The right compensation strategy is important to attract and retain talent and to some extent, shapes the culture of the company. These are some key considerations:   Internal Equity Internal equity relates to how [...]

Many business owners use money as the only form of reward to upkeep employees’ motivation, but end up frustrated that it doesn’t turn out the way they expect it to be. While everyone loves [...]

Needing to use only one skill at work over and over again may bore out your employees, stagnate their learning curves, and reduce productivity. With employees increasingly seeking out challenges and learning opportunities, you can [...]

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have been used extensively to evaluate the performance and to decide on the eventual rewards accorded to employees, thus it has a strong influence in shaping behaviours and attitudes of [...]

Recruiting talent is no different from dating. You need to make yourself attractive to have the right talents knocking at your door. How can your company better position itself in the eyes of potential candidates? Communicate [...]

Instilling pride is one the most cost-effective ways to foster higher employee engagement. In fact, it has the highest correlation with workplace happiness according to the latest data from the National Workplace Happiness Survey [...]

It is always easy to speak to an employee if he is a top performer. How about when you have to speak to an under-performing member of your team? While there is a need [...]

An off-boarding process is more than just recovering company’s assets. When an employee leaves, it has an impact on other employees’ morale, and might even open up your company to legal and security threats. [...]

Everybody, including managers, have their unique personalities and that means each manager gets along better with certain more compatible people.  However, it’s important not to let personal preferences result in favoritism. When there’s favoritism, [...]

“Accidental collisions”, otherwise known as random interactions between employees play a key role in generating creative thinking, developing new ideas, and strengthening the work community. These chance meetings, especially between people from different departments [...]

“The millennial we just recruited had job-hopped out of our company again.” If you can relate to the above statement, then perhaps it is time to take a peek into the minds of these millennials [...]

Using Games in Selection Process Companies typically use formal interviews as their only tool to select their next employees. However, this is not enough for you to verify the actual personality or behaviour of [...]

Employees have to know what is expected of them to stay engaged and perform well at work. When you as a business leader have set clear performance expectations with your employees, you are one [...]

Maximizing employees’ efforts require the right effective equipment to get the job done. When employees are held back by absent or poor-quality equipment, productivity is negatively impacted. After all, would you expect Picasso to [...]

Managing the major differences arising from generation gaps at the workplace may be a challenge for leaders who are trying to build positive synergies within their teams. Here are some ways you, as a [...]

Millennials have grown up in an environment unique from past generations, and it will be to your company’s advantage to manage them differently as well. One way is to mentor them. In our last [...]

Simple Steps to Align Your New Hires An appropriate on-boarding process for your new hires is necessary. It aids in helping them understand your organisational culture and what behaviours are expected of them. Here [...]

Article : Smoothly Integrating New Hires Into The Workplace  An effective onboarding is crucial to help your new hires to integrate into your team. It can be considered as "creating the right first impression" [...]

Make room for failure   Woody Allen once said, "If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative". Today, organisations are investing in innovation in this era [...]

Title: Actions of an Effective Leader (QW) An effective leader is one who is able to positively influence others and brings diverse people together to move the company forward. Thus, a leader is only [...]

While today’s trending topics focus on issues such as the entry of the millennial workforce, let’s also look at the opposite end of the age spectrum to look at issues relating to the retirement of [...]

Trust is the foundation for all relationships. Within your organisation, building a strong foundation of trust amongst your team will increase morale, teamwork, productivity and ultimately the bottom line. In the last Tip of [...]

Culture is typically identified as 'how things work' in an organisation. While it is necessary for all leaders to shape their desired culture, most are at a loss at how to undertake this task. [...]

Trust is the foundation for all relationships. Within your organisation, building a strong foundation of trust amongst your team will increase morale, teamwork, productivity and ultimately the bottom line. According to Davide Maister’s “Trust [...]

Leaders become better when they follow through. That requires emotional courage or the willingness to feel the hard feelings that arise from taking risks, breaking the usual patterns, and trying new actions. So how does one [...]

When crises strike, you want to be already prepared for them. You will want to ensure that your business and operations can continue by prioritising the most crucial roles and tasks and protecting your [...]

The success of your business depends on a host of factors: sound strategy, marketable product or service, efficient processes et cetera. However it ultimately falls on the shoulders and into the hands of people [...]

When your employee is placed under Quarantine Orders or have to take Leave of Absence, it posits a number of work- and pay-related issues for companies. Just because an employee is not allowed to [...]

