Supervisors: Don’t throw them in the deep end
The most difficult promotion is from team member to team leader or supervisor. Give your supervisors and managers the training and support they need
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Nine workplace lies: Finding a better way
Nine lies about what employees care about and look like and what (we think) they need. Dipping into Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall’s new book
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Operating instructions: Employees as machines
Employees should not be treated like machines. But we should not give them less attention and respect than we give to the machinery we depend on.
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Is it Spring in your business? Celebrating small victories
This side of Covid-19, the pressure is on to perform. But pressure cannot be maintained forever. Stop to celebrate small victories with your team
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Handling difficult employees: A step-by-step guide
A step-by-step guide to turning difficult employees around (or dismissing them)
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A bad hair day for Employment Equity
There is no normal in employment. Embrace your differences. Within your diversity lies your competitive edge
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Employment Equity: Why? Why not? How?
Employment Equity and diversity make business sense. They succeed or fail because of the hiring/training/promoting decisions managers make every day
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Lessons in leadership: An eight-year journey
‘The role of a leader is to produce more leaders not more followers.’ Simply Communicate’s Birthday thoughts (with help from Ralph Nader and Benjamin Zander)
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Smoking & Employment Equity targets: Policing vs managing
Policing is easier than managing. Poor managers set rules that are easy to police. Good managers work with the strengths and challenges of individuals.
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Retrenchment in a time of crisis: It’s all about relationships
Isn’t retrenchment complicated and time-consuming? Yes, it takes time, but it’s not complicated. Make communication part of your organisation’s DNA
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