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What can you do about employees who didn't show up to work because of today's taxi strike?

It's a jungle in Jo'burg this morning. Not only is the heavy raining causing havoc on the roads, but thousands of workers are stranded due to today's National Taxi Alliance (NTA) strike. And that's bad news for your business. Here's what you need to know about how to handle employees who couldn't [read more...]

How to avoid a Miss SA type nepotism scandal in your workplace

There's a fresh scandal surrounding the Miss South Africa pageant. A few weeks back, news reports indicated that the general public wasn't happy with the choice of judges for the pageant. Now there's a rumours of t. And it's put the spotlight back on nepotism in the workplace. [read more...]

Strikes: What does 'issue in dispute' mean?

News reports this morning indicate that government intends to meet with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) today in a last ditch attempt to halt a mass strike in the mining sector. The looming strike, which is expected to have a devastating impact on the economy, has [read more...]

Performance Management

  • Three ways to conduct performance reviews with success
  • While some employers dread conducting employee performance reviews, they're powerful motivational tool that contributes significantly to improved performance. Turn your performance review sessions into an opportunity to build relationships and motivate your employees towards achieving more challenging goals with these three tips...... ››› more
  • [20 May 2013]
  • Use these three tips to deal with a negative workforce
  • Negativity in your team has serious consequences for your company. Not only does it affect the morale of every employee in your company, it'll also impact the performance of your team and could even lead to employees resigning. Here are three tips you can use to nip negativity in the bud.... ››› more
  • [16 May 2013]
  • Use these three tips to recruit the best employees for your company
  • You want to hire and keep the best employees so your business can outclass your competitors. To do this, you must identify talent and the indicators of leadership potential at any point in the human resource value chain. Here are three tips your company can use to do this...... ››› more
  • [13 May 2013]
  • The only way to set performance goals to ensure they're met!
  • It's news that's sending shock waves around the globe - Sony's chief executive and 40 other top managers will pass up their bonuses this year as a way to apologise for poor performance at its electronics unit. Luckily, you worry about setting a similar example in your business if you've made the move to set SMART performance goals to ensure productivity matches expectations...... ››› more
  • [02 May 2013]
  • Small company? Don't forget the importance of performance management!
  • Small companies get away with murder. As they don't have a huge workforce, the employees are often expected to pull more than their weight, and if there isn't a dedicated HR department, performance management tends to fall through the cracks, with employees only hauled over the coals if they make a mistake that costs the company money. But this isn't the only time to check up on employees' performance. By regularly focusing on your employee's key performance objectives you can even turn performance management into a positive experience all round!... ››› more
  • [30 April 2013]
  • Use these five steps to manage your employee's poor performance
  • 'Poor performance mustn't be tolerated. It affects your bottom line,' warns The Labour Law for Managers Loose Leaf Service. And if you've spent large sums of money on improving performance and productivity of your employees, there's no reason why should you tolerate under-performance. Read on to discover five steps you can use to manage poor performance by employees before it affects your business.... ››› more
  • [29 April 2013]
  • How I solved a poor performance problem in three easy steps
  • Last time I wrote to tell you about a client who was finding it challenging to manage his employees effectively. Well, I was back there a few days ago and I had the opportunity to see him applying the performance management principles that we recently put in place.... ››› more
  • [25 April 2013]
  • Get the best performance from your employees by implementing a probation period
  • Moving an existing employee into a new role can be tricky. You think he'll perform a certain way based on his previous role in your company, but he just doesn't meet your expectations. But it's a bad idea to threaten dismissal, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has just done. One way to avoid this situation is to implement a probation period not only for new employees but also for anyone who's promoted into a new position in your company. It's the simplest way to nip poor performance in the bud - but it's YOUR responsibility to make sure the employee gets all the guidance he needs...... ››› more
  • [25 April 2013]
  • The dos and don'ts of dealing with a poor performance in the workplace
  • Poor Performance management is tricky. But if you have a poor performer, you need to deal with him swiftly to ensure the problem doesn't escalate and affect your business more than it needs to. That's exactly what the Bulgarian Football Union did when it banned referee Nikolay Yordanov following his poor performance in a topflight match between Levski Sofia and Litex Lovech on Saturday. But can you just fire an employee if his performance isn't up to scratch?... ››› more
  • [24 April 2013]
  • Four performance management activities to make your job easier
  • I had some very interesting discussions with a client over the past month about the challenges of managing performance. He was complaining that it's very time intensive to stand over each of his employees, checking they're doing their job. He isn't getting his own work done and he's getting more and more despondent as time goes on.... ››› more
  • [04 April 2013]




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