you become Adept!
Many a business finds itself in challenging situations because the pre-COVID-19 customers, suppliers and work skills that they relied upon are simply not available and in many cases not there at all. Many of the old skill bases that were needed to run businesses depended on paradigms that have been collapsed by the pandemic and […]
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BUSINESS CONTINUITY
The year 2020 will remain very special to people living in this generation. It will be remembered as the year the world economy shut down and business came to a screeching halt. Some of those businesses stood at a cross road. Others stood at a “T-Junction” while some came to a dead end. While COVID-19 […]
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FOUR BUSINESS DEFINING STATEMENTS FROM COVID 19
Here are four powerful statements I have picked up on our journey through this “impossible” season that will stay with us for a long time. “To make a change something has to die or reach a dead end!”, The realization of the need to change may be understood and acknowledged for a long time. But […]
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Employment
Of the world’s 7 billion people, 3 billion are employed. That means that employment is the occupation of nearly half of humanity and probably all of its adult population. But why seek employment? Employment offers you the opportunity to work for a living and generate personal wealth from earnings. Most employees look for jobs to […]
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DIVERSITY
In official work environments people come from different family set ups and backgrounds. In order to accommodate diversity in the work place, a (new) cultural dynamic comes into play. Everyone is encouraged to participate by the same rule book in spite of their background or family upbringing. The ideal rule book, of course, accommodates as […]
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DISCIPLINE
It is not in the best interest of an employer or an employee to find themselves constantly haggling over matters of personal “discipline” in the workplace. Employers expect that employees, upon qualifying for a position, have the attendant personal discipline and work ethics to conduct professional assignments. While this is an assumption, it is a […]
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Emotional intelligence
Daniel Goleman’s book on Emotional Intelligence may have been written for managers and leaders, but its best sense is in fact in its application in daily employee interaction and engagement. To go out of your way to say “good morning” to a colleague is a simple act of acknowledgement that empowers others. Everyone would like […]
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DRESS
In a world of extreme freedoms and diverse cultures, it may be difficult to define “right”, “wrong” and “workplace dress”, but there may still be a place for modesty and respect for others. While cultural and religious contexts may determine the allowable level of revelation without embarrassment, workplace dress may aim to create a corporate […]
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CONTRACT
Contracts, job descriptions, terms of engagement, policy documents are all important definers and committal documents of the employment relationship. It is vital that employees familiarise themselves with the details and extent of a contracts because it determines the individual obligations of both the employer and the employee. The rules of engagement outline the rights, roles […]
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