In times of crisis like the Covid-19 virus spreading rapidly amongst the community, advancing contagion in its path and instilling fear in our people, our economy and many businesses will invariably be negatively impacted. [...]

The most gifted leaders effectively manage the moods of their organisations with Emotional Intelligence or Quotient (EQ). They are self-aware, empathetic and can intuitively grasp how others and the organisation feel. While EQ comes [...]

One of the most common struggles a new leader faces is learning to delegate and let go of the “little things.” While you may feel like you need constant oversight into your team’s work, [...]

The stakes are high, the pressures are intense. People are maxing out their energy, everyone is feeling the heat and tempers are starting to flare. Stress is starting to get the better of you [...]

Many small businesses lament that they do not have the resources nor foresight to compete in the new economy. Contrary to what most believe, technology actually develops rather slowly then becomes viable suddenly. Usually [...]

Ever bought a product that failed to do what it claimed to do? Disappointing, right? Now imagine the product is your company, and the people who bought the product are your employees. They were attracted [...]

As a leader, you will have to make decisions. Lots of them. And you’ll probably spend significant amounts of time and energy trying to make unbiased, fair decisions. But you’ll also probably discover that finding [...]

As a leader, you will have to make decisions. Lots of them. And you’ll probably spend significant amounts of time and energy trying to make unbiased, fair decisions. But you’ll also probably discover that finding [...]

Creative people tend to be characteristically different from others when it comes to their values, personality and abilities. So they might require special consideration when it comes to managing this group of people. Here are [...]

In an ever-intensifying battle for talent, retaining your hires is critical. In that, how your new hires are onboarded influences how long they choose to stay with you. Organisations with a standardised onboarding process experience [...]

Many leaders cite “culture” as the root cause of peoples’ problems in their organisations. Often, they are unable to pinpoint the causes, even less so in identifying the symptoms when culture is heading downhill. The issue of [...]

A company’s Mission, Vision and Values (MVV) statements are not just beautiful verses to be placed on company walls or websites. In fact, they play a key role in attracting millennials as many millennials crave [...]

Too often we are overly fixated on the opinions and perceptions of our surroundings. This can lead us to focus on things we have no control over: the weakness of others, problems in the environment [...]

Employers are often puzzled by how little employees’ performance improve despite sending them for expensive training courses. The following are some major pitfalls as to why employee training fails and what you can do to [...]

Delegating is one of the core responsibility as a leader. However, not all types of work are suitable to be delegated to your team members. Here are 3 pointers to help serve as a guide [...]

‘Empowerment’ is often used when a leader is attempting to improve the employee engagement level. However, it may not yield the intended outcome if the execution is incorrect. Generalising the concept of employee empowerment Empowerment [...]

Take a moment to recall your schooling days where you might have particularly liked and done well for a subject. Was the reason because of a good teacher who recognised and believed in you? [...]

Dismissing an employee with disciplinary issues might be an easy task. For employees who are good in many aspects but are simply ill-fit with the company culture – How can you gracefully dismiss them? Communicate with Empathy When [...]

An employer brand is how your employees and external stakeholders perceive your company, and its benefits cannot be underestimated as it impacts your company’s ability to attract, recruit and retain good employees. Attract: Increase [...]

How effective employees are able to perform together as a team can often make or break the success of any business. With increasing competition, it has become extremely important to encourage collaboration in the office, [...]

As a manager, your role is to set the stage for the company to grow and that might mean leading a team who are more experienced than you. While it may feel daunting at first, [...]

Millennials are becoming one of the most populous generations in the workforce, and managing and retaining them in the workplace is seemingly challenging to many business leaders today. Wonder how you can maximise their stay [...]

A true leader is someone who attracts a following by choice, not because they are compelled to. One can be a good leader by developing these 5Rs of leadership: Role Management guru Peter Drucker said, [...]

For your next hire, look out for the candidate with a growth mindset. In her famous book "Mindset", Carol Dweck describes the two different mindsets - fixed vs growth - and how each shapes the [...]

How prepared are you for the changing face of the workplace? With an ageing population and increased longevity, it will be increasingly common to see workers over 70 of age at the workplace. A multi-generation [...]

The skills required to manage people has gotten more complex as we progress in the new knowledge economy. The relatively higher educational level of today's employees, the fluidity of market demand, the mindset of a [...]

In simple terms, unhappy workers will not realise their potential. Besides lower productivity, they cost companies a lot of money each year too. The promise of positive psychology, dubbed the science of happiness, has never [...]