Understanding the Benefits of Job Rotation
The world around us has changed. Employees nowadays aren’t as loyal as their forefathers used to be back in the day. Some employees can be hard to hold onto, because they want more opportunities to advance, learn and grow in their career. If they feel that they aren’t getting the opportunity to learn new things and grow in their position, then they will possibly run from the responsibilities you throw at them. Job development is an important motivator for millennials […]
The Negative Consequences of Office Politics
Workplace culture is just as important to productivity as anything else. If you want your organization to grow and benefit from the right employees, it is necessary that you focus on workplace culture and reduce all forms of office politics from the workplace.
If your workplace culture and the relationship between employees is not duly monitored, politics will eventually rise and wreak havoc. Negative politics in the workplace usually includes different opinions between groups of workers over policies or other workplace […]
Proven Business Benefits of Remote Work
For a long part of the last decade, job seekers have been attracted to organizations who offer the possibility of remote work. Whether from their home or on the go, employees appreciate it when their place of work offers them an opportunity to work from home.
Yet some businesses have shied away from allowing remote work and like the traditional style of work where everyone is gathered under one roof and where micro management is possible. This autocratic style of leadership […]
How HR Can Set Workplace Culture
In disruptive times, like the ones we are going through right now, organization culture can help play a key role in shaping enterprise performance. However, culture change best comes from the boardroom, where HR teams and managers impact the way employees behave with each other and see each other.
According to the SHRM or Society of Human Resource Managers, over a quarter of a trillion dollars have been wasted during the last half a decade because of turnovers caused by poor […]
How to Deal With Troublemakers at Work
Office troublemakers come in all forms of shapes and guises. You can have an infestation of plotters who try to enlist others in their unethical plans to disturb the culture and peace of the office or you can have an escape artist in your workplace with skills better than Houdini. The escape artist will be found nowhere at the hour of need and will pop up when things have gone wrong to place the blame on others around them.
Similarly, there […]
How to Create the Perfect Job Description
Your interactions with a future potential employee begin with the job description. The job description is usually the first thing that a future employee will see related to your organization and job opportunity.
Knowing that it is the first thing you can use to engage employees, it is necessary that you get the document right. Through the right words and formatting, you might just end up hiring an employee deemed perfect for your organization.
Your job description should do a lot more […]
How Diversity Can Prove to Be Good for Your Business
We know the importance of diversity in the workplace. Diversity increases your return on investment; it helps foster a lot more innovative ideas and helps create a more sustainable and inclusive work environment. It is a proven fact that companies with a diverse workforce are almost 35 percent more likely to get financial results better than the industry median.
The strength of an organization lies in differences and not similarity. If you want your organization to grow, it is extremely necessary […]
Fair Business Tactics to Follow During Hiring
Discrimination in the workplace is a hot and trending topic today. Discrimination is still prevalent and can cost a lot to most organizations. To begin with, most organizations are limiting themselves from recruiting some of the best talent in the market because of their poor hiring policies. What’s more, discrimination can also lead to you landing in hot water because of the fines, litigation costs and bad publicity that is involved here.
Organizations that resort to discrimination and biases during their […]
Do’s and Don’ts of Resolving Conflict in the Workplace
Managing a team of diverse employees can be difficult, because conflicts are always on the card. If your workplace culture is not exactly accommodating, employees will get involved in petty competition and try to backstab others for their own gains. This leads to conflicts and disputes within the organization, where you will have to eventually step in.
In this article, we will look at some of the actions you should take and others that you shouldn’t take while resolving conflict. But, […]
4 Ways HR Has Changed Over Time
The world of work and organizations has drastically changed over the last decade, influenced by factors that include a brutal recession, a new generation of workers and major technological advances around us. Fact is, that deciding to change is no longer a choice for most companies, it is an obligation they have to entertain so that they remain updated with the changing trends of the world.
While organizations have restructured their models, HR departments have been at the forefront of this […]
