Cutting, pruning and firing
I am not an HR or Labour consultant, so this post is not about how to fire a staff member and not end up at the CCMA. Every business seems to have at least one [...]
Accountability and assessments
You cannot manage what you do not measure and you cannot reward what you do not manage. We see and hear this all the time at productivity seminars, but how does this apply to your [...]
Staff development and education
All staff need to be developed as the business grows and changes. There is nothing worse that a staff member who has worked for a business for many years and only has one month’s experience, [...]
Inducting staff into your business
New staff are just that new. They may have looked and sounded great at the interview but they still remain new and know nothing about what you do or how it is done. You can [...]
Recruiting the right people for the right job
Getting the right person with the right skill, enthusiasm, expertise and confidence for the post within your business is as rare as winning the Lotto. Or is it? What can be done to better recruit [...]