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  • Social Media in the workplace...

    It is a relatively new phenomenon that is constantly changing so companies need guidelines to govern the use of all social media. ??A social media policy may include all or an...

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    Date: Mar 07,2014

  • Recruit-Drive's January 2014, half-price sa...

    The Recruit-Drive January sale is here: 50% off jobseeker ability tests and 50% off employer job advert packages!? ...

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    Date: Jan 02,2014

  • Boosting morale in the workplace - the valu...

    Let’s look back into your past between the ages of 5-10. Do you remember being in school and playing games with your classmates? How was it? Fun right. Little worries and you were just focused enjoying yourself and completing the task in a simplistic manner even though you didn’t realise it. Disengaged employees cost organisations millions and their uncooperative, negative a...

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    Date: Dec 30,2013

  • IOCs defiance costs Nigeria $74m daily as g...

    International oil companies (IOCs) defiance costs Nigeria $74m daily as gas flaring goes on: <span 1.6em;"="">IOCs, the major perpetrators of gas flaring in the country, and other oil producing companies, have continued to ignore the $3.5 per standard cubic feet (scf) penalty put in place by the government to discourage flaring from which the country loses about $74...

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    Date: Dec 26,2013

  • Jan 11 2014

    Who is to blame? And does it actually matter?



     



    The definition of blame is to 'feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong'. And the definition of a scapegoat is 'One that is made to bear the blame of others'. The problem with blame game in the workplace is it permits individuals, teams and companies (yes, if it is part of their culture) to be stagnant.



     



    Picture this... A group of four junior eager sales executives have just landed their first pitch after joining the company out of university with a top organisation with 5,000 + head count. They showed great initiative by using their contacts to get their foot in the door. So they go out to meet with the company executives and give it all that they have got and leave feeling like they did a gre..

  • Jan 02 2014

    Coaching uses one-to-one conversations and guided questioning to unlock an employees inner potential. Coaching targets high performance and improvement at work and usually focuses on specific skills and goals. Although it may also have an impact on an individual personally in carrying out their day-to-day activities in key identified areas such as social interaction and confidence. In turn it helps managers deal with change and find solutions to business problems through conversations. It’s an effective way of creating a high performance culture in an organisation.?? 



     



    The characteristics of coaching can be any or several of the following:




    • It is essentially a non-directive form of development.

    • It focuses on improving performance and developing individuals&rsq..

